Urgent vacancy at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria – The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:





Job Title: Manager, New Ventures
Location: Lagos
Employment status: Permanent

Job Description

    Enable the creation of new revenue opportunities for MTN Nigeria through venturing and business model innovation.
    Drive commercial viability of emerging technologies to be market ready within the MTNN Context.
    Support the Shareholder return strategy by developing and implementing Transformation Office processes that are aligned to achieving all elements on the business score card. (I.e. Grow Market Share, Grow ICT & Data Revenue, Increase EBITDA margins, Assure Revenue, CAPEX Returns Management and Net Subscriber Additions).
    Draw up financial statements based on well articulated assumptions & define learning agenda for businesses in incubation.
    Manage the preparation of the monthly financial reports for venture entities in collaboration with the internal/group finance teams Accountability for the financial health of a portfolio of strategic ventures producing financial reports, analyze everyday financial activities and subsequently provide advice and guidance to upper management on future financial plans.
    Strategic Partnerships with MTNN leadership team to drive awareness on expected behaviors and impact on non-compliance on bottom line results and company image/reputation.
    Drive planned strategy for the successful delivery of MTN Group and MTNN transformation initiatives focusing on BRIGHT Strategy.
    Drive an increase in MTNN’s Net Promoter Score.
    Stay abreast of technology waves and customer insights related to content, multimedia and portal services
    Prepare and give business reviews to the senior innovation leadership regarding progress on and impediments to achieving operational objectives
    Collaborating with internal stakeholder teams to take an idea from concept to production following the MTNN Innovation lifecycle.
    Execute the strategic innovation and venture development plan while working with key internal stakeholders (e.g., Finance teams, technology, legal, customer support, sales, etc.).
    Facilitate legal, accounting, insurance, technical decisions and resource allocations;
    Work with internal and external networked resources to develop strategies that facilitate venture creation and commercialization
    Stay abreast of all changes in financial regulations, legislation and trends in the markets and around the world that has any immediate or indirect impact on the organization and its operations
    Support the customer centered innovation by generating compelling value propositions and creation of minimum viable prototypes.
    Create business model options & identify critical unknowns. Stochastically model the impact of those unknowns on the desired business outcome.
    Design & conduct “minimum viable prototype” based “with market” experiments to gain more certainty around chosen business model.
    Strengthen the business model development practice
    Identify emerging technologies and companies of interest to MTNN for early, mid, and late stage investments
    Oversee all venture operations
    Assessment of new business ventures using the MTNN TELOOPS framework, assessment of competitive landscape, formulation of business case, defining target markets, and a Minimum Viable Product
    Guide technology development work by working with subject matter experts & external vendors/partners.
    Continuously seek self-professional development to sharpen skills and capabilities in a versatile and evolving digital landscape.
    Coach and train the team to ensure understanding of the objectives and goals of the department, awareness of set targets/requirements and regularly review their training needs.
    Review performance of individual team members and complete appraisals in accordance with the employee performance appraisal procedures and time schedules.
    Identify training requirements of team members, develop program to address knowledge gaps and to enrich knowledge repository within the department.

Job Condition:

    Normal MTNN working conditions
    May be required to work extended hours
    Open plan office.

Requirements, Experience, Training & Education
Education:

    A First degree in relevant discipline
    MBA, MSc or equivalent will be desirable
    One of the following expertise or experience also desirable:
        Financial management, CIMA, CFA, CIM, Risk qualifications
        Emerging Technology certifications (e.g. blockchain, cloud, Mobile etc.
        Legal or Contract risk management
        Strategic Alliance management
        Data as a Service monetisation.

Experience:

    6-13 years working experience
    At least one of the following further experience would be a strong advantage:
        Experience directly leading a commercial SBU in a digital or financial services environment
    Commercial legal competence and contract risk management
    A significant exposure to Software design and development or VAS Engineering experience building interfaces and integrating 3rd party services
    An understanding of the process for developing or implementing products and propositions within a financial services or Telecoms environment
    Extensive Business Intelligence (Insights, predictive analytics and Big Data) experience. A grasp of an enterprise technology environment and its primary platforms and integration requirements (or similar such enterprise architecture synonymous with financial services environment).

Minimum qualification

    BA, BEd, BEng or BSc.

Application Deadline 9th November, 2018.





