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RESPONSIBILITIES

 MTN is entering a new phase in its lifecycle where operational and commercial excellence has become critical for success. The Manager: Network Deal Analytics & Insights must therefore ensure the successful delivery in context of:
–   MTN positioning as the best connectivity provider in Africa and the Middle East
–   Forefront of MTN Group diversification strategy
–   Operates within a highly inter-connected international telecommunications community
–   Ability to drive initiatives in line with the Group and Opco company’s business requirements
–   Responsibility to keep track of global trends and advancements and stay abreast of standardization work of relevant industry bodies
–   Integrate requirements from multiple internal and external stakeholders to provide the relevant services to support business growth
–   MTN decision to centralise the wholesales of global and local infrastructure assets
–   The geographic complexity of MTN’s foot print across Africa and the Middle East
–   Achievement of top quartile operating efficiency and effectiveness through scale and common processes
–   Enhance MTN position as a leading network and system provider
–   Constant dynamics and local challenges in the economic, regulatory and legal environments
–   Increasingly competitive and highly dynamic enterprise industries and landscape
–   Continuous improvement of processes and procedures in line with changing enterprise requirements
–   Aggregate and balance connectivity requirements across multiple diverse operating units
–   Varied physical transport and delivery systems (satellite, submarine cable, signaling gateways, switching platforms, IP routers)
–   Successful planning and deployment subject to multiple regulatory regimes across diverse jurisdictions and cultures
–   Ability to create a technological strategy in line with the company’s business requirements
–   Responsibility to keep track of global technology advancements and stay abreast of standardization work of relevant industry bodies
–   Integrate requirements from multiple internal and external stakeholders to provide the relevant bearer services to support business growth

The Manager: Network Deal Analytics & Insights will be accountable to achieve the following objectives:
–   Generating analytics-driven insights as a service to MTN and selected OpCos (by using MTN and industry financial/technical data) to create models that depict trends in the wholesale roaming base.
–   Gather technical information on network capacity and capabilities to create data models to assess various scenario
–   Ensure the correctness of input data as defined in accordance with the identified business requirements
–   Communicate data gaps and advise potential solutions to address the gap and define data schemas
–   Support with converting user requirements into low level design documents and technical specifications for internal or external users
–   Support the implementation of centralized and standardized Network Sharing data models and templates for improved consistency across all MTN markets.
–   Support the MTN Opco’s to improve quality of financial modeling to ultimately deliver projects quicker
–   Maintain the upkeep of project documentation and submissions throughout each deal’s life cycle.
–   Provide in-depth support to gather, sanitize and automate data processing capabilities.
–   Participate and provide inputs in operational meetings
–   Set up and manage project status meetings as required
Role Deliverables
–   Timely delivery and accurate reporting of technical and financial models.
–   Clear data driven analytical models in a format that can withstand an audit
–   Timely project task tracking of some/all network sharing transactions
–   Maintain the quality of the support provided by the central team to the OpCo
–   Data driven report writing for learning material and memorandums
Role Dependencies
–   Senior Manager: Network Sharing Deals Analytics and Insights
–   Inputs from in-country network sharing project teams
–   Inputs from prospective partners
–   Inputs from MTN Group Data and Analytics

Education:

–   BCom or BSc degree (preferably in Finance, Comp Science, Maths, Stats, Econometrics or equivalent)
–   Post-graduate qualification in Management Studies will be advantageous
Experience:
–   Minimum 5 years in relevant experience in data modelling or as an analyst or in quantitative commercial role
–   Minimum 5 years’ experience preferably within the telecommunications, or commercial facing role or business consulting role
–   Experience working across diverse cultures and geographies
Competencies:
–   Interest in the international telecommunication industry in regard to latest industry trends and competitive landscape within the MTN footprint
–   Interest in the technical working of telecommunication network hardware and software
–   Strong financial/statistical/economic modelling and data gathering/ analysis competencies
–   Ability to apply various tools to solve problems such as Sass, Eviews, R, Python, DAX etc.
–   Strong computer literacy with proficiency in MS Excel, Power BI, Word and Power-Point
–   Effective use of project documentation and tools
–   Work productively and communicate effectively within a remote team across MTN OpCos
–   Work proactively across multiple cultures and languages within the MTN footprint countries
Other:
–   Regional and international travel
–   Continuously learning and researching