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Nurul Azlina Mohd Tajudin

Nurul Azlina Mohd Tajudin

Pricing Specialist

Summary

Experienced Pricing analyst over 10 years of experienced in Banking/Financial and telecommunication industries. Detailed and high business acumen specifically in number-crunching task.

Personable, strategic thinker with knack for leading teams and projects to successful outcomes. Possess deep understanding of organizational dynamics and project management, coupled with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Committed to driving team performance and achieving impactful results.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Section Head, Performance Management & Budget

CelcomDigi
11.2022 - Current

Business Planning

  • Develop the annual business plan and ensure alignment with key drivers such as ARPU, subscriber growth, and convergence targets.
  • Track monthly performance against the set business plan metrics.
  • Forecast the fiscal year’s outcome and highlight any discrepancies to key stakeholders.
  • Quantify the proposed initiatives to close gaps, including the required GA and ARPU increases.
  • Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as revenue, GA, churn rate, and convergence uptake.

Performance monitoring and reporting

  • Manage the monthly reporting process for daily, monthly, and quarterly reports.
  • Track daily and monthly performance by plan, outlets, regions, and channels.
  • Prepare weekly and monthly CSL decks, including convergence sponsor and CSL presentations, along with any ad-hoc reports as needed.
  • Conduct quarterly business reviews for the board, focusing on convergence, fibre, and FWA performance.

Product Pricing /Customer Life Time Value campaigns

  • Evaluate new or revamped product proposals from the Product Owner and assess their impact on revenue and costs.
  • Ensure alignment and accuracy between the Product Owner and Finance, verifying the reasonableness of both topline and bottom-line figures.
  • Provide financial advisory support during negotiations on costs with fiber access providers.
  • Conduct pre-campaign analysis for CLVM initiatives, including upselling, re-contracting, and retention campaigns.

Consumer insights/Analytics

  • Perform analytic functions related to home/data extraction, track churn trends, including voluntary and involuntary churn.
  • Analyze revenue trends, conducting a deep dive into any favorable or unfavorable revenue impacts.

Head, Home Business Plan Management

Celcom Mobile
06.2020 - 11.2022
  • Responsible and monitor the performance of Home Fibre and Wireless Broadband
  • Advice stakeholders on gaps against short term business plan and potential revenue leakage
  • Advise the Home Business team on potential risks and strategic decisions in alignment with business objectives and legislation especially on Revenue and Ebitda Impact
  • Prepare and plan the short and long term business plan of Home Business and convergence aspiration in Celcom
  • Develop pricing and profitability model for all new product, bundles and services plans including addressing operational and cost related issues for key product and operations projects
  • Develop pricing and profitability model for new business initiative namely Smart Home, Value added services
  • Support with financial/numerical analysis especially with 3rd party arrangement
  • Support business planning functions for new and existing strategic partnerships and alliances
  • Analyzing Home connectivity campaign and monetization to improve the customer life cycle
  • Support and analyze effectiveness of trade and sales initiative which includes BTL/ATL offering, incentives to drive acquisition
  • Measure and analyze Post-Implementation-review for Product launches, CLVM/Trade/Sales initiative and recommend whether the program is effective or not effective

Senior Pricing Analyst

Celcom Mobile
07.2015 - 05.2020
  • Accessing and evaluating data gathered from customer insight to analyze new / enhance postpaid retail product and Home business
  • Comprehensive quantitative and qualitative view on business model by analyzing the incremental revenue and cost and advice the product development team on the product
  • Main business model scope includes overviewing the new product/offering overall revenue uplift/dilution, Profitability view of each product and by whole product/business case and advising appropriately on the additional take up rate required for achieving a needle moving targeted revenue
  • Monitor closely the take up rate of relevant initiative and prepare the post-mortem take up for key stakeholder's view
  • Involve heavily on pricing modeling view on home business in terms of competitor view and internal costing of Home Business Model
  • Leads the Customer Functional Team of Home business unit (Customer Experience) which main function is to improve customer experience and reduce churn of Home business unit
  • This involves heavily on improving the process and understanding their behaviors towards Home Business namely Fibre and Plug and Play Home Wireless
  • Keeping up to date to competitors move and properly advice product development team and key stakeholder on the appropriate reaction needed
  • Develop device pricing for the postpaid and prepaid business
  • Analyzing how device and churn behavior co relate and competitor move especially on device pricing and strategy

Manager, Tax and Accounts

Great Eastern Assurance
09.2013 - 06.2015
  • Manage the monthly closing of various funds to ensure that monthly accounts are closed by the deadline set
  • Ensure that the bank & account reconciliations are prepared on a timely manner and all outstanding items are cleared by the deadline set
  • Review branch monthly bank reconciliations and journals
  • Ensure the accounting transactions from various systems are correctly interfaced to Oracle Financials
  • Manage the cashflow position to optimize usage of funds for investment and ensuring that excess funds are transferred to maximize company's investment returns
  • Ensure monthly management accounts and profit and loss accounts by distribution channels are prepared on timely basis
  • Perform an internal assessment of the Finance dept on a periodic basis in assessing whether internal controls are functioning as required

