Manager - Portfolio Management.Group Finance

Responsibilities

• The Manager Group Portfolio Management role is responsible for maintaining, monitoring and recommending appropriate actions to ensure a balanced risk and return capital portfolio.

Key responsibilities include

Capital Portfolio Strategy and Planning

• Assist in the development and execution of the Group Capital Portfolio Strategy, ensuring alignment with the capital strategy, business plan, and long-term financial objectives.

• Support forecasting, budgeting, and capital planning activities through proactive portfolio analysis and scenario modelling.

• Provide recommendations on capital portfolio adjustments and reallocations based on internal performance indicators and external market developments.

• Support the achievement of an optimal balance between growth investments, business sustainability initiatives, and new business ventures.

Capital Portfolio Governance and Frameworks

• Support the development and implementation of standardised capital portfolio management frameworks, methodologies, and decision-making models.

• Assist in establishing capital portfolio principles, policies, guidelines, and governance mechanisms to drive consistency across the Group.

• Contribute to the definition of investment allocation principles, returns expectations, expenditure thresholds, and portfolio performance measures.

• Ensure adherence to approved capital management frameworks and governance requirements.

Capital Portfolio Monitoring, Reporting and Performance Management

• Support the implementation of standardised portfolio monitoring, reporting, and analytics methodologies across the Group.

• Monitor and evaluate consolidated capital portfolios across OpCos, regions, and business units to ensure optimal capital allocation and portfolio performance.

• Produce periodic portfolio reports and management insights for Capital Management Committees and key stakeholders.

• Track and report on portfolio performance indicators, cost-return metrics, investment outcomes, and capital utilisation trends.

• Monitor portfolios of Capex and investment initiatives and identify trade-offs and optimisation opportunities.

Portfolio Analytics and Decision Support

• Develop analytical insights and recommendations that support fact-based, strategic capital management decisions.

• Evaluate capital portfolio segments, business units, and investment tiers against defined performance thresholds and strategic priorities.

• Analyse the quality of returns, cash flow variability, investment risk profile, and payback periods across portfolio investments.

• Provide commentary, insights, and recommendations to improve capital leverage and maximise consolidated returns.

• Define and monitor measurable portfolio performance metrics linked to strategic objectives.

Capital Allocation and Investment Evaluation

• Support the evaluation of strategic investment proposals within the context of the overall capital portfolio.

• Assess investment opportunities against portfolio objectives, return requirements, risk parameters, and capital constraints.

• Provide insights to Capital Management Committees to support balanced and strategically aligned capital allocation decisions.

• Assist in identifying high-performing and underperforming investments requiring intervention or reallocation.

Continuous Improvement

• Conduct internal and external benchmarking across regions, OpCos, competitors, and industry peers to identify leading capital management practices.

• Perform research and analytical studies on capital allocation, portfolio performance, asset utilisation, and investment effectiveness.

• Monitor key benchmarking indicators including Capex-to-Revenue, Capex-to-EBITDA, and Capex-to-FTE ratios.

• Lead post-investment and post-implementation reviews to identify lessons learned and improve future capital allocation decisions.

• Recommend process, methodology, and governance enhancements to strengthen portfolio management capabilities.

Data Management, Systems and Reporting Infrastructure

• Support the establishment of integrated capital portfolio data models, reporting structures, and workflow processes.

• Promote a "single source of truth" approach through improved data centralisation, consolidation, and analytics capabilities.

• Enhance the efficiency, quality, transparency, and timeliness of portfolio decision-making through effective systems and controls.

• Ensure the availability of reliable and actionable portfolio information to support strategic decision-making.

Risk Management and Early Warning Oversight

• Identify, monitor, and report high-risk capital portfolios and investments across the Group.

• Provide early warning indicators relating to underperforming investments, changing assumptions, emerging risks, and market developments.

• Monitor leading and lagging performance indicators to enable proactive intervention and corrective action.

• Ensure risk considerations are integrated into portfolio reviews, investment evaluations, and capital allocation recommendations.

Stakeholder Management and Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with Capital Management, Regional Finance, Treasury, FP&A, Finance Business Partners, and OpCo stakeholders to understand business priorities and portfolio requirements.

• Facilitate knowledge sharing and the adoption of best practices in capital portfolio management across the Group.

• Support Capital Management Committees through the provision of high-quality analyses, insights, and recommendations.

• Foster effective stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration to drive portfolio optimisation.

Operational Excellence and Compliance

• Support audit activities and ensure the timely closure of audit findings related to capital management processes and controls.

• Participate in finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives aimed at streamlining processes, systems, and reporting.

• Maintain effective communication channels within the team and support change management initiatives where required.

• Promote a strong MTN-centric culture of partnership, accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence.

• Prepare and submit monthly and periodic reports in line with organisational reporting requirements and performance metrics.

Key Deliverables

• Consolidated capital portfolio monitoring and performance reporting

• Portfolio analytics, scenario modelling, and decision-support insights

• Capital Committee reporting packs and management insights

• Benchmarking studies and portfolio optimisation recommendations.

Role Dependencies

• Understanding of MTN business strategy

• Understanding of investment and capital directives

• Active support from Capital Management team

Qualifications

Education

• Minimum of 3-year tertiary degree

• Qualified Chartered Accountant/Chartered Finance Analyst/Relevant Financial Management Professional Qualification (preferred)

• Relevant certification / accreditation / membership with professional body in Finance, Accounting, Corporate Finance bodies

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in management of Business Finance Operations/Capital performance management/Capex or Investment Valuations.

• Worked across diverse cultures and geographies advantageous.

• Experience working in a small to medium organization

• Proven success in delivery of high-quality analytics.

• Experience in working with various stakeholders.

• Experience in working under pressure and delivering under tight deadlines.

Capabilities

• Conceptual Thinker, Problem Solver, Improvement Driver

• Culture and Change Champion, Supportive People Manager, Relationship Manager

• Results Achieve, Operationally Astute

Functional Competencies

• Capital Management and Allocation

• ICT Business Unit Operations

• Business benefit/Returns modelling

• Cost Modeling, NPV Assessment

• Capital Spend Management and Value Tracking

• Corporate Performan