The Role
Leads business performance reporting, budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, variance analysis, profitability reviews, business-case validation, financial governance, market analysis, and cost optimization. Partners with business units and senior management to identify risks, opportunities, performance drivers, and value-creation initiatives across telecommunications operations.
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Why Airtel Africa?
At Airtel Africa, we act with passion, energy, and a can-do attitude. Innovation with an entrepreneurial spirit drive us. If you like “ordinary”, then we are not for you.
We champion diversity. We anticipate, adapt, and deliver solutions that enrich the lives of communities we serve. we roll up our sleeves to win with our customers.
By choosing Airtel, you choose to be part of a winning team. All this in addition to a brilliant opportunity to build a career in your field of expertise, across our different operating companies in Africa.
Airtel Africa is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and remain fully committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
The role holder duties will include but not limited to:
- Lead business performance reporting and analysis, providing actionable insights on revenue, customer, traffic, cost, and operational performance for Management and Board review.
- Coordinate budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, ensuring alignment with business strategy and Group objectives.
- Monitor financial and operational performance against budgets and forecasts, analyze variances, and drive corrective actions with stakeholders.
- Deliver business performance commentary, highlighting key trends, risks, opportunities, and performance drivers.
- Conduct market, competitor, industry, and macroeconomic analysis to support strategic planning and decision-making.
- Perform profitability and commercial analysis across products, segments, channels, sites, and MVNO operations to identify value creation opportunities.
- Review and validate business cases, assessing the financial and commercial viability of investments, projects, and strategic initiatives.
- Drive financial governance and budget compliance through expenditure reviews, budget optimization, and control of unbudgeted spending.
- Partner with business units to identify, implement, and track cost optimization and efficiency initiatives across the organization.
Qualifications, Competencies and Behaviors required:
- University degree in Finance, Accounting or business related
- ACCA/CPA/CFA qualification or currently pursuing a professional qualification.
- Minimum 4-7 years’ Financial Planning & Analysis experience in Telecommunications or FMCG
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capability, including quantitative and qualitative financial statement analysis.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and big data analytics
- Strong ability to analyze complex business issues and develop practical, value-driven solutions.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills able to work with colleagues
- High attention to detail, good business understanding and ability to work effectively under pressure.
Skills Required
- University degree in Finance, Accounting, or a business-related field
- ACCA, CPA, or CFA qualification, or currently pursuing a professional qualification
- 4–7 years of Financial Planning and Analysis experience in telecommunications or FMCG
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capability, including quantitative and qualitative financial statement analysis
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and big data analytics
- Ability to analyze complex business issues and develop practical, value-driven solutions
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
- High attention to detail, good business understanding, and ability to work effectively under pressure
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The Company
What We Do
Airtel Africa is a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, operating in 14 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, offering mobile voice, data, and financial services.
