To provide stewardship of MTN South Africa's performance in the organization-wide management of revenue leakage risk, and future design and implementation of a revenue responsible organization, commercial framework and technology landscape.
The role integrates assurance and risk management disciplines into an overall proactive data-centric assurance discipline, with the goal of
continuously protecting and improving financial integrity
, while also
enhancing business value
and
customer experience,
strengthening the Second level of Defense. Ensures access to cross-domain data sources and cross domain analytics knowledge.
The role encompasses both Revenue Assurance and Business Assurance. Business Assurance is
a level up from Revenue Assurance
as it addresses not only revenues but
also experiences, products, partners
, and other factors that are a part of the value chain. Revenue Assurance addresses the operational aspect and is normally expected to offer a solution to a known issue. Business Assurance, on the other hand, focuses on the control aspect and isn't directly involved in operational activities.
Business assurance is the solution which allows
organizations
to adequately address challenges by implementing a flexible and
effective control framework
with real time monitoring capabilities.
2. Context
(Global influences, environmental / industry demands, organisational mission etc.)
Highly dynamic and fluctuating Telecommunications industry
Highly competitive market with new and established competitors
Fast moving industry
Legislative changes
Changes in the global GSM and ICT market affects developments in future revenue environments
Interdependency of systems and the need to understand other systems
Changes in the business, will impact on the business plan, processes and reporting
High cross-functional dependency to deliver timeously
Oversight of service revenues of R40bn, cost of sales R20bn and leakage risk of R3bn.
An operating environment that has an assessed inherent risk more than double the industry average (>7% of revenues)
A level of Revenue Assurance capability that is lower, by 33%, than the benchmarked industry average.
A highly skilled and multicultural environment.
Convergence in markets and emerging adjacent revenue streams requiring complex interpretation and structuring.
Dynamic legal and regulatory environment.
A fast evolving industry risk environment with a material threat of cyber-crime to MTN's future strategy and performance.
Increased competition, slowing organic growth and increased emphasis on improved effectiveness.
Evolving industry sector constantly presenting new challenges and opportunities to the core business.
More prescriptive Corporate Governance requirements in line with IFRS and King III.
A transformative environment within MTN SA that increases the risk of failure and inefficiency in the short to medium term.
A financial performance environment characterised by slower revenue and profitability growth.
An executive and governance environment with high expectations for transformation and improvement across the business.
A diverse and complex operating company environment characterised by dynamic change.
A highly regulated operating company environment that imposes requirements for compliance.
Low levels of competency within many operating functional areas within MTN SA, restricting the implementation of best practice.
An impacting cross functional environment with varying, and in some cases, conflicting priorities to Revenue Assurance and Fraud.
An operating environment with a high propensity for subscriber fraud.
Evolution of Revenue Assurance into Business Assurance
3. Key Performance Areas:
Core, essential responsibilities / outputs of the position (KPA's)
Task Complexity:
Indicates those KPA's that are essential to the position itself. These are normally specific to the incumbent, the job and the function. Excludes role and leadership / management.
RA Frameworks & Polices
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Stakeholder Awareness & management
Oversee management and coordination of Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management activities for various stakeholders within the MTN SA organization - including the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Committee, Audit Committee and various internal customers.
Localise and implement Group RAFM strategy for MTN SA to effectively manage service revenues and profitability within an effective Governance Framework.
Work with the EXCO and Finance business partners and take accountability to ensure that revenue leakage is prevented and minimised across MTN SA
Influence the change in awareness and engagement required at all Executive levels in the South African Operating Company organizations to achieve a revenue responsible organization.
Create partner awareness & adoption of the business assurance role
Identify key stakeholders within SA, the broader Group and externally
Establish and maintain effective stakeholder alignment and awareness
Monitor subsequent application of policies and frameworks by business units
Enable clear understanding from primary control owners of their responsibilities.
Ensure KPIs are embedded into Business Units for control measures
Maintain a data driven view of organisational control coverage
Solicit continued feedback from business on performance, frameworks & procedures
Create understanding by business of their role & responsibility where business assurance is concerned
Maintain risk exposure awareness at senior executive level
Establish and maintain awareness and acceptance of control framework by business units
Deliver centralised RCA tracking
Deliver full control assessment & heatmap
+
Frameworks, Policies & Threshold management
-
Control threshold aligned to emerging risk
Ensure adequate internal controls are implemented and are functioning effectively throughout the organization, in line with Internal Financial Control requirements, to safeguard financial performance of the Group.
