Business Controller (Network Access)

Job Description: Business Controller (Network Access) – Manila  

Department: Network Access 

Reports to: VP Network Access 

Location: Manila, Philippines 

Role Type: Full-time, Permanent 

Your Role 

Act as the financial and analytical backbone of emnify’s Network Access team — controlling roaming and transport costs, ensuring data accuracy, and improving financial transparency across emnify´s global roaming and carrier partnerships. 

Own monthly reconciliations and cost controlling: validate invoices, analyze variances, and ensure accrual accuracy while driving automation to reduce manual work. 

Deliver actionable insights: track key KPIs on cost, coverage, and performance; forecast spend and traffic; and evaluate the impact of new technologies and roaming models on profitability. 

Your Impact 

Control financial performance: Guarantee cost accuracy, margin visibility, and reliable month-end closings across all roaming activities. 

Drive data-informed decisions: Transform complex operational data into clear financial insights that guide sourcing and partner strategy. 

Optimize efficiency: Implement automation and standardized dashboards that improve process quality, reduce errors, and accelerate reporting cycles. 

Partner cross-functionally with Finance, GTM, and Data teams to align forecasts, standardize reporting, and strengthen financial governance within network operations. 

Your Skills  

Operational Execution: Invoice reconciliation, KPI tracking, and reporting.  

Financial Control & Analysis: Cost management, accruals, variance analysis, and forecasting.  

Analytics & Tools: BI platforms (i.e. Superset, Looker, ...), Advanced Excel, data manipulation (SQL), and data visualization.  

Business & Mindset: Analytical, detail-oriented, accountable, collaborate across teams, and drive process improvements. 

Details  

Key Responsibilities 

1. Financial Performance & Invoice Reconciliation 

(Core responsibility – around 50% of time) 

• Own the monthly reconciliation cycle for all roaming and transport costs. 

• Collect internal accrual data from Superset or other internal sources and enter into Excel. 

• Match against invoices received via Finance, validating correctness of rates, traffic, and IMSI-level usage. 

• Investigate and explain discrepancies, providing variance analysis and corrective recommendations. 

• Maintain accurate cost tracking models by IMSI, partner, and traffic category to ensure visibility on gross margin and cost evolution. 

• Support Finance with month-end accrual preparation and ensure consistency between accruals and actuals. 

• Identify recurring issues and inefficiencies in data and reporting processes and drive automation initiatives (e.g., centralize data, model data, build visualizations in Superset/Apache, and integrate data) to reduce manual effort and error potential. 

2. KPI Management, Coverage & Cost Analysis 

(Analytical and strategic backbone – around 25% of time) 

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the Network Access KPI dashboard, consolidating data from various systems. 

• Track global coverage evolution — monitoring new roaming partners, rollout of new RATs (LTE-M, NB-IoT, 5G), and sunset of legacy technologies. 

• Monitor pricing evolution over time, analyzing cost/MB trends, partner rate changes, and their impact on overall unit economics. 

• Assess the commercial and operational impact of transitioning from IMSI sponsorships to direct roaming relationships, including coverage, pricing, and commitment exposure. 

• Build and maintain traffic and cost forecasts using historical trends and GTM inputs, highlighting risks or opportunities for optimization. 

• Translate complex data into clear visual reports and presentations (PowerPoint / Power BI) for management, supporting data-driven decisions on access strategy and partner prioritization. 

3. Process Improvement & Cross-Functional Collaboration 

(Enablement and business alignment – around 25% of time) 

• Act as data quality and process owner for Network Access, ensuring accuracy and consistency between internal databases. 

• Collaborate closely with Finance, Pricing, and GTM teams to align assumptions, cost models, and forecasts across departments. 

• Propose and implement process enhancements that improve efficiency, accuracy, and transparency in cost management and KPI reporting. 

• Provide data-backed insights that support Partner and Roaming Managers in negotiations, performance reviews, and strategic discussions with IMSI sponsors or direct partners. 

• Contribute to continuous improvement by standardizing templates for reconciliation, KPI reporting, and internal presentations. 

Summary of Emphasis 

Area 

Focus 

Objective 

Financial Performance & Reconciliation 

Core 

Ensure cost accuracy, timely accruals, and automation of reconciliation processes 

KPI, Coverage & Cost Analysis 

High 

Deliver visibility on global coverage, pricing evolution, and IMSI transition impacts 

Process & Collaboration 

Supportive 

Improve efficiency, accuracy, and alignment across departments 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Economics, Data Science, Telecom Engineering, or a related field. 

• 3+ years of experience in telecom, roaming, or wholesale analytics, preferably in a shared services or BPO setting. 

• BI Tool (Superset, Looker, ...), Advanced Excel and Power BI proficiency (automation, pivot modeling, DAX formulas). 

• Experience preparing accruals, forecasting costs, or financial performance reporting. 

• Understanding of roaming agreements, clearing processes (TAP, DCH, FCH), and IMSI sponsorship concepts. 

• Strong English communication skills for remote collaboration across time zones. 

• Excellent coordination and reporting discipline when working with distributed teams 

 Personal Attributes 

• Analytical thinker with strong problem-solving orientation. 

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, yet pragmatic in execution. 

• Self-starter with strong ownership and accountability for data accuracy. 

• Comfortable working independently while maintaining close virtual alignment with HQ. 

• Proactive communicator who translates data into strategic value. 

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, global, and distributed environment.