Specialist, Commercial Finance at IHS Towers

Job Title: Specialist, Commercial Finance

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop business models that explain the financial impact of every business initiative or CAPEX project undertaken in the market
• Adopt consistent and repeatable financial metrics to evaluate all business initiatives and CAPEX projects, including but not limited to ROI, NPV, Cash flow, AFFO of business initiatives for comparative purposes and decision making
• Provide succinct executive comments to explain financial impacts of all CAPEX initiatives for management consideration
• Coordinate data gathering of supplementary and non-financial information, in conjunction with relevant functions and stakeholders, to complement project decisions – e.g.  legal/ commercial/ statutory/ environmental perspectives.
• Support short and long-term planning cycles including Forecasts (FCs), Business Plans and Budgets by providing updated project estimates based on actualized and revised activity
• Support Senior Manager-Commercial Finance and Manager-Innovation & LEAN in developing a tool-based risk review process aligned with DOA and responsibility matrix for the market
• Complete standard templates for business review and approval of all investment requests, including CAPEX Committee templates, in a timely and accurate manner
• Coordinate the data gathering activity across user-departments on all proposed CAPEX projects
• Perform routine and ad hoc project performance reviews to measure performance against plans and relevant benchmarks and identify possible risks and opportunities to achieving performance targets
• Work with Budgeting and Reporting unit to understand and report project variances and recommend possible remediations.
• Gather internal and external data to aid evaluation and business forecasts, including but not limited to Interest rates, WACC, diesel cost estimates, price per barrel and other macro indices.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Senior Manager, Commercial Finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, and other relevant Math-related fields.
• CFA certification or MBA is a bonus.
• Advanced excel proficiency
• 4+ years’ cognate experience.

Job-Specific Competencies:
Functional:

• Financial Modelling
• Performance Management & Reporting
• Planning & Budgeting
• Data Analysis
• Business Communication

Behavioural:

• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration & Teamwork.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is on Not Specified. Qualified and interested candidates can: Click here to apply online. It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Website:
Official Job Website: https://www.ihstowers.com/

Note:

Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.