MTN Zambia is Currently Recruiting: Manager – Business Planning & Analysis

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Here is an opportunity to work in a true pan African Company with increasing financial inclusion through entrepreneurship

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Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to, challenge and implement the long-term strategy for MTN Finance function and ensure alignment of all activities undertaken in the unit to the strategy;
• Translate targets and strategies into operational plans, ensuring alignment of these to business strategy, driving the execution
• thereof and taking corrective actions where necessary;
• Consider the long-term implications of actions, controls and processes on the viability of the business from a broad perspective, including the impact on other areas of the business units;
• Coordinate the MTN Zambia (MTNZ) forecast, budget and business plan processes, policies and procedures;
• Provide guidance and lead on divisional submissions (assumptions and other inputs- financials and non-financials) into the
• MTNZ forecast, budget and business plan processes;
• Ensure smooth flow of information and facilitate effective data processing by the financial systems team to ensure efficiency in the forecast, budget and business plan processes;
• Facilitate the implementation of effective budgetary controls in the organization;
• Perform detailed analytical review and sensitivity analysis of the forecast, budget and business plan submissions to ensure correctness, completeness and accuracy of numbers;
• Ensure an alignment and/or synchronisation of the MTN Group objectives to the MTNZ forecast, budget and business plan.
• Review of the annual budget and forecast financial and non-financial ratios and report on variances to management (local and MTN Group) on as-need-be basis;
• Prepare the monthly Management Pack highlighting key performance indicators, for Management and Group review;
• Coordinate non-financial reporting to Group; ensuring accuracy and reasonableness of the data and should be loaded on Hyperion as per Group timelines.

Candidate Requirements

• B.Sc./ BA Accounting/Finance
• A professional accounting qualification (ACCA/CIMA)
• At least 5 years practical working experience in Business planning, of which 2 years should be at management level in a multinational organization.
• Good knowledge of IAS, IFRS & GAAP
• Experience in Telecommunications industry will be an added advantage
• Experience in external audit will be an added advantage
• Member of ZICA/ACCA/CIMA

Women are strongly encouraged to apply

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Note:  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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