IHS Towers is the largest independent mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2001, IHS provides services across the full tower value chain – colocation on owned towers, deployment and managed services.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Business Planner
Location: Nigeria
Job Summary
- To support the financial planning unit in business planning, decision support, project and corporate financing functions, financial strategy and other ad-hoc services.
Personal Profile
The ideal candidate will be:
- Robust and thorough in analysis and decision making.
- Confident to pursue appropriate financial return.
- Forward thinking and ambitious.
- Courageous in expanding existing business and developing new markets.
Responsibilities
- Prepare business plans, financial and data models for management decision and support and act as a go-to person for support on new products, initiatives and business leads
- Perform analysis of core economic and business variables for management reporting purposes
- Generate new business leads and perform business cases/valuation on new projects
- Initiate covered industry or project specific reports for management consumption
- Support the Financial Planning team to manage the financial planning processes, which includes, business planning, budgeting and budget control among others
- Assist in developing tools for analysis and tracking of financial performance of various strategic initiatives
- Inter department collaboration on forecasting activities, business models, or business plans
- Assist the Financial Planning team to prepare the quarterly forecast, annual Budget annual 5year business plan and other strategic plans of the company.
- Provide support when necessary to project/product teams in respect of financial modelling and reporting function.
Competencies:
- Significant experience in investment banking, research or corporate finance.
- Specific skills in valuation, financial modelling and analysis.
- Ability to manipulate and deal with complex data is an added advantage.
- Ability to influence senior management and build business cases
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills.
- Good communicator with ability to make presentations.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Business acumen and commercial awareness.
- Strong leadership skills and a team player
Educational Qualification
- First degree in Economics, Business Administration or other Finance or Mathematics related courses is required.
- MBA, CFA or any relevant professional certification is a plus.
- 5-10 years’ experience in related field.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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