Learner - Trainee Finance.Bayobab
MTN
Roodepoort, Gauteng
fulltime
Posted 2 hour ago
Job Description
Location: Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa
Hybrid
At Bayobab, we Lead with Care, Can-do with Integrity, Collaborate with Agility, Serve with Respect and Act with Inclusion. Bayobab formerly MTN GlobalConnect is a Pan-African digital wholesale and infrastructure services company founded in 2017, and an operating company in the MTN Group. Bayobab formerly MTN GlobalConnect manages MTN's international and national major wholesale activities, in addition to offering reliable wholesale and infrastructure solutions for fixed connectivity and wholesale mobility solutions that include international mobile services, Voice, SMS, signaling, roaming and interconnect.
Hybrid
At Bayobab, we Lead with Care, Can-do with Integrity, Collaborate with Agility, Serve with Respect and Act with Inclusion. Bayobab formerly MTN GlobalConnect is a Pan-African digital wholesale and infrastructure services company founded in 2017, and an operating company in the MTN Group. Bayobab formerly MTN GlobalConnect manages MTN's international and national major wholesale activities, in addition to offering reliable wholesale and infrastructure solutions for fixed connectivity and wholesale mobility solutions that include international mobile services, Voice, SMS, signaling, roaming and interconnect.
Application Deadline: 2026-09-10T00:00:00+00:00
At Bayobab, we Lead with Care, Can-do with Integrity, Collaborate with Agility, Serve with Respect and Act with Inclusion. Bayobab formerly MTN GlobalConnect is a Pan-African digital wholesale and infrastructure services company founded in 2017, and an operating company in the MTN Group. Bayobab formerly MTN GlobalConnect manages MTN's international and national major wholesale activities, in addition to offering reliable wholesale and infrastructure solutions for fixed connectivity and wholesale mobility solutions that include international mobile services, Voice, SMS, signaling, roaming and interconnect.
Mission/ Core purpose of the Job
The Finance Trainee The trainee will be required to support the Financial operations team, including the Procurement and Accounts Payable functions.
Key Performance Areas:
Core, essential responsibilities / outputs of the position (KPA's)
The Control Self Assessment (CSA) process provides a structured workflow for evaluating control design adequacy and operating effectiveness, retaining supporting evidence, obtaining Control Owner review, completing Process Owner and Executive attestations, managing control remediation, and monitoring progress through Operational and Executive CSA dashboards. The Trainee provides the day-to-day coordination and administration needed to keep this lifecycle accurate, complete and on schedule while learning and growing within the Risk & Compliance Function.
Key Deliverables:
The Trainee will be accountable to achieve the following objectives:
- Provide input in strategic meetings as required
- Provide input to enterprise-wide transformation initiatives when required
- Facilitate ad-hoc meetings with relevant stakeholders as and when required
- Escalate issues that will result in severe time, scope, productivity and cost or resource impact
- Provide input into all projects initiated (internal or global)
- Prepare documentation required for sign-off/ decision making regarding tactical changes
- Support in execution and alignment with the functional strategy
- Report on an ad hoc basis on specific projects as required
- Type reports according to required formats
- Provide status / progress reports as required
- Provide input to ensure adequate risk mitigation and controls
- Report on a periodic basis to line manager: relating to progress made within the sub-function and in accordance with the performance metrics set by the organisation
- Drive improvement across the business to achieve the optimal service quality deliverables
- Research of content for presentations, creation and editing of presentations, presentation layout and quality assurance in alignment with MTNs corporate communication standards
- Assist in the collation of information for reporting on various performance metrics internally to Senior Management as well as cross functional teams and externally to vendors; following up with the relevant parties to ensure information is provided on time as required
- Assisting in curation of content in knowledge bases, understanding of the content, assisting staff (Group and Opco) in finding documents and knowledge, ability to answer frequently asked questions
- Interface with OpCo contacts in support of large or strategic opportunities when required
- Assist in producing documentation of service: annexes to contracts, training documentation and business presentations
- Assist in defining and updating governance policies/ strategies as required
- Possess the authority; presence and integrity to command respect from colleagues and from external associates
- Assist with all coordination and admin tasks as required by the department
- Planning and organizing as required
Quality Standard
- Adherence to set timelines and budget requirements
- Adherence to defined policies, processes and procedures
- SLA terms and conditions
- Timeliness and accurate reports and assessments
- MTN Live Yello Values: lead with care, can do with integrity, collaborate with agility, serve with respect
Operational Delivery:
- (all activities as defined by sub-function)
Job Requirements
(Education, Experience and Competencies)
Education
- BCom Finance; Finance Diploma; or related
Experience:
- 0 – 2 years work experience (include of work as a student)
Competencies:
- All work is done according to practical, clearly structured work procedures
- Dissemination of information
- Resolution of queries / problems (within parameters set by company policy)
- Make judgement calls to ensure front-line service delivery, quality and excellence
- Prioritisation of work
- Time management of work volume
- Identifying the correct procedure to be implemented
- Strong administrative skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel and Word)
- Information Processing
- Interpersonal skills
- Negotiation skills
- Presentation skills
- Good EQ
- Action oriented
- Deadline driven
- Accurate
- Responsive
- Flexible
- Agile
- Culturally aware
Other:
- Drivers licence and own transport
- Ability to work in cross functional, matrix management type organizations
- Ability to travel locally and internationally for the purposes of work
Required Skills
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office SuiteMicrosoft PowerpointMicrosoft WordTime ManagementCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsPresentationNegotiation Skills
About the Company
MTN
IT / Telecommunication Services
10k - 50k Founded 1994
MTN is a pan-African mobile operator with the strategic intent of ‘Leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress’. We have 295 million customers in 19 markets and are inspired by our belief that everyone deserves the benefits of a modern, connected life.
Inspired by Africa’s potential, we are committed to bridging the digital divide, furthering financial inclusion and advancing the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through our core business activities and our support to governments, communities, and customers.
We were established in South Africa at the dawn of democracy in 1994 as a leader in transformation. Since then, we have grown by investing in sophisticated communication infrastructure, developing new technologies and by harnessing the talent of our diverse people to offer services to communities in Africa and the Middle East.
Our strategic intent is Ambition 2025: Leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress, harnessing the power of MTN – our leading brand, footprint, connectivity infrastructure and technology platforms.
Our strategy is anchored in building the largest and most valuable platform business with a clear focus on Africa. This rests on a scale connectivity and infrastructure business – mobile and fixed access networks in the consumer, enterprise and wholesale segments. We are accelerating implementation through partnerships. Our strategy is supported and funded through enhanced cost and capex efficiencies.
Inspired by Africa’s potential, we are committed to bridging the digital divide, furthering financial inclusion and advancing the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through our core business activities and our support to governments, communities, and customers.
We were established in South Africa at the dawn of democracy in 1994 as a leader in transformation. Since then, we have grown by investing in sophisticated communication infrastructure, developing new technologies and by harnessing the talent of our diverse people to offer services to communities in Africa and the Middle East.
Our strategic intent is Ambition 2025: Leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress, harnessing the power of MTN – our leading brand, footprint, connectivity infrastructure and technology platforms.
Our strategy is anchored in building the largest and most valuable platform business with a clear focus on Africa. This rests on a scale connectivity and infrastructure business – mobile and fixed access networks in the consumer, enterprise and wholesale segments. We are accelerating implementation through partnerships. Our strategy is supported and funded through enhanced cost and capex efficiencies.
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