Participate in development of new business verticals, propositions and technologies - oversight of assessment and management of risks to revenue and profitability in relation to new lines of business, revenue streams, proposition, technology, contracts and service solutions.
Design and lead the approach to MTN SA's compliance with regulatory and audit requirements in relation to Revenue Assurance.
Management of the Shared Service Hub's RAFM service in relation to Revenue Assurance, ensuring the effective design and operation of internal controls, as well as identification and management of risks.
Lead and Represent the MTN SA organization at Group and industry committees and forums. Actively participate in forums at which new standards and developments are in discussion or under consideration and assess impact on the Groups RAFM standards, reporting, policies and financial results.
Maintain and monitor risk coverage aligned to group risk control framework and mitigating controls
Develop a standardised business assurance framework
Update threshold limits aligned to industry & past experience
Maintain accurate leakage quantification Define primary & secondary control thresholds
Update risk and control framework
Update Risk policies
Continuously update control frameworks aligned to the evolving business environment
+
Execution
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Monitoring & Action Planning
Define the business unit controls that need to be in place across the MTN SA organisation to minimise revenue leakage
Design control effectiveness monitoring tools or processes across the MTN SA organisation to minimise revenue leakage
Influence decision-making in relation to partner and vendor selection, deployment and management to ensure the safeguarding of service revenues and profits.
Deliver improved competencies and business unit specialism within MTN SA in the management of risk relating to service revenues and profitability.
Monitor residual risk
Conduct revenue leakage action planning
Develop and maintain escalation matrix
Monitor Secondary controls
Agree action plans on unmitigated risk.
Conduct root cause analysis & resolution
Maintain incident escalation aligned to MTN group standards
Deliver accurate leakage quantification
+ -
Primary & Secondary Control management
Deliver improved and efficient control performance
Maintain a view of control failures through monitoring of preventative control
Set Primary & Secondary control thresholds
Review Primary & Secondary controls for efficiency & effectiveness
Monitor view of Business Unit control coverage
Implement mitigating controls
Deliver automated control coverage
+ -
Provide decision support in relation to the risk and performance of the South African Operating Company in relation to Revenue Assurance at various governance forums, including Exco, Audit Committee and stakeholder forums.
Provide insights to business based on end-to-end process knowledge
Support improved financial performance & future benefits
Provide Business decision support aligned to updated data insights
Monitor forecasts from predictive analysis
Promote Proactivity, Innovation, Insights
+ -
Reporting
Support and comply with Group RAFM reporting standards to ensure risk and performance information is standardized, aligned, and consistent with industry set standards and best practise.
Manage the MTN SA RAFM business planning, budgeting and quarterly forecast process. This includes the setting and managing of resourcing, investment and target setting.
Provide proactive Revenue leakage mitigation reporting
Deliver automated reporting on incident management including root cause analysis
Report on averted losses and failed mitigations
Provide Primary & Secondary control assessment reporting
Provide stakeholder & executive reporting
+ -
Data & technology
Identify and augment existing technology and automation solutions on an ongoing basis to enhance technology enabled RAFM processes and disciplines
Manage data quality aligned to BICC standards
Provide system application management & Incident management
Implement and manage the local RAFM technology infrastructure that supports reconciliation, re-performance, testing, reporting, incident management and knowledge management.
People Leadership and Organisational Capability Building
Lead a process of continuously enhancing RAFM performance delivery through attention to transforming skills, ways of work and culture
Define the organization structure, size and competencies
Recruit senior management team for MTN SA RAFM
Set and manage KPIs and milestones to achieve strategy
Support competency development through active learning plans and pathways and succession planning
Provide ongoing training development and coaching to team members to build the overall capability of the function
Apply best team management practices throughout assigned projects and as required.
Guide and enable the upskilling of the team throughout assigned projects.
Act as an ambassador and role model for FInance by living the brand values and vital behaviours.
Ensure a culture of continuous evaluation and improvement.
Drive a culture of high performance, accountability, and consequence management.
