Finance Manager - SuperSport Sports Rights and Reporting

Finance Manager - SuperSport Sports Rights and Reporting

The MultiChoice Group is a multinational media and entertainment group headquartered in South Africa, Dubai and the Netherlands with principal operations in pay television, video entertainment, advertising and content security. We're proud to say we serve 20 million subscribers across more than 50 African markets, with a successful history of identifying and adapting to industry trends, allowing us to continuously deliver the best in entertainment.

By joining our passionate and creative team, you can help us achieve our objectives of expanding our pay-TV and SVOD (Subscription Video On demand) subscriber bases, improving advertising sales, spearheading cutting-edge technology, supporting local content and providing an exceptional customer experience.

Reports to: Head of Finance
Division: SuperSport
Department: Finance
Number of Direct Reports: 2
Key Customers: Head of Finance, Finance Analysts, CEO, Head of Departments, Vendors, Shared Services Teams, Group Functions and Reporting Teams, Internal & External Auditors, SARS, Channel and Content team, Legal team
Location: Based in South Africa, Johannesburg, Randburg

Purpose of the Position:
Responsible for the accuracy of management reports, content budgets and forecasts, and financial planning. Support the business unit in analysing and improving financial results and analysis for Rights negotiations, focusing on Sports Rights cost analysis and modelling. Manage the Financial Plan and Analysis Function (FP&A) in preparation of budgets & forecasts, monthly reporting, variance analysis and compliance activities.

Key Performance Objectives

Rights Management

• Review and management of Rights inventory
• Sign-off vendor invoices
• Sports Rights strategy updates and presentations
• Regulatory reporting input and quota tracking
• Execution of finance relevant sections for new deals loaded onto Synergy (Fee, License Period and Payment terms)
• Deal re-negotiation analysis and related financial modelling
• Inventory assessment and management (past due and expiring content, system costing errors, content aging)
• Supervise month-end processes in the content financial system (Synergy)
• Preparation and presentation of budgets and forecast of the Sport Rights Budget with detailed analysis and commentary

Perform Financial Planning and Analysis

• Co-ordinate, collate and manage the delivery of SuperSport reporting for Internal & External audit purposes
• Provide guidance and facilitate the target setting, budget and forecast processes for assigned events, divisions and/or regions and ensure it aligns with Business Unit objectives
• Manage the reporting process and compliance in the respective Business Units
• Review and submit consolidated 36-month Treasury cash flow forecasts
• Review and submit consolidated 36-month rolling forecasts of the Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash flow statement
• Prepare monthly reporting pack (including financial performance and variance analyses of actuals against plans, forecasts, prior periods)
• Prepare performance reporting for monthly and year to date results against budget and forecasts
• Provide meaningful ad hoc financial analysis as required
• Proactively partner with the business to identify and evaluate opportunities to improve bottom line business performance and ensure that change initiatives are implemented
• Manage the Tax and VAT computations with Shared Services Centre
• Review of annual financial statements for company, joint ventures and subsidiaries
• Work with Group & SSC teams to further improve reporting for the business unit

Qualifications

• Must have a CA qualification.

Experience / Skills

• About 6 years of experience (Accounting, Finance or Business Administration)
• Business Partnering & Reporting Experience
• Sound knowledge of IFRS and Taxation rules
• SAP & HFM system experience
• Advanced MS Office skills
• Passion for sport
• Experience in broadcasting and sport industry would be advantageous
• Experience managing a team
• Good communication and presentation skills
• A team player, cooperative
• Structured, agile, results-oriented, customer-focused
• Acts with integrity and fairness and high standards of accountability

Competencies

• Speed and accuracy with figures
• Stakeholder management
• Attention to detail
• Proactive and ability to plan ahead
• Ability to prioritise in order to meet multiple deadlines
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and pressurised situations
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to think and move quickly in a dynamic fast moving environment
• Excellent communication skills - upward, downward and lateral
• Problem solving
• Customer orientated focus
• Systematic and analytical
• Team player
• Conflict management
• Risk management