Manager, Budget & Forecast at IHS Towers

Job Purpose

• Reporting to the Associate Director, Budget & Management Reporting, the Manager, Budget & Forecast will own and prepare the annual budget and quarterly forecast process.

Core Responsibilities

• Serve as Finance Business Partner to corporate functions across the business.
• Work with functional areas to prepare appropriate budget templates.
• Study previous budget and consider benefits and losses which occurred during previous financial years due to budget planning.
• Consolidate the data for budget presentation and provide an overview of the financial status of all operations.
• Provide expert advice to the management teams of different functions to enable them undertake proper financial planning and decision-making.
• Prepare detailed reports pertaining to discrepancies and amendments that occur in the budget.
• Comply with the approved budgeting policy, especially deadlines and ongoing management of the budgeting process.
• Receive budget estimates from functional areas across the business and critically examine them for correctness, completeness, accuracy, and alignment with established procedures, regulations, and organizational objectives.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Associate Director, Budget & Management Reporting.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, or related discipline.
• Plus 8 years relevant work experience.

Competencies
Functional Competencies:

• Accounting
• Analytical Thinking
• Business Communication
• Data Analysis & Reporting
• Financial Modelling
• Planning & Budgeting
• Stakeholder Management

Behavioural Competencies:

• Collaboration & Teamwork

Organizational Competencies:

• Be Bold
• Customer Focus
• Innovation
• Integrity.