Business Analyst Pricing & Analytics at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Analyst Pricing & Analytics

Location: Lagos
Division: Marketing & Strategy

Core Purpose of the Job

• To support a product from inception to implementation by providing management with financial information e.g. financial feasibility, ongoing performance, revenue splits, rates to be applied as well as determining the business rules relating to the product

Job Summary

• Perform financial assessments, profitability and pricing analysis pertaining to data centric products and offerings.
• Complete financial models that depict financial viability of product, rates to be applied and revenue shares.
• Evaluate the impact of various management proposals, provide supporting data and information for decision support and maintain formal processes through to proposal (Business Cases Development).
• Evaluate the impact of MTNN Value Propositions and P&S to ensure that insights on performance and review of such (VP and P&S) are provided for decision making.
• Incorporate business rules within a financial model to enable the effective evaluation of the product.
• Recommend alternative business case and/or financial scenarios to achieve the most favorable financial return and risk profile for MTNN.
• Research and provide on-going  reporting and performance monitoring  on useful competitive intelligence from multiple data sources
• Prepare pricing and proposition documents for management approval as per agreed process design.
• Supervise Tariff Administrator to ensure rates have been setup on the rating systems as approved on the rate control documents.
• Monitor and ensure adherence to MTNN tariff strategy and ensure all documented and implemented rates are as approved by the Business.
• Benchmark competition and international operators tariff regimes in order to advice and recommend appropriate actions to the Business.
• Prepare pricing and proposition documents for management approval as per agreed process design.
• Team up closely with Product and Services, Business and Consumer Divisions (Marketing Department) to provide continuous 2-way communication regarding the financial aspects of the product under assessment.
• Participate in the entire project lifecycle from new product evaluation and product implementation to ongoing product evaluation
• Act as a key partner to the creation of appropriate business case financial metrics and the continual assessment of the appropriate application of these metrics to financial analysis
• Ensure customers engagement when Proffering financial advice, guidance and analytical support  to the department to ensure negotiated contracts adhere to the future profitability expectations of MTNN and minimize risk to the business
• Work cross-functionally with other departments / teams to provide front-end and ongoing decision support for key business and financial decision
• Continuously seek self-professional development to sharpen skills and capabilities in a versatile and evolving digital landscape.
• Foster active collaboration and relationships with employees across all levels and divisions in line with MTN’s VB and values.

Education

• Bachelor Degree in Marketing, Accounting, Statistics, Economics or related fields.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience with pricing, accounting or financial analysis.
• Experience working in a medium  organization
• Financial modelling/ forecasting experienceExperience with BI tools, SQL reporting and analysis
• Financial Management or Product Evaluation experience.

Job Conditions

• Normal MTNN office environment.
• Open plan office
• May be required to work extended hours.

Application Closing Date