General Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis at Pan African Towers Limited

Pan African Towers Limited is a telecommunications infrastructure and wireless service facilitator. We made our debut on the African continent, starting with initial business operations in Nigeria, in 2017; we will soon have operations in Ghana, and Liberia. We now have close to a thousand towers and operate in every city in Nigeria. We have an aggressive growth plan to reach all parts of Africa and aim to deploy up to thirty-five thousand (35,000) towers, within the next five years to help bridge the broadband coverage gap in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: General Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Purpose

• Responsible for providing quality control and oversight of the company’s budget estimates and spending projections for completeness and accuracy

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead the company’s budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning
• Oversee the overall monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the Company's financial performance
• Prepare and maintain metric-driven financial models used to forecast and evaluate the Company’s profitability
• Develop and manage financial analysis procedures, in addition to identifying remedial actions
• Conduct financial analysis, modeling, forecasting, and reporting for efficient financial operations
• Manage the company’s annual planning and budgeting process
• Formulate accurate and reliable predictive forecast models with the use of financial reporting and cash flow information
• Assess historical data, forecast future results, analyze and explain budget variances
• Review analysis results, provide investment, and lead strategic business decisions
• Identify cost-savings opportunities for the business operations
• Coordinate the periodic preparation and analysis of forecast
•  Establish a budget and operating benchmarks, to assist in the preparation of periodic forecasts
• Lead the process to forecast all direct spending and align indirect/overhead resource allocations in the company
• Advise the leadership team on direct spending trends

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 - 12 years of proven work experience with prior experience managing the Financial Planning & Analysis function.
• Minimum of 7 years in senior finance role
• Proficient knowledge of Accounting reporting standards
• Sound knowledge of the Microsoft Office suites
• Knowledge of the SAP ERP system
• ICAN/ACCA is required
• Proficient knowledge of Accounting reporting standards
• Sound knowledge of the Microsoft Office suites
• Knowledge of the SAP ERP system

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.