Specialist - TowerCo Management at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa\'s leading cellular telecommunications company. On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year. Thereafter the company launched full commercial operations beginning with Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. MTN paid $285m for one of four GSM licenses in Nigeria in January 2001. To date, in excess of US$1.8 billion has been invested building mobile telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria. Since launch in August 2001, MTN has steadily deployed its services across Nigeria. It now provides services in 223 cities and towns, more than 10,000 villages and communities and a growing number of highways across the country, spanning the 36 states of the Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Many of these villages and communities are being connected to the world of telecommunications for the first time ever. The company\'s digital microwave transmission backbone, the 3,400 Kilometre Y\'elloBahn was commissioned by President Olusegun Obasanjo in January 2003 and is reputed to be the most extensive digital microwave transmission infrastructure in all of Africa. The Y\'elloBahn has significantly helped to enhance call quality on MTN network.

Mission:

• To provide support and contribute to the development of Organization Development programmes and initiatives relating to organization and job design for MTN Nigeria PLC.

Description:

• Coordinate the process of Contract governance
• Coordinate the process of Validating and verifying partner billing and invoices
• Assist with the facilitation and coordination of billing reconciliations 
• Maintain a database of all invoices and bills
• Ensure that all changes occurring on the network in the database are tracked and updated. 
• Ensure all approved change request, decommissioning, halted sites are reflected on the holistic release for proper site WO issuance and RFI delivery. 
• Inter departmental Collaboration/interface with Finance and Legal teams to resolve any disputes
• Collate and record all invoices, following up for timely processing and payment
• Escalate any issues that may affect billing validation and reconciliation
• Continuously analyses RFI projections, quality of sites delivery to foresee anticipated risks that may arise throughout site project lifecycle to affect billing
• Ensure proper accountability of PFIs and submitted invoice reflects the task carried out by each Tower Providers and DAS vendors before it submitted for PR & PO processing. 
• Managing the process of negotiating favorable lease terms with landowners, including rent, lease duration, renewal options, and termination clauses.
• Ensuring compliance with approved contracts and agreements with Tower providers and Partners
• Collaborate with RF Planners and Operations team to keep track of all halted and decommissioned sites 

Education:

• First degree in any related discipline 
• Fluent in English 

Experience:

3-7 years’ experience which includes;

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an area of specialization; with experience in supervising others
• Experience working in a medium organization

Method of Application