Analyst, Financial Controls - MTN Ghana

The Analyst, Financial Controls at MTN Ghana is to provide support in accounting and financial controls to support sales activities.

Key Tasks:

The role will be accountable to achieve the following objectives:

• Support to prepare S&D consolidated budget and forecast taking into consideration planned sales projects in all three (3) SBUs.
• Assist to prepare departmental Opex budget spend analysis /report to ensure that the overall S&D Opex spend is within budget
• Opex/ Budget tracking to monitor and ensure Opex spend is within Budget (Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly)
• Daily tracking/ monitoring Opex spend and prepare accurate budget variance analysis report
• Keep track of all approved S&D POs and march same against budget
• Assist to develop internal controls for all Opex spend, tracking of all S&D POs, and ensuring that the account codes of such are accurately captured
• Assist to provide relevant responds to all budget queries
• Keep accurate record of all budget reports

Context

• Dynamic and highly competitive telecommunication & ICT industry
• Highly regulated environment
• Regionalization structure implication
• Performance driven environment
• Developing sophisticated Client base
• Diverse cultural environment

Contract Employees management

Job Requirements

Education

• Minimum of a University Degree in Finance/ Accounting or a related field

Experience

• 3 years’ relevant experience in a similar role

Training

• Basic Accounting, Financial and Budgeting Analysis

Competencies

Professional/Technical competencies:

• MIS tool proficiency
• Accounting Principles
• Financial Management
• Computer literacy

Skills / physical competencies:

• Ability to manage own time and workload and juggle conflicting priorities
• Demonstrate evidence of influencing and coaching skills
• Professional approach with a can do attitude
• Courage Skills- Manages self and team performance, good conflict management, takes and manages accountability
• Energy & Drive – Innovative, takes initiative, result oriented and develops self consistently
• Interpersonal Skills – Leadership, customer centricity, collaborative and coaches & develops direct reports
• Personal Skills -Trustworthy, integrity and ethical in dealings
• Operating Skills – Ability to focus on priorities and plans, manages and monitors work effectively
• Organisational Positioning Skills – Good written and verbal communication, commitment to the organization

Strategic Skills – Global thinker, Analytical thinking and Problem-solving abilities.

NB: The Incumbent must always maintain strict confidentiality