MTN Nigeria: Business Planning Analyst

MTN Nigeria , Nigeria leading telecom service provider is recruiting for the position of Business Planning Analyst

Job Title: BUSINESS PLANNING ANALYST
Department: Marketing and Strategy
Location: Lagos

Job Description:
- Develop work products related to business planning and generate reports to support management decision. This will include but not limited to generating reports from various data sources such as the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), research reports, performing both desk and market research and report writing
- Identify, forecast, and evaluate advances in telecom technology and markets
- Gather and analyze all assumptions and data for use in business and coverage plan development
- Assess and determine market size (volume and value)
- Products and Service forecasts for MTNN including market tables, revenue to gross margin and Sales
- Develop and monitor all network metrics to measure key performance indicators
- Develop, track and analyze financial, environmental and economic developments in the industry and overall market (financial & economic trackers)
- Develop, track and analyze competitive performance and developments in the industry (locally and globally)
- Develop outlook report that will be provide management with up-to-date information on the current performance of the industry and market as well as future developments
- Performance of Variance Analysis
- Make recommendations to optimize revenue opportunities
- Formulate and substantiate assumptions that will be used to develop the business plan
- Provide scenarios to achieve the most favourable financial return and risk
- Assist in the identification and mitigation of risks that may impact the business
- Solve intelligence and information problems and provide insight from incomplete information
- Articulate a good understanding of secondary data sources
- Articulate knowledge of competitive trends and industry direction

Job Conditions: Normal MTNN working conditions Frequent driving (a valid drivers license is required) Regional Travel
Reporting To: BUSINESS PLANNING MANAGER

Required Skills:
4 years working experience which includes:
- 2 years in a business analyst or business analyst support role
- Strong talent for drawing up conclusions and recommendations from complex set of data

Employment Status : Permanent

Qualification:
A good first degree in Economics, Accounting or any related Social Science MSc would be an advantage.

Application Deadline
24th May 2010

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