Job Information

Industry

Telecommunications

Work Experience

3-4 years

Salary

000

City

Lusaka

State/Province

Lusaka

Zip/Postal Code

10101

Job Description

Responsibilities
Contributes to, challenge and implement the long-term strategies for MTN Finance functions and ensures alignment of all activities undertaken in the unit to the strategies;
Translates targets and strategies into operational plans, ensuring alignment of these to business strategy, driving the execution thereof and taking corrective actions where necessary;
Considers 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;
Coordinates the MTN Zambia (MTNZ) forecast, budget and business plan processes, policies and procedures;
Provides guidance and leads on divisional submissions (assumptions and other inputs- financials and non-financials) into the MTNZ forecast, budget and business plan processes;
Ensures smooth flow of information and facilitates 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;
Performs detailed analytical reviews and sensitivity analysis of the forecast, budget and business plan submissions to ensure correctness, completeness and accuracy of numbers;
Ensures an alignment and/or synchronisation of the MTN Group objectives to the MTNZ forecast, budget and business plans;
Reviews the annual budget and forecast financial and non-financial ratios and reports on variances to management (local and MTN Group) on as-need-be basis;
Prepares the monthly Management Pack highlighting key performance indicators, for Management and Group reviews;
Coordinates non-financial reporting to Group; ensuring accuracy and reasonableness of the data and should be loaded on Hyperion as per Group timelines.

Requirements

Grade 12 certificate with 5 credits or better of which English and Mathematics are a must;
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

Hand delivered applications will not be accepted and closing date for accepting applications is 15th August 2022.

Note: that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.