Portfolio Planning Manager

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**ROLE PROFILE**

**JOB TITLE**:Portfolio Planning Manager

**FUNCTION**:IDT (Information & Digital Technology) Services

**CITY & COUNTRY**:Selangor, Malaysia

**PURPOSE STATEMENT**

To work in partnership with IDT Finance and Global Technology Services (GTS) functions to handle the function’s operational budget, company plan activities as well as the end-to-end finance operations encompassing request management, invoice management, Purchase Orders approval process, and recharges to BAT Business Units. The objective of this role is to provide operational visibility and insights that inform strategic business decisions to drive effective and optimised IDT portfolio management via continuous improvement and automation.

**Reports to**

Portfolio Planning Manager

**Number of Direct Reports
**N/A

**Core Relationships**

**Internal **- IDT Services, Finance, Procurement, Legal and Internal Auditors

**External **- Vendors & External Auditors

**Geographic Scope
**Global

**Travel Required**

N/A

**ACCOUNTABILITIES**

Manage and co-ordinates finance activities to provide value added, commercially focused insights to the business. Plan and monitor the execution of strategy:

- Handle cost and budgets to ensure GTS spend accurately reflect services consumed (forecasts, actual vs planned, accruals, etc.)
- Produce finance dashboards and regular review with GTS Leadership Team to explain variance, discuss action and drive resolution to close the finance gap.
- Understand cost drivers and seek opportunities for cost reduction/ cost optimisation. Engaging Solution Centre Managers, Service Managers and/or Business Units (End Markets) to implement cost savings plan.
- Operationalise the cost savings plan and drive realisation of cost savings benefits via contract exploitation and commercial demand planning.
- Provide insightful financial analysis showing the financial implications of scenarios planning to steer strategic decision making.
- Translate strategies into plans and budgets. This will include co-ordination of assumptions and other data inputs, running the forecasting process activities, preparation and generation of financial information and perform quality review prior to releasing to the IDT Services Leadership Team for approval.

**EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE**

**ESSENTIAL**

**Experience Required**
- Degree educated, with at least 5 years post graduate work experience in a complex IT services environment with strong grasp of Finance.
- Good grasp on finance tools and systems, such as SAP, MS Excel and Power BI
- Experience in strategic analysis, planning and execution, project evaluation and possesses commercial acumen
- Strong influencing, leadership, interpersonal skills with the ability to simplify complex situations
- Insightful, comfortable with ambiguity, proactive, collaborative and consultative.

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