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Mission/Core purpose of the Job

The Specialist, Financial Planning & Budgeting

is responsible for supporting the end-to-end financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting cycle. The role provides accurate, timely, and insightful financial analysis to support decision-making, business performance management, and the achievement of strategic and operational objectives.

Key Performance Areas

Key Performance Areas are:

• Coordinate and support the preparation of annual budgets, latest estimates (LEs), and rolling forecasts across departments and business units.
• Consolidate inputs from business owners and translate operational plans into financial projections.
• Develop, maintain, and update budget and forecast templates, guidelines, and timelines.
• Ensure budgets are aligned with strategic priorities, Group guidance, and approved assumptions.
• Support scenario planning and sensitivity analysis for revenue, cost, EBITDA, and CapEx.
• Track budget loading and approvals in the financial planning system.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of financial performance, identifying trends, drivers, and key insights.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc financial analyses to support business reviews.
• Support the preparation of long-range plans (3–5 year strategic plans).
• Analyse revenue, cost, margin, and profitability by product, segment, and channel.
• Provide insights and recommendations to improve financial performance
• Prepare accurate and timely management reports, dashboards, and executive presentations.
• Consolidate financial performance across business units and report against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Develop and maintain standard reporting packs for monthly performance reviews.
• Ensure consistency of reporting metrics, definitions, and KPIs across the organization.
• Respond to ad-hoc reporting requests from leadership, Group, and external stakeholders
• Perform detailed variance analysis of actuals vs. budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Investigate material variances and provide commentary on root causes.
• Highlight risks, opportunities, and required corrective actions to management.
• Provide narrative insights that connect financial outcomes to operational performance.
• Support root cause analysis on cost overruns, revenue shortfalls, or margin pressure
• Build and maintain financial models for business planning, scenarios, and decision support.
• Develop business case models for new products, projects, and investments.
• Perform NPV, IRR, payback, and ROI analysis on capital projects and strategic initiatives.
• Validate assumptions, sensitivities, and outputs of financial models.

Major Requirements

Main qualifications are:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline (essential).
• Professional certification — CIMA, ACCA, CPA, CA, or equivalent (strongly preferred).
• Postgraduate qualification (e.g., MBA, master’s in finance) is an added advantage.
• Certifications in financial modelling, data analytics, or EPM tools (advantageous).Minimum of 3–5 years of relevant experience in FP&A, budgeting, management reporting, or financial analysis (essential).
• Demonstrable experience in end-to-end budgeting and forecasting cycles.
• Experience in a large corporate, multinational, or Big-4 advisory environment (preferred).

How to apply

All interested candidates

are requested to apply through the MTN website and submit their updated curriculum vitae with copies of notified academic credentials no later than 10th June 2026. MTN Website portal: https://www.mtn.co.rw/careers/;We strongly encourage applications from women and/or individuals with disabilities.;Note: Should you not hear from us within 14 (fourteen) days from the closing date of this advertisement, you may consider your application unsuccessful. If you encounter any issues when completing the application, reach out to Alozius.Mutamba@mtn.com (+250788319965);At MTN Rwandacell Plc, we are committed to safeguarding your data privacy. For more information, visit our website to read our job applicants' privacy notice that explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data at https://www.mtn.co.rw/privacy-notice-for-job-applicants/