Analyst, Financial Planning & Budgeting - MTN Ghana

Job Summary:

Provide financial planning support in the Corporate Performance Management Department and assigned divisions to enhance the decision-making process in support of the business’s strategic agenda within broadly defined policies to ensure that objectives are met.

Job Role

• Ensure standardisation with respect to forecasting parameters, methodology and templates
• Ensure the forecasting process is followed as per defined budgeting and forecasting policy
• Ensure adherence to the SLAs and roles & responsibilities defined for the forecasting process
• Generate periodic forecasts as per the defined schedule for the Opco

• Submit forecasts for approvals as per defined delegation of authority (DOA)
• Assist in preparation of operating budget and projection of expenses
• Provides assistance to managers in strategic and financial planning initiatives
• Assist in designing the use of financial modelling systems
• Assist in the development and maintenance of procedures and systems to enable the financial evaluation of strategic business opportunities
• Prepare reports on the budget process and support in the preparation of relevant packs for the Board for budget approvals.
• Assist in the preparation of budgets by performing validation checks over forecasted numbers
• Perform reconciliations with respect to approved forecasts and forecasts uploaded in ERP
• Allocation and re-allocation of budget to the departments
• Monitor, analyse and adjust the expenditure deviations from the allocated budget
• Periodic analysis of the budget and expenses of the departments
• Expense tracking and cost control

Context:

• Dynamic and highly competitive telecommunication & ICT industry
• Highly regulated environment
• Performance driven environment
• Diverse cultural environment
• Group best practices & standards alignment
• Regionalization structure implication
• Supply market demographics
• Opco specific restrictions on local content

Strategic Planning & Thinking

• Considers customer needs and trends in the development of strategic plans
• Implements strategic objectives
• Understands the strategic direction of the organization and highlight areas of potential value or risk

Critical Thinking

• Produce useful ideas or explanations for circumstances but lack in identifying or including cause and effect
• Undertakes a complex task by breaking it down into manageable parts in a systemic, detailed way

Analytical Thinking

• Analyze the data to detect trends and issues in the data and information in a logical and factual manner.
• Makes logical deductions from data sets
• Identifies a solution for resolving the underlying problem

Decision Making based on Decision Modelling

• Identifies the core issue in problem-solving, considers possible solutions and seeks direction and advice as appropriate
• Seeks to problem solve effectively by correctly analyzing the issues, seeking expert advice as required and consulting and collaborating with others as appropriate

Integrated Analytics

• Demonstrates an ability to take a comprehensive approach to insights development, through demonstrating integrated thinking
• Works with cross-functional teams across the business to ensure that the organization is gathering good quality behavioral information and technical data.
• Leads the Divisional insights strategy for the Division and makes a significant contribution to Divisional reporting

Qualification Required & Experience

Education

• A Degree in Accounting/Finance

Experience

• 3 years relevant experience

Professional/Technical competencies:

• Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS)
• Working knowledge of ERP (Oracle preferred)
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
• Experience in Telecom Finance function

NB: The Incumbent must maintain strict confidentiality always.

Location: Accra