IHS Towers is one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count and is solely focused on the emerging markets. The Company has over 40,000 towers across its 10 markets, including Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Kuwait, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia. For more information, please email: [email protected] or visit: www.ihstowers.com

Our people and culture are what make IHS such a unique organization. To maximize on our spirit of collaboration, innovation and teamwork we operate an office based working policy 100% of the time across all our locations.

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.

Job-Specific Competencies

Functional:

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

Behavioural:

• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration & Teamwork

• Bachelor’s 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.

Organizational Competencies

• Customer Focus - People demonstrating this competency understand & exceed our customers’ needs. They develop trusted, reliable & collaborative relationships. They are consistently operating to the highest standards of service & delivery.
• Innovation - People demonstrating this competency constantly seek new & improved ways to deliver our products & services. They champion engineering & skills development, and work to create a collaborative and supportive operating environment.
• Integrity - People demonstrating this competency are open & honest in everything they do. They support financially & environmentally sustainable growth. They make socially responsible decisions and treat their stakeholders with respect.
• Be Bold - People demonstrating this competency are thorough in analyses & decision-making. They are courageous in expanding existing markets & developing new ones. They confidently pursue appropriate financial returns and are forward-thinking and ambitious.
• Sustainability- People demonstrating this competency are constantly seeking to create positive impact in the communities we serve.