Business Assurance Responsibilities
Enable evolution of mindset across the organization, to embrace BA's ways of working and Drive evolution of the mindset within the RAFM environment towards BA transformation
Empower expansion of RAFM to additional sub domains of BA, aid access to cross-domain data sources and knowledge of their analytics and create and protect the revenue of new digital and connected services
Ensure embedding of BA across organization in order to support the decision-making processes. Shifting the focus towards revenue-based approach, in addition to the traditional risk- based approach
Drive the evolution of RAFM systems to support the business assurance objectives and Incorporation of digital technologies into business processes within and beyond traditional RAFM environment
Empower BA's trust across customers, functional stakeholders, internal platforms and external platforms, through assurance on data integrity and platform connectivity
Assure profit and margin maximization by providing value chain insights and Focus transformation from ARPU (Average revenue per user) to AMPU (Average margin per user)
Assess and incorporate technology enables for Business Assurance including (but not limited to) AI-ML, Block Chain and RPA techniques across Big Data, IOT and Cloud Technology
Revenue Assurance
Usage Assurance
Network Assurance
Order & Provisioning
Rating & Billing Assurance
Subscription Assurance
Contract Assurance
Party Revenue Share
Product Risk Assessment
Market Campaign
Brand Management
Loyalty Programme Management
Product & Offer Management
Sales Performance Management
Third Party Performance
Product Performance &Cannibalization
Enterprise Performance Assessment
Revenue Accounting and reporting
Fraud Management
Subscription/Payment Fraud
Agent Fraud
Third Party Data Protection
VAS Fraud
International Revenue fraud
Data Fraud
Money Laundering
Distribution Fraud
Customer Data Protection
Prepaid Fraud
Interconnect Fraud
Roaming Fraud
Subscriber Account Fraud
SIM Swap/ Pin Wallet Reset
Data confidentiality breach
Traffic Routing Manipulation
Fraudulent money transfer
Test SIM Abuse
Bypass Fraud
Device Threats
Software Threats
Dealer Commission Fraud
Distribution Fraud
Dealer/ Partner Exit Fraud
Arbitrage Fraud
Privilege access management fraud
System rights management fraud
Digital channel exploitation fraud
Scrap management fraud
Inventory valuation fraud
Payment and accounting fraud
Digital channel exploitation fraud
Credit Management Fraud
Payment and accounting fraud
Cost Assurance
Payment and Settlement Assurance
Dispute Management
Third-party Service/ Resource Assurance
Party Revenue Share
Asset Assurance
Inventory System Management
Physical Asset Inventory
Network Resource Management
Margin Assurance
Partner Margin Assurance
Product and Service Margin Assurance
Migration Assurance
OSS Migration /upgrade (Pre and Post)
BSS Migration /upgrade (Pre and Post )
Digital Transformation Assurance
Risk Management
Business Requirement
Functional and Non-Functional Requirement
Control and process Framework (Primary and secondary)
Digital Ecosystem Assurance
Third-party Quality Assurance
Non-Telco platform assurance
Service Capability Management
Service Availability
Service QoS and SLA Management
Regulatory Assurance
Money Laundering
Quality of Service (QoS)
Data Protection
Metering and Billing Assurance
Tax Compliance
Refers to the responsibilities for directing, guiding, motivating, and influencing others. '
Creativities (improvement/innovation inherent)
Experience of organizational transformation projects and initiatives
Capability in implementation of organizational structure, processes and systems in a diverse operating company environment
Work with external suppliers to support effective Business Assurance operations
Development of resource capabilities from a limited gene pool of skills
Continuous innovation and creativity on revenue assurance strategies to protect organisational value
Fostering and development of a continuous improvement environment with active participation and leadership from operating entities
Development of cross functional relationships that can be used to embed revenue responsibly cultures in organizations
Development and dissemination of group-wide communication strategies that can improve awareness and influence.
