Senior Manager – Treasury and Cash Management at MTN Uganda Limited

MTN Uganda Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is seeking to recruit competent individual to fill the following Position;

Job Title: Senior Manager – Treasury and Cash Management

Reports to: Chief Finance Officer

Division: Finance

No. of Vacancies: 1

Main Job Functions:

Strategy Development and Implementation

• Lead creation of sub-divisional strategy in line with overarching divisional goals with emphasis on client experience (internal and external).
• Ensure effective implementation of sub-divisional strategy by means of providing direction, structure, business plans and support.

Staff Leadership and Management

• Source, induct, and manage talent in accordance with legislative guidelines
• Ensure open communication channels with staff and implement change management interventions where necessary
• Provide definition of roles, responsibilities, individual goals and performance objectives for the team
• Set KPIs and provide regular performance feedback through a well-defined and implemented performance review program
• Develop and implement a training plan in order to build and develop skills within the team
• Performance manage resources in accordance with HR policy and legislation where necessary
• Actively participate in leadership team and develop skills of own team
• Promote a ‘MTN centric’ and ‘partnership approach’ to develop strong relationships with other working groups and ensure adherence to Group governance.

Governance

Adhoc, Operational and Tactical Meeting

• Set up / participate in adhoc and operational meetings.
• Participate and provide input into tactical meetings.
• Report at process and functional level.Escalations
• Manage and resolve escalations that have impact on critical path of service delivery.
• Escalate issues that will result in significant time, scope, employee/customer or cost impact if not resolved
• Manage and provide solutions to issues that require formal resolutionOpco Operational
• Set up and manage project status meetings
• Review and identify key risks, issues and dependencies and set mitigation actions
• Manage budgets
• Sign-off / make decisions regarding operational changes
• Escalate issues that will result in significant time, scope, employee/customer or cost impact if not resolved
• Manage and provide solutions to issues that require formal resolution

Performance

• Review performance of SSC and CoE against agreed KPIs and their compliance to SLAs and reverse SLAs
• Review and monitor plan for continuous improvement
• Review performance of SSC and CoE

Reporting

• Review reports on a monthly basis from the SSC and CoE relating to progress made within the sub-division and in accordance with the measurement metrics set by the organization
• Review reports on an adhoc basis on specific projects (as required).

Budgets  

• Manage sub-divisional budgets in line with business objectives.
• Manage project or initiative budgets in line with business objectives.

Operational Delivery

• Risk and Hedging exposure management.
• Letter of credit (LC) and Bank guarantees (BG) management.
• Bank accounts management.
• Investment Management and Cash Forecasting.
• Manage Capital structure.
• Banks & Central Bank Relationship Management.
• Risk Management around Treasury and cash resources (Foreign Exchange, Interest Rate, Counter party risk, Bank Reconciliations

Other Responsibilities

• Determine the frequency of  cash forecasts.
• Identify components impacting the cash flow.
• Record scenarios considered along with assumptions made
• Review request for forex clearances
• Review the accuracy of the application submitted to The Central Reserve Bank
• Engage with the bank to recover funds and instruct bank to cancel transfer
• Reporting to BRM as per defined policies and procedures
• Review month end bank reconciliation reports.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Finance
• Post Graduate in Finance and/or relevant professional qualification (preferred: ACIB, ICA, ACCA, CIMA)

Experience:

• 7-11 years of work experience in financial operations and reporting ((Treasury & Cash Management)  with at least 4 years experience in a management level within the finance department of a leading organization
• Experience in Treasury management
• Experience in Tax management
• Experience in Financial Operations & Reporting

Training:

• Leadership
• Management Development Programs

Industry/Certifications:

• Chartered Banker (CB) (preferred)
• Chartered Treasurer (preferred)
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) (preferred)

Any other Specifications:

• IFRS
• Telecommunications industry experience
• Experience in similar leadership role with a global/ multi-site organization
• Working knowledge of  ERP (Oracle)

Knowledge:

• Identifies, recognises  & builds future talent
• Complexity and Ambiguity
• Ensures Ethical Stakeholder management
• Displays courage to take tough decision
• Partnering
• Empowering others
• Information processing
• Financial & Risk Management

Skills:

• Analytical
• Research & Development
• Forensic
• Data base Management
• Reporting and Presentation
• Continuous Process Improvement

MTN Uganda Limited has the obligation to safeguard its employees through providing a working environment that is safe and without risk to the health of its employees. MTN has a Vaccination policy for all its employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to work from its offices and premises. Female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

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