Job Opportunites at MTN

Job Description

• Coordinate and gather information required to produce performance reports for Project Portfolio Management Office (PPMO)
• Assist the line Manager in Providing reporting guidance to Portfolio managers and other stakeholders
• Validate and ensuring the right level of information and insight is available for the reporting
• Maintain close working relationships with stakeholders to ensure they understand and can meet requirements for input data and maintain schedule to ensure timely delivery of information needed for reporting.
• Responsible for ensuring proper documentation of Portfolio Management Office (PMO) reports , minutes and all related documents
• Support the Manager in conducting diagnostics on a regular basis across all portfolios within the PMO office to assess the health of project pipeline and ability to identify, plan and execute on projects effectively.
• Input into stakeholders engagement to ensure their understanding and alignment on how performance are measured against the delivery of the Bright Strategy with respect to their functions and business units.
• Support in execution and maintenance of the PMO maturity assessments and guidelines.
• Serve as a change agent for BDM across the business.
• Engage with respective stakeholders to correct or improve practices that are seen to negatively impact the PMO effectiveness.
• Assists the business in development of business cases for specific projects initiatives
• Input into designing and creating needed reporting templates and dashboards for projects/portfolios
• Analyse and draw reports as ad when required by stakeholders or line managers

Requirement/Skills

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Management
• Minimum of 3 years of Accounting, budget or finance related experience
• Experience in telecommunications industry is an advantage
• Adequate knowledge in Financial and project Reporting
• Basic knowledge in Program & Project Management
• Adequate knowledge in Business & Financial Acumen
• Adequate knowledge in Project Performance Management
• Adequate knowledge in Compliance and risk management
• Basic understanding of GSM operations
• Basic knowledge of telecommunications industry.
• Adequate knowledge in trend analysis and interpretation
• Adequate knowledge of high volume data analysis
• Adequate knowledge of reporting tools e.g. Power BI
• Be skilled at organising, planning and time management.
• Have excellent problem-solving skills, able to think both logically and creatively.
• Have good spoken and written communication skills.
• Have good numeracy skills and understand financial decisions.
• Understand business and have technical skills relevant to the matching project cost to returns in investment.
• Ability to handle issues with tact and diplomacy

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Job Description

• Acts as the Custodian of BDM reporting framework and related documents for the organization.
• Consolidate information required to produce performance reports for Project Portfolio Management Office (PPMO) as related to the EPMO delivery KPIs as per BRIGHT strategy.
• Provide reporting guidance to Portfolio managers for the portfolio governance committees
• Ensuring the right level of information and insight is available for reporting
• Conduct diagnostics on a regular basis across all portfolios within the PMO office to assess the health of the project pipeline and ability to identify, plan and execute on projects effectively.
• Measure the quality and assurance outcomes as defined by the quality and assurance factors necessary for optimal delivery, such as project management effectiveness, business analysis effectiveness and portfolio management effectiveness.
• Responsibility for the execution and maintenance of the PMO maturity assessments and guidelines
• Engage with respective stakeholders to correct or improve practices that are seen to negatively impact the PMO effectiveness
• Ensure productive stakeholder engagements and serve as a change agent to ensure the portfolio is positively positioned in the organization.
• Assists the business in development of business cases for projects.
• Supports related-business unit strategy formulation as pertains to the portfolio and translate the objectives and ideas into projects with well-defined milestones and performance measures.
• Ensures alignment and integration of the cross-functional areas required to facilitate Project financial and benefits tracking through participation in portfolio governance structures and PPMO defined practices

Requirement/Skills

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Management
• Minimum of 5 years consistent work experience covering similar functions in multinational manufacturing and telecommunication companies of which 3 years’ experience in a supervisory role
• At least a minimum of 1 year GSM Telecommunication experience.
• Advance knowledge in Financial and project Reporting
• Adequate knowledge in Program & Project Management
• Adequate knowledge in Business & Financial Acumen
• Adequate knowledge in Project Performance Management
• Adequate knowledge in Compliance and risk management
• Basic understanding of GSM operations
• Knowledge of telecommunications industry.
• Sound understanding of the GSM industry
• Adequate knowledge of reporting tools e.g. Power BI
• Ability to manage conflict, accountability, self and team performance.
• Innovative, takes initiative, result oriented and develops self consistently
• Leadership skills, customer centric, collaborative and ability to coach & develop direct reports
• Trustworthy, integrity and ethical in dealings
• Ability to focus on priorities and plans, manages and monitors work effectively
• Good written and verbal communication, presentation Skills,
• Commitment to the organization
• Global thinker, Analytical thinking and Problem solving abilities.
• Ability to handle issues with tact and diplomacy
• Ability to manage own time and workload and juggle conflicting priorities
• Professional approach with a can do attitude.