Required Skills & Capabilities
e.g. teaching, report writing or specific skills/abilities such as computing or the ability to work without supervision
Work across functional verticals in the MTN organisation
Working knowledge and understanding of the primary controls and corresponding risk management across a telecom operator's business functions
Working knowledge of OSS and BSS elements across the telecom value chain
Ability and experience of managing system transitions and tool migrations and deployment
An understanding of Revenue Assurance across organizational silo's
Gain commitment / buy-in from executive stakeholders
Knowledge and experience of Telecom RAFM tools and technologies along with the ability to utilise automation systems for Revenue Assurance
Alignment of strategy with MTN Group for MTN SA operating company requires insight into direction and performance
Research of new developments in the Revenue Assurance arena and ways MTN can implement these to achieve Best Practice
Development of a competent organization requires strong organizational awareness and skills development capabilities
Influencing of various stakeholders at an executive level requires insight into departmental priorities and techniques to garner support and engagement
RAFM awareness improvement requires strong communication ability and consideration of how to create a simple and understandable message that can support the awareness objective
Being able to create engagement and support in a cross functional environment with differing priorities requires strong influencing skills
Ability and experience of leading a team of more than 15 to 20 professionals
Key Metrics
Proactive Impact Monitoring
Eliminate Revenue Leakage
Maximize Margin across all business units
Business Insights based actions
Assurance of Digital Transformation
Continuous Maturity Improvement
Build Strong Community and utilize new opportunities
Value Protection
Customer Experience
Independent thought and Judgment:
Alignment of strategy with MTN Group for MTN SA operating company requires insight into direction and performance
Research of new developments in the Revenue Assurance and Business Assurance arena and ways MTN can implement these to achieve Best Practice
Development of a competent organization requires strong organizational awareness and skills development capabilities
Influencing of various stakeholders at an executive level requires insight into departmental priorities and techniques to garner support and engagement
RAFM awareness improvement requires strong communication ability and consideration of how to create a simple and understandable message that can support the awareness objective
Being able to create engagement and support in a cross functional environment with differing priorities requires strong influencing skills
4. Job Requirements
(Education, Experience and Competencies)
Education:
Minimum of 4-year tertiary qualification and Honors / Masters advantageous
Post Graduate Qualification -Actuarial sciences/CISA/CISM/CRISK/ MBA/CA.SA/
Experience in Risk, Contriols, Technology, Data and Analytics
Experience:
At least 12 to 15 years of leading a Revenue Assurance and or Fraud Management organization in a Tier 1 telecommunications company or similar industry
At least 8 to 10 years in relevant sector/ industry relevant role/ similar industry
Experience working in a global/multinational enterprise with experience working in emerging markets
Worked across diverse cultures and geographies
Proven track record of business transformation ownership and delivery
Risk management techniques
Customer Centric
Digital Business
Transforming Value Chains
Leakage detection and prevention
Revenue Recovery
Training:
Knowledge of Governance Legislation and regulations - King/Sarbanes Oxley/IFRS
Telecommunications technology
Audit training
MTN Behaviours
Head - Big Picture Focus (25)
Strategy Formulators
- Formulates divisional strategies aligned to overarching strategies for execution
Decisive Problem Solver
- Has the mental agility to understand complex business challenges and provide effective solutions through effective influencing
Innovative Value Creator
- Creates an environment for commercial and enterprise innovation to maximize business impact
Heart - Emotionally Intelligent (35)
Culture and Change Champion -
Drives ethical business practices by holding others accountable for demonstrating the MTN values and vital behaviours
Inspiring People Leader -
Is self-aware and leads/coach's others to develop capabilities for realising individual potential
Relationship Builder -
Collaborates across teams and builds networks and relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Hands - Results Focused (30)
Results Achiever -
Produces sustainable enterprise results through ethical practices
Operationally Astute -
Plans, organizes and sets controls in place for delivery of strategies
5. Authorities
As per MTN SA delegation of authority guide
6. Collaboration
(Formal and Informal Relationships)
Responsibility towards:
Direct reports:
SM: BA Frameworks & Policies; SM: Fraud Prevention Assurance; SM: Business Assurance Partner(s); SM/ Manager: Reporting Analysis & Technology
Key customers:
SA Executives, GMs Finance Business Partners, GMs of all functional departments in MTN SA
Key suppliers:
SA Executives, GMs of all functional departments in MTN SA
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Relations, etc.:
Group RAFM, MTN SA Audit Committee, SA Exco, SA CFO, Auditors, BRM, OPCO's in MTN Group
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