OINIS Finance Partner B2B – Telco Cloud

about the role

Department

Orange International Networks Infrastructures & Services (OINIS) has 1,400 employees worldwide and is present in 3 main areas of expertise: networks (terrestrial, satellite and submarine), information systems infrastructures and service platforms, and network security.

OINIS provides network capabilities and services to all Orange Group subsidiaries and to Orange Business (OB). Within OINIS, the International Networks teams manage the international voice and data networks to meet the B2B connectivity service needs of OB customers.

Within OINIS/Finance, which has a staff of around 30, a team of 8 employees in Slovakia is responsible for financial control of all engineering, deployment and maintenance activities for Enterprise Data and Voice networks worldwide.

Your role

• In an international context, you will be the financial controller in charge of all activities linked to the Telco Cloud domain distributed throughout the world. You will provide operational teams with all the elements and financial analyses necessary to manage their activity, and to facilitate decision-making, with a strong focus on cost optimization. You will challenge operational staff on projects related to their departments
• Your contacts will mainly be operational: Directors, Department Managers, Project Managers, OBS Purchasing and OB Finance (Accounting, Central Controlling). You will also be in contact with the Controllers of the OB business units, to work on performance, draw up business cases, and model the associated activities and costs.
• In addition, OINIS Telco Cloud infrastructure is shared with Orange Wholesale to support softwarization of network functions. In that sense, you will also be involved, with Orange Wholesale financial controllers and business analysts, in splitting the costs of Telco Cloud infrastructures between both divisions.
• In summary, it is about being the preferred contact for operational teams who manage Telco Cloud network expenses and providing all the financial elements necessary for managing their activity and carrying out analyses that will facilitate decision-making. 

Activities

• Business Modeling:
  • Provide the necessary data and analyses to prepare business cases.
  • Bring expertise to operational teams on business cases to validate assumptions, ensure consistency with known business elements (budget, weekly reports, etc.), and challenge them.
  • Contribute to the development of innovative business cases within a context of network transformation (hybridization, virtualization, etc.).
• Budget & Forecasting:
  • Support operational teams during budget process and provide insights to optimize costs and prioritize resources.
  • Coordinate with Business Units (Connectivity) to ensure cost trends align with business developments.
  • Participate in preparing the budget documentation for OB central controlling.
• Operational Reporting Activities:
  • Analyze variances by incorporating qualitative business factors and highlight risks and opportunities.
  • Assist in the monthly business review process for the entire scope to support informed decision-making by management.
  • Monitor and analyze CapEx (approved/committed/received) to provide visibility on semi-annual outcomes.
• Closing Activities:
  • Manage provisions and accrued expenses related to network purchases.
  • Ensure network developments are accurately reflected in financial statements.
• Profitability / One Truth Costing Analyses:
  • Contribute to providing drivers for the OTC model and analyze profitability calculations by client and country.
  • Validate results and propose improvements to better reflect activities within the OTC model. 

Benefits of the job

• An international environment with operational staff all over the world.
• The role involves direct contact with operational teams and is at the heart of International Networks’ optimization challenges.
• The B2B sector is undergoing significant transformation (SDWAN) with major challenges to ensure the long-term profitability of international connectivity services.
• Very varied activities with a major economic dimension