At Bayobab, we are Lead with Care, Can-do with Integrity, Collaborate with Agility, Serve with Respect and Act with Inclusion. Bayobab formerly MTN GlobalConnect is a Pan-African digital wholesale and infrastructure services company founded in 2017, and an operating company in the MTN Group. Bayobab formerly MTN GlobalConnect manages MTN’s international and national major wholesale activities, in addition to offering reliable wholesale and infrastructure solutions for fixed connectivity and wholesale mobility solutions that include international mobile services, Voice, SMS, signaling, roaming and interconnect.

Mission/ Core purpose of the job:

The Manager: FP&A will be part of Business Finance team in GC Finance responsible for financial planning, management reporting and financial analysis for  Bayobab.

The position demands for highly dependable trusted FP&A in all areas of financial management (P&L and Balance sheet), management reporting, financial analytics, business planning, financial systems and processes, financial modelling & business case evaluation. The role demands driving various business initiatives with great collaboration and excellent relationship management & influencing skills at all levels within Bayobab and across Bayobab FibreCos.

The ability to thrive in a fast-paced and demanding work environment is critical to success in this role. The successful candidate will have a strong desire in adding value to Bayobab business verticals and exceed expectations in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Key Performance Areas: Core, essential responsibilities / outputs of the position (KPA’s):

The Manager – FP&A will be accountable to achieve the following objectives:

• Support SM – FP&A & Business Partners in annual business planning and quarterly forecasting process in preparing guidelines for FBPs, FibreCos, Business units and apply critical review in all the submissions.
• Close interaction with Bayobab Finance Business Partners during forecasting, business planning & monthly reporting process in understanding and extracting financial information
• Assist SM – FP&A & Business Partners in preparing monthly management reports for Bayobab and Bayobab Consolidated by updating the flash model and providing management commentaries
• Finalize monthly/Quarterly presentations forBayobab Exco/ Group Exco and coordinate with other business stakeholders & FibreCo Heads
• Provide Management with various financial grids (Scenarios) from HFM/FCCS during Budget reviews, monthly management reviews and special ad-hoc requests
• Prepare template and financials for the Opco communication during Business Planning and Forecasting period
• Monitor and report on progress of Financial KPI metrics of GC and each business unit
• Perform post implementation evaluations of various capex projects & provide updates to management
• Drive cost optimization initiatives collaborating with GC commercial and technical operation team
• Perform various financial modelling for revenue projections, scenario analysis for capital projects, investment evaluations, pricing simulations, costing analysis etc.
• Support SM in driving the Oracle EPM automation and standardisation of Business planning process across Bayobab Group
• Continue to monitor budget spend mainly Opex categories like Managed services, professional fees, Marketing, travel and On-charges from Manco
• Supporting SM with second level independent review of all investment & Special projects
• Prepare Segmented Income statements on quarterly basis based on clearly defined cost drivers to present to Management
• Understanding the key profit and cost drivers in the business, ensuring that risks are highlighted and mitigated in an efficient manner.
• Inputting to and advising on content and presentation of business cases prior to sign off for functional area
• Responsible in preparing quarterly segmented income statement for both fixed and mobility business up to net profit
• Support new / existing product commercial and financial feasibility assessments to arrive at go-no-go decisions and investment potential.
• Lead and support various business transformation projects

Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies):

Education:

• Minimum 4-year degree in Finance or Business
• CA / ACMA (CIMA) /ACCA preferred

Experience:

• Minimum of 5-year qualified experience
• Extensive experience in leading financial planning and analysis, business partnering, P&L, Operational and Cost Management, accounting experience in a large organisation
• Proven success in delivery of high-quality analytics
• High commitment to results
• Good experience in Oracle Fusion, FCCS, EPM and HFM

Competencies:

• Critical Finance thinking
• Strategic thinker
• Business / Finance acumen with commercial mindset
• Accounting standards, policies and procedures
• Demonstrated exceptional analytical, quantitative and financial modelling skills
• Global mindset, ideally with broad geographical and industry experience that brings cross cultural understanding and the ability to work across cultures
• Genuine interest and shows initiative in own professional development i.e. keeping up with best practices, digitalization
• Exceptional presentation skills including Executive level presentations
• Strong decision maker

• Advanced Excel skills
• Ability to work multiple priorities in parallel
• Ability to develop relationships and influence
• People management
• Organizational Agility
• Dealing with ambiguity and complexity