Consultant - Mergers and Acquisitions and BD Special Projects.Mergers Acquisitions and Business Development

MTN’s purpose is to enable the benefits of a modern connected life to everyone. The MTN Group 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. 

The function must therefore ensure the successful delivery in context of:

• Achieving top quartile operating efficiency and effectiveness through scale and common policies and processes
• Driving growth through business intelligence and standardization to maximize business impact
• Initiating sustainable technology change across the infrastructure portfolio to further aid MTN in the achievement of parallel climate sustainability
• Management of customer and supplier expectations 
• Constant dynamics and local challenges in the economic, regulatory and legal environments
• Ability to create a technological strategy in line with the company’s business requirements
• Enhancing MTN’s position as a leading connectivity and infrastructure player
• Growing dependence on vendor-led and shared passive infrastructure models
• MTN’s strategy to build the largest and most valuable platform business across our regions
• Assisting the MTN Board and EXCO in protecting the assets, reputation and sustainability of the organisation for MTN to accomplish its objectives

Organisational Mission: MTN’s vision is to lead digital transformation in Africa, ensuring widespread access to reliable, high-quality broadband services that drive social and economic development.

Organization Values: At MTN we believe that understanding our people’s needs and aspirations is key to creating experiences that delight you at work, every day. We are committed to fostering an environment where every member of our Y’ello Family is heard, understood, and empowered to live an inspired life. Our values keep us grounded and moving in the right direction. Most importantly, they keep us honest. It is not something we claim to be. It is in our DNA.

As an organisation, we consider it our mission to create an exciting and rewarding place to work, where our people can be themselves, thrive in positivity and ignite their full potential. A workplace that boosts creativity and innovation, improves productivity, and ultimately drives meaningful results. A workplace that is built on relationships and achieving a purpose that is bigger than us. This is what we want you to experience with us!

Our commitments go beyond an organisational promise. It is in our leadership and managerial ethos to meaningfully partner with our employees, customers, and stakeholders with a vision to realise our shared goals.

Our values dubbed, LIVE Y’ello, are the cornerstone of our culture.

Lead With Care

Can-Do With Integrity

Collaborate With Agility

Serve With Respect

Act With Inclusion

The Consultant: M&A and Business Development Special Projects will be accountable to achieve the following objectives:

Strategic Planning Support

• Contribute to the formulation of the company’s long-term strategic outlook.
• Assist in identifying emerging technologies, market shifts, and business models relevant to future growth.

Valuation Analysis and Strategic Option Assessments

• Support the development of detailed valuation models for potential acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic investments. This includes discounted cash flow (DCF), comparable company analysis, precedent transactions, and scenario-based modelling. 
• Scan the market and support the evaluation of strategic options, for the Group to MTN remain agile and responsive to emerging opportunities and threats.

Due Diligence and Risk Analysis 

• Support due diligence processes across legal, financial, tax, operational, and technical workstreams within assigned responsibilities. Ensure timely collection, review, and synthesis of information from internal teams and external advisors.
• Enhance the identification and assessment of key risks associated with transactions, including regulatory, market, operational, and integration risks. Develop mitigation tactics and contribute to risk-adjusted decision frameworks for identified opportunities. 

Engagement Collateral and Recommendations

• Synthesize complex data and insights into clear, actionable recommendations. Provide insights that contribute to leadership direction of the Group M&A and Business Development function.
• Prepare high-impact presentations, investment memos, and that clearly articulate the project rationale, financial implications, and recommended actions for each initiative.

Stakeholder Engagement and Cross-Functional collaboration

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to validate assumptions, gather insights, and support the execution of prioritised initiatives that are aligned with MTN’s broader objectives.
• Support the alignment of M&A team and internal/external stakeholders that all parties are informed and engaged throughout the project lifecycle. 

Project Execution

• Collaborate with senior team members to ensure timely and accurate delivery of project milestones.
• Assist with operationalization of key projects and deliverables.
• Support due diligence and documentation processes transactions along the Mergers and Acquisitions lifecycle.

Key Deliverables

• Business and financial models
• Feasibility studies and benchmarks
• Trend insights

Role Dependencies

• Active support from the Executive: Business Development
• Deep understanding of the MTN business strategy 
• Understanding of the M&A and Business Development context 
• Engagement and collaboration with M&A and support functions

Education:

• Minimum 4-year degree in Accounting/Finance/ Business or related field
• Relevant postgraduate qualification (advantageous)

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in relevant sector / industry /area of specialisation (understanding emerging markets advantageous)
• Worked across diverse cultures and geographies
• Experience working in a medium to large organisation 
• Experience working in cross-functional, matrixed environments

Capabilities:

• Conceptual Thinker, Problem Solver, Improvement Driver
• Culture and Change Champion, Supportive People Manager, Relationship Manager
• Results Achiever, Operationally Astute

Functional Competencies:

• Financial Modelling 
• Business Analysis
• Valuations Analysis 
• Corporate Finance

Competencies:

• Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Eagerness to learn and take initiative.
• High level of integrity and professionalism.