Job Title: Advisor, Regulatory Affairs (Commercial)-Supervisory
Location: Lagos

Job Description

    Provide advisory service with regard to regulatory requirements to enable MTN identify and avoid risks, as well as identify and harness opportunity within the regulatory context.
    Provide advisory support in a manner that makes business units’ obligations explicit and enables them operate in a manner that does not expose the business to fines and sanctions.
    Facilitate creation of opportunities and access to strategic regulatory resources that are required to influence business decisions.
    Collaborate with business units to develop inputs and responses to regulatory interventions by Regulators and overlapping regulatory agencies (CBN, SEC, FIRS, etc.).
    Identify risks in a regulatory context and advise mitigation measures.
    Identify and advise on harnessing regulatory opportunities.
    Periodically conduct environmental scans to identify regulatory risks and issues relating to ICT/telecoms, emerging technology, digital & financial inclusion and advise on strategies for addressing same.
    Proactively research and propose regulatory interventions for adoption by regulatory agencies.
    Prepare periodic reports to provide executive management and the MTNN Board with updates on key regulatory/policy developments
    Draft responses to a broad spectrum of regulatory correspondence (customer complaints, network/subscriber or other corporate information requests, etc.) and ensure compliance with stated timelines (minimal incidence of exceptions)
    Provide business advisory support relating to license & regulatory obligations to mitigate risks and create/advance business development opportunities
    Ensure prompt and timely cascade of customer queries from regulatory authorities to relevant internal units in compliance with MTNN consumer code of practice
    Review of relevant regulations & business processes to ensure they are attuned for an optimal customer experience.
    Cultivate and maintain positive relationships across various cadres of relevant regulatory agencies and other key stakeholders in the telecommunications industry.
    Continuously seek self-professional development to sharpen skills and capabilities in a versatile and evolving digital landscape.
    Foster active collaboration and relationships with employees across all levels and divisions in line with MTN’s VB and values.

Job Condition

    May be required to work extended hours
    Open plan office
    Normal MTNN working conditions

Experience & Training
Education:

    First Degree in Law/Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences (MBA or a commerce/business-focused LLM would be an advantage)

Experience:

    3-7 years’ experience which includes:
        Experience within a corporate, commercially-driven environment
        Excellent written and oral communications skills (writing samples required)
        Demonstrable evidence of expertise in research and issue analysis (using a variety of MS Office tools including PowerPoint)
        Excellent judgment, communication and persuasive skills; knack for creativity, the ability to work with minimal supervision in a dynamic sector
        Sound understanding and knowledge of Regulatory environment.
        Passion /Keen interest in issues of public policy and regulation

Training:

    On the job training and exposure
    Industry conferences

Minimum Qualification

    BA, LLB, LLM, BSc or BEd.





Job Title: Senior Manager, Finance Services & Control Budget
Location: Lagos

Job Description

    Finance Business Partnering-Finance
    To provide overall management, guidance, support and reporting of financial activities including OPEX and CAPEX for all Divisions apart from Network Group and S&D.
    Support the Shareholder return strategy by developing and implementing the Division’s processes that are aligned to achieving all elements on the business score card. (I.e. Grow Market Share, Grow ICT & Data Revenue, Increase EBITDA margins, Assure Revenue, CAPEX Returns Management and Net Subscriber Additions).
    Participate in the review of Business Processes (headcount, process optimization, OPEX, CAPEX requirements etc), to drive efficiency and gains to ensure savings on Divisional budget year-on-year.
    Participate in Contract negotiations to reduce cost and drive MTNN Value Creation Philosophy.
    Serve MTNN’s customers and provide solutions to improve the customer experience.
    Drive an increase in MTNN’s Net Promoter Score
    Strategic Partnerships with MTNN leadership team to drive awareness on expected financial behaviors and impact of non-compliance on bottom line, business performance and company image/reputation.
    Drive planned strategy for the successful delivery of MTN Group and MTNN transformation initiatives focusing on Customer centricity, including Perfect 10 Project.
    Partner with MTNN’s Ecosystem Partners to deliver business value.
    Collaborate with other business units in the development of business models for use in MTNN and develop measurement strategies to support ongoing strategy development and project optimization.
    Network and build solid relationships with internal units and relevant third parties (e.g. strategic investors, technical and finance partners, business consultants etc.) and develop a close working relationship with relevant information sources to provide an integrated service.
    Develop short and long-term business strategy for all Divisions, administering all financial/business planning and resource development supports for them.
    Develop MTNN quarterly forecast, annual business plan and other strategic plans of the company, representing MTNN’s performance report to the top management and senior stakeholders.
    acilitate the entire budget and business plan process for MTNN, ensuring adherence to standard format and guidelines
    Develop and perform special projects financial modeling and analysis and make appropriate recommendations.
    Develop and implement tools, systems and processes for effective financial control.
    Provide leadership and manage the Finance Shared Service team, participating in all Divisional high-level decision-making management meetings.Q

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