General Manager - Group Finance Strategy and Operations Management.Group Finance at MTN

Responsibilities

Divisional Strategy, Operations and Integration:

• Develop and monitor execution of the Group Finance consolidated divisional strategy, budget and performance measures, on behalf of the GCFO 
• Manage the GCFO's cost center opex and capex budget end-to-end, ensuring that strategic initiatives and events take place while enforcing fiscal discipline and optimizing resource allocation.
• Monitor costs and determine initiatives to increase efficiencies and optimise resources -maximise cost/benefit ratios.     
• Liaise with the business finance team in annual business planning, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and effective story-telling. 
• Lead weekly finance leadership meetings and other designated meetings, and track alignment against financial KPIs, risk mitigations, and compliance actions.
• Highlight significant deviations from finance KPIs and consolidate recovery plans, ensuring proactive management of issues and risks.
• Maintain oversight of internal and external deliverables (e.g., investor packs, rating agency reviews, audit committee and finance and investment committee requirements).
• Drive preparation and quality assurance of finance submissions for quarterly business reviews (QBRs), CFO forums, and audit readiness reviews.
• Assist the GCFO in identifying OPCO CFOs' challenges and risks, and ensure group finance offers proper support and oversight.

Divisional Performance Monitoring and Analysis: 

• Provide overall support of GCFO performance management scorecard by Operationalising, monitoring, and tracking the GCFO's performance management scorecard, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and objectives.
• Proactively monitor and analyze all key business financial and non-financial KPIs, including market insights, comparing them to the business plan and strategy, and providing strategic insights and recommendations.
• Lead benchmarking activities with other companies and organizations within and outside the industry, assisting GCFO in interpreting and comparing benchmarking data to MTN Group for business problem-solving and decision-making.
• Identify and assess macroeconomic trends and their potential impacts on the overall business, providing strategic insights and recommendations to mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities.
• Oversee, review, and provide input into routine reports, developing recommendations by collating inputs from cross-departmental functions on strategic and operational matters, ensuring accuracy, relevance, and timeliness.
• Identify impacts on other parts of the business and conduct internal and external research to resolve business challenges, facilitating cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving.
• Continuously manage and review the performance and deliverables of direct and indirect reports to ensure that the goals and objectives are achieved. Ensure service delivery excellence at all times within area of responsibility.

Divisional Strategic Execution and Programme Delivery:

• Serve as programme lead, overseeing cross-functional finance strategic projects on behalf of the GCFO, and including measuring returns, performance and spend. 
• Lead the conceptualization, formulation, tracking, monitoring, and prioritization of the implementation of all group-wide finance transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and objectives.
• Manage and execute GFCO mandates confidential and sensitive programs and initiatives, working closely with Group Finance Executives, Opco CFO, external advisor and  board committee members. 
• Provide strategic direction and oversight to ensure successful execution of strategic projects and initiatives, delivering measurable results.
• Effectively communicate program expectations to Group Finance Executives, Manco function heads, Opco CFOs and other relevant stakeholders in a timely and clear manner in line with operational requirements, ensuring alignment and understanding of goals and objectives.
• Lead cross-functional coordination and monitoring of key strategic projects, programmes, and top-of-mind issues on behalf of the Office of the GCFO, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and objectives.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential delays, and devise contingency plans to ensure timely and successful project delivery.
• Report on a regular basis on specific projects, as required to the GCFO, providing updates on progress, challenges, and mitigation strategies
• Assist the GCFO, in collaboration with finance executives and OPCO CFOs, in developing and implementing financial strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Supporting the management of strategic and tactical priorities focus areas of the GCFO's, ensuring these align with the highest value ROI,  and are in alignment with MTN Group strategic objectives. 
• Drive the execution of Group Finance’s strategic priorities by supporting project planning, resourcing, and tracking across all finance workstreams.
• Act as a liaison between the GCFO and key stakeholders, ensuring that their key needs and concerns are addressed throughout the project. 
• Develop OpCo Monthly and Quarterly review submissions on behalf of the GCFO to enable streamlined reporting into governance forums.
• Effectively communicate program expectations to key stakeholders (including other exco stakeholders) in a timely and clear manner in line with operational requirements, ensuring alignment and understanding of goals and objectives.
• Coordinate cross-functional and OPCO finance teams to support Group Finance efforts. 
• Support the GCFO with allocation of resources to key projects, ensuring that the right people are available for each project. 
• Support the management cross-functional, multi-year strategic initiatives that carry group-wide risk, compliance, and efficiency impacts.
• Facilitate decision-making by providing the GCFO with timely, curated insights and progress summaries.

