The Role
Leads financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis for Airtel Nigeria. Responsibilities include opex controllership, revenue forecasting, flash and forecast submissions, KPI and financial review reporting, board and management presentations, process compliance, risk identification, and finance business partnering. The role supports strategic decision-making, performance improvement, budget management, and alignment of financial initiatives with business objectives.
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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.
About the Role
The purpose of the job is to provide and lead professional and strategic finance delivery in line with global best practices to Airtel Nigeria by providing reports needed for decision making in the achievement of organizational objectives.
Airtel Africa is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and remain fully committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Opex Controllership
- HQ reports & ANOVA commentary updates and submissions
- Opex Trackers/Monthly Engagement
- FnF Submission and comments
- Revenue forecast & analysis
- Opex issue tracker closure of relevant actions
- Finance business partner & Decision Support
- Opex Efficiency Tracking & Review
Flash & Forecast
- Submission of complete F&F report (N-1)
- Commentaries for MoM, QoQ, Month Vs Flash, F&F & YoY - Flash & Actual (N-1)
- Flash health check reporting
Reporting & Analysis
Review of Team’s internal and External reporting calendar for:
- Adherence to timelines
- Highlight of key risks and recommend improvement to stakeholders
- Quality reporting
Examples: Weekly Revenue/CR/KPI Report, Daily,Data and VAS CWN,
Business Review and Analysis
- Business Review Deck to highlight key areas of decision making (KPI Deck)
- Monthly Financial Review Deck on financial performance and KPIs
- Delivery of quarterly Board Deck
- Delivery of quarterly management briefing report
Process Control Framework
Benchmark targets to be achieved are:
- FPA Calendar Compliance Tracker
- PET Score
Educational Qualifications
- Graduate in Accounting/finance/Economics/ Bus Admin/Engineering
- A professional qualification of ICAN, ACCA or CFA is required
Relevant Experience & Functional / Technical Skills
- At least 8-10 years' experience in a multinational business environment in similar capacity
- Experience working with organizational leaders to define and execute finance strategies linked to organizational goals
- Solid problem-solving and business acumen skills
- Proven organizational development, performance management and employee relations skills
- Must demonstrate interpersonal savvy with the ability to crack complex situations effectively while building constructive relationships
- Ability to build partnerships in a matrix organizational environment along with providing coaching/counseling to all levels within the organization
- Excellent ability as a consultant/negotiator to influence senior management
- Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) and regulations as well as Global best practices
- Excellent knowledge of the S&D business model and success enablers
- Strong budget and management skills, including proven ability to project/process manage
- Ability to deal with ambiguity, tight timelines, multiple priorities, and demanding customers, in a fast-moving, constantly changing environment
- Ability to develop and integrate financial strategies and initiatives with company's business strategies with minimal supervision to no supervision
Other requirements
- High degree of professionalism, maturity and confidentiality
- Strong oral and written interpersonal skills
- Highly developed, demonstrated teamwork skills.
- Demonstrated ability to see the big picture and provide useful and strategic advice and input to the business unit
- Ability to lead in an environment of constant change.
- Creative, forward thinker
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Skills Required
- Graduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or Engineering
- Professional qualification such as ICAN, ACCA, or CFA
- At least 8–10 years of experience in a multinational business environment in a similar capacity
- Experience defining and executing finance strategies aligned with organizational goals
- Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards and applicable regulations
- Knowledge of the S&D business model and its success enablers
- Strong budgeting, management, project management, and process management skills
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and business acumen skills
- Ability to influence senior management and build partnerships in a matrix organization
- Ability to manage ambiguity, tight timelines, multiple priorities, and demanding stakeholders
- Ability to develop and integrate financial strategies with business strategies with minimal supervision
- Strong interpersonal, communication, teamwork, coaching, and counseling skills
- High degree of professionalism, maturity, confidentiality, adaptability, and strategic judgment
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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.
