Head, Financial Planning & Analysis – SmartCash PSB at Airtel Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited) is a leading telecommunications services provider in Nigeria headquartered in Lagos, the commercial nerve-centre of Nigeria. The telco ranks amongst the top four mobile service providers in terms of subscribers with a customer base of more than 39.8 million. The company’s product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce and enterprise services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Financial Planning & Analysis – SmartCash PSB

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full-time

Purpose of the Job (Brief)

Primarily responsible for leading and coordinating the management reporting and budgeting & forecasting process, including the short- and long-term projections of business performance over varying economic and market scenarios. Also involved in key decision support analysis to aid key decision making.

Key Accountabilities

Develop, implement, and ensure compliance with the budget control processes and procedures and ensure adherence to the Opex and Capex targets.
Planning and forecasting; monthly, quarterly, yearly for Annual Operating Plan and 5 year business plans
KPIs reporting (financial & non-financial); daily, weekly, monthly as required; develop reports automation where required.
Management Accounting & Performance Analysis inputs and reviews following month-end book closures
Decision support and analysis; products & segment profitability analysis, and any other one-off business case evaluation required to support decision making.
External benchmarking and competitors analysis
Responsible for periodic regulatory returns on financial matters to the CBN and any other regulator within the financial system (where required).
May be required to co-ordinate internal & external audit as required.

Educational Qualification