MANAGER - BUSINESS STRATEGY AT MTN NIGERIA

About Company:

MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa's leading cellular telecommunications company. On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year. Thereafter the company launched full commercial operations beginning with Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. MTN paid $285m for one of four GSM licenses in Nigeria in January 2001. To date, in excess of US$1.8 billion has been invested building mobile telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria. Since launch in August 2001, MTN has steadily deployed its services across Nigeria. It now provides services in 223 cities and towns, more than 10,000 villages and communities and a growing number of highways across the country, spanning the 36 states of the Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Many of these villages and communities are being connected to the world of telecommunications for the first time ever. 

Job Description:

• Contribute to the development and/or evaluation of financial and business cases for relevant initiatives. 
• Financial modelling: work with multiple (often finance-related and non-related) sources of data, integrating fact-bases and assumptions to develop complex financial and operational models. 
• Track and report on the financial performance of strategic projects, ensuring adherence to project budget and schedule, as well as providing insights and recommendations for improvement where relevant 
• Develop in-depth understanding of the business and external market forces
• Provide an analytical mindset to solving complex business problems and provide relevant insights for Leadership to make business decisions.
• Focus on content development for initiatives and projects which are required to be incubated by the Strategy & Innovation team.  
• Ensure content and solutions are aligned to global best practice
• Facilitate diagnostics and problem-solving workshops, applying economic/ business principles and recognizing intricacies of complex problems, to develop innovative solutions.
• Deploy rigorous analytical and data synthesis skills; in particular develop decision support models to guide strategy and key operational decisions.
• Support the identification and framing of projects in response to market/industry dynamics, business unit and enterprise-wide priorities. 
• Articulate project scope, delivery requirement, business case requirements and implementation milestones
• Translate teams' discussions and decisions into effective presentations (tailored to audience and purpose)
• Work with Senior Management to prioritize initiatives within Strategy & Innovation to allocate effort to mission-critical areas
• Drive implementation of strategic initiatives and projects, ensuring the delivery of business objectives and goals
• Challenge senior business leaders and the status quo utilizing data and analytical capabilities
• Provide support to Management by demonstrating conceptual capability, problem solving skills, agility and environmental market awareness to improve business outcomes.
• Act as an effective change agent utilizing influence, stakeholder analysis and change management techniques

Requirements:

Education:

• A first degree in a related field
• Possession of Project Management certification and/or an MBA is advantageous.
• Fluent in English

Experience:

6 - 13 years’ experience which includes:

• Experience working on business transformation projects
• Minimum 4 years’ experience working in a global/multinational management consultancy (understanding emerging markets)
• Management experience is advantageous
• Advanced experience working with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Project
• Creating strategy documents to address business problems
• Project management experience

Salary

Application Closing Date: Not specified

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