Senior Specialist, Productivity & Budget Optimization at IHS Towers

About the Job

• We are currently recruiting for a Senior Specialist, Productivity & Budget Optimization.
• Based in Lagos, you will assist in executing budget, budget control, business planning and financial strategy activities across Technical and Commercial operations.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Serve as Business Partner to Technical by working with key stakeholders across the functions to understand business drivers, elicit both financial and operational performance expectations, and implement strategy.
• Provide budget support to the Technical organization by analyzing variances, commitments, and efficiencies, as well as recommending potential savings opportunities.
• Build and maintain a KPI Scorecard for Technical Department and analyze network performance and other relevant KPIs on an ongoing basis.
• Create cost-head dashboards to monitor spend against key expense items and against responsibility centres and functions.
• Perform scenario analyses on various Technical KPIs and inform the Technical leadership team on potential risks and opportunities.
• Manage Capex reporting for Technical, including production of monthly reports on Capex budget performance and generation of intelligence reports on impact of key Capex projects on bottom-line.
• Leverage expertise to support project and product teams in financial modelling and reporting deliverables.
• Carry out performance analytics of raw data from primary and secondary sources to facilitate decision-making.
• Provide forward-leaning, proactive early-warning systems to budget holders on performance to plan, with valuable advice to maintain targets.
• Create project cost codes and track accurate usage across all stakeholders.
• Prepare and deliver management presentations as and when required.
• Provide technical and functional cost inputs to the Commercial Finance, Budgeting and Reporting functions within Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) for purposes of budget preparation and business modelling.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Senior Manager, Productivity & Budget Optimization.

Experience & Qualifications Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or any relevant numerate discipline.
• CFA, MBA or ACA qualification is a plus.
• 7-8 years’ relevant experience, including most recent 5 in an analytics function requiring extensive application of statistical/ business intelligence tools and techniques for financial and performance reporting.

Organizational Competencies:

• Be Bold
• Customer Focus
• Innovation
• Integrity

Functional Competencies:

• Financial Modelling
• Data Analysis & Reporting
• Business Communication
• Analytical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Process Improvement
• Stakeholder Management
• Workload Management

Behavioural Competencies:

• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Relationship Building