Assistant Vice President, Finance

Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP)
06.2011 - 08.2013
  • Over viewing all financial operation procedure especially relating to the investment purchases, sales and valuation
  • Monitoring and evaluating current investment and back office system on the accounting treatment and calculation
  • Ensuring smooth transition of items and calculation in investment system to the accounting system
  • Analyse and evaluating the projects of upgrading to a new accounting system
  • Ensuring all other project or project update coincide with finance function

Senior Executive, Profitability & Internal Costing

Maybank Berhad
12.2004 - 06.2011
  • Team Lead for Performance Analyzer Measurement Assisting in Profitability measurement of banking products and business segment
  • Responsible for cost allocation process which monitors cost centres and variances reporting
  • Major responsibility is to ensure the Oracle system operates effectively
  • Conduct Data Assessment at various stages of the Profitability Calculation Framework & documenting the results
  • Checking all Profitability Reports upon completion of Performance Analyzer Module process, ensuring reports have been properly generated & liaising with ISD if in need
  • Maintaining, documenting & testing all allocation Ids that have been created in the Performance Analyzer & Transfer Pricing modules
  • Responsible for major internal projects within the organisation which involves on the Oracle profitability scope
  • The latest and crude project was to revamp the whole Fund Transfer Pricing rule and the whole process
  • Assisting and compiling Overheads Budget Information & liaising with the respective representatives on their submission
  • Preparing and compiling Management Reports of Cost Allocation across business segment of Maybank
  • Thorough basis of allocation is being done for this purpose
  • Responsible for cost allocation process which monitors cost centres and variances reporting
  • Conduct training and briefing on the profitability report for all the users

Executive, Fund Performance Management

Mayban Life Berhad
04.2004 - 11.2004
  • Analyse, monitor and update the Fund Managers performance of their portfolio of Protection and Investment-Linked Funds
  • Prepared management reports particularly the Time Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR) for daily, weekly and monthly performance
  • NAV comparison between competitors (weekly and monthly)
  • Updating and preparing the Fund Fact Sheet of Investment Funds for public usage
  • Prepare presentation material for the Joint Investment Committee
  • Obtained wide knowledge on the portfolio management and corporate scene in Malaysia
  • Gained experience in delegating with Fund Managers and establish relationship with important and influential financial players in the market

Costing Officer

Samsung Electronic
04.2003 - 04.2004
  • Assist finance team in handling and monitoring the costing matters of the company
  • Prepared routine jobs of manufacturing accounts Handling substantial analysis such as overhead analysis, sales and profit analysis, product analysis, AdHoc reports and forecasting
  • Responsible of daily routine job includes monitoring long-term stock, backlog, and stock adjustment, approving price contract and shipment and WIP calculation
  • Gained experience working in a team as well as liaising with people in the department and other department as well
  • Wide knowledge exposure on the manufacturing accounts and costing part of the company
  • Enhanced my Excel and SAP computer skill through the substantive analysis prepared
  • Acquired great deal of experience in team work as well as how to cope working under extreme pressure

Education

Bachelor of Accounting -

International Islamic University of Malaysia
Gombak, Selangor
04.1999 - 04.2003

Matriculation - undefined

IIUM
01.1998 - 01.1999

Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) - undefined

Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah
01.1996 - 01.1997

Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) - undefined

SMKA Kuala Selangor
01.1993 - 01.1995

Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) - undefined

SRK Taman Ehsan
01.1987 - 01.1992

Skills

  • Experienced in Microsoft Office applications

  • Advanced Excel proficiency

  • Proficient in PowerPoint

  • Adaptable learner

  • Collaborative leadership

  • Flexibility in changing environments

  • Strong prioritization abilities

  • Database querying proficiency

Timeline

Section Head, Performance Management & Budget

CelcomDigi
11.2022 - Current

Head, Home Business Plan Management

Celcom Mobile
06.2020 - 11.2022

Senior Pricing Analyst

Celcom Mobile
07.2015 - 05.2020

Manager, Tax and Accounts

Great Eastern Assurance
09.2013 - 06.2015

Assistant Vice President, Finance

Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP)
06.2011 - 08.2013

Senior Executive, Profitability & Internal Costing

Maybank Berhad
12.2004 - 06.2011

Executive, Fund Performance Management

Mayban Life Berhad
04.2004 - 11.2004

Costing Officer

Samsung Electronic
04.2003 - 04.2004

Bachelor of Accounting -

International Islamic University of Malaysia
04.1999 - 04.2003

Matriculation - undefined

IIUM
01.1998 - 01.1999

Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) - undefined

Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah
01.1996 - 01.1997

Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) - undefined

SMKA Kuala Selangor
01.1993 - 01.1995

Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) - undefined

SRK Taman Ehsan
01.1987 - 01.1992
Nurul Azlina Mohd TajudinPricing Specialist