Board, Board sub-committees, Opco Boards, and Executive Preparation:

• Prepare materials for Group Board, Group Exco, and Local Opco Board meetings involving the GCFO, in conjunction with Finance Executives and Business Leaders as required
• Oversee, review and approve the preparation and submission of all key business reports required by the GCFO, including those for the Group Board, Group Exco, Subsidiary boards and external and internal engagements, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and strategic alignment.
• Take a proactive approach to ensure that the GCFO is fully prepared for all meetings and engagements, both internal and external, by providing relevant information, insights, and support.
• Ensure governance documents are reviewed, concise, accurate, and aligned with strategic messaging.  Prepare Board Strategy documents on behalf of the GCFO having collected all data and information from the relevant Group Finance functions. 
• Collates Group Audit Committee Group Finance pack on behalf of the GCFO and ensures it is of required quality, including collaborating the submissions with the Group Cosec department.
• Collates all Group FIC submission on behalf of Group Finance, and ensures it is of required standard, including collaborating the submissions with the Group Cosec department.
• Serve as liaison between Group Finance executives and the GCFO for all board- and committee-related inputs.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication:

• Serve as a communication liaison between the GCFO and Finance sub-functions, Opcos, and Group Executives. 
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders as an extension of the Office of the GCFO –All Board Executive Directors, Executive Committee (Exco) members as well as External and Internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with investor relations to ensure consistent, accurate reporting and support the GCFO’s communication goals. Prepare the GCFO for investor presentations by compiling potential questions and ensuring thorough responses.
• Draft internal communications, reports, and strategic notes for the GCFO.
• Proactively manage upward and outward communication flow to ensure clarity and follow-through.

Divisional Excellence and related initiatives:

• Identify process inefficiencies and operational friction points across the Finance value chain. 
• Identify trends, recommend and lead programs to adapt to finance of the future initiatives
• Represent the GCFO in discussions and engagements related to Finance matters, in alignment with GCFO mandate.
• Support in discussions and meetings concerning shareholder remuneration and major funding matters.

Decision Support:

• Collect, analyze, and synthesize information from various sources to provide the GCFO with comprehensive insights. This helps the GCFO make informed decisions based on accurate and up-to-date data. 
• Prioritise approval requests based on urgency and importance, ensuring that the GCFO focuses on the most critical decisions first. 
• Delegate certain approval tasks to other executives or managers, freeing up the GCFO's time. 
• Act as a liaison to communicate important decisions and approvals to relevant stakeholders, ensuring clarity and consistency. 
• Ensure the GCFO is kept up to speed with key macro-economic events and movements that may impact decision-making and outlook. 
• Proactively monitor and analyze all key business financial and non-financial KPIs, including market insights, in comparison to business plan and strategy, providing strategic insights and recommendations.
• Develop and maintain an effective information network that enables strategic decision-making, ensuring access to timely and relevant information for key stakeholders.
• Lead benchmarking activities with other companies and organizations within and outside the industry, assisting GCFO and Group Finance Executives in interpreting and comparing benchmarking data to MTN Group to enable business problem solving and decision-making

Miscellaneous GCFO support: 

• Serve as strategic advisor to the GCFO by offering feedback, constructive input, and recommendations on overall strategy, key decisions, and initiatives.
• Ensure the GCFO is adequately prepared and briefed for key meetings and executive visits, with clear understanding of key outcomes, risks and pertinent matters for discussion. 
• Ensure the GCFO is aware of developments and risks to the annual business plan execution.
• Manage and provide solutions to escalations that impact the GCFO. 
• Manage the GCFO's schedule, prioritize tasks, and ensure efficient time management.

Qualifications

Education:

• Minimum 4-year Academic Degree with Honours or any Commercial or Technical Degree
• Chartered Accountant/Equivalent or Post-graduate degree/MBA (required)
• Graduate Qualification in Business Administration and/or Project Management 

Experience:

• 8 -10 years’ relevant experience, including 5 years of Senior Management experience. 
• Minimum 3-5 years in Telecommunications industry experience
• Proven track record to have worked across diverse cultures and geographies
• Experience in preparing and consolidating Board/Exco review packs and complex submissions.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Understanding of corporate finance, financial governance, and multinational finance operations.
• Programme management capabilities, with exposure to cross-functional delivery.
• Communication, writing, and presentation skills.
• Adept at stakeholder influence, issue resolution, and strategic advisory.

Competencies:

• Strategy formulation and execution
• Stakeholder management
• Business Acumen, Problem Solving, Information processing, Influencing others 
• Data interpretation, Judgement, Continuous improvement, Reporting 
• Executive and board-level reporting
• Immaculate PowerPoint and Excel Skills
• Poise, tact and diplomacy
• Extremely versatile, dedicated to efficient productivity
• Experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives

Apply Before 04/27/2026