Senior Manager, Sustainability

Division: Corporate Services

Department: Sustainability & Shared Value

Location: Accra

Position: Senior Manager, Sustainability

Level: L3H

Reports to: General Manager, Sustainability & Shared Value

Job Summary:

Responsible for providing technical support and strategic direction and implementing MTN Ghana's enterprise sustainability reporting, ESG performance management, climate disclosures, data governance and assurance programmes. The role ensures compliance with global reporting standards, regulatory requirements and MTN Group sustainability commitments while embedding robust ESG governance and audit-ready data practices across the business.

Context :

• Dynamic and highly competitive telecommunications and ICT industry.
• Multi-regulated, performance-driven and multinational environment.
• Active media engagement, brand reputation and environmental, social and governance priorities.
• Partnerships and stakeholder engagement are central to industry plans.

At MTN, we are a purpose and value-led organization and believe that understanding the needs and aspirations of our people is key to creating experiences that delight you at work, daily. 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 organization, 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!

Tasks

Sustainability Reporting & Disclosure Leadership

• Lead the development and delivery of MTN Ghana’s sustainability reporting strategy and disclosure roadmap.
• Drive implementation and ongoing compliance with IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 disclosure requirements.
• Coordinate annual sustainability reports, integrated reports, Board sustainability disclosures and investor-related sustainability communications.
• Align sustainability disclosures with MTN Group requirements and emerging global reporting standards.
• Establish reporting processes, methodologies and controls that support accurate, complete and auditable disclosures.
• Lead materiality assessments and sustainability-related risk and opportunity identification.
• Ensure consistency between sustainability disclosures, annual financial reporting and enterprise strategic reporting.

Sustainability Governance & Risk Management

• Design and maintain sustainability governance frameworks supporting effective Executive Management and Board oversight.
• Integrate sustainability-related risks and opportunities into enterprise risk management processes.
• Partner with Risk, Finance, Internal Audit, Legal, Regulatory Affairs and Strategy to embed sustainability in business decision-making.
• Develop sustainability risk registers, management frameworks, controls and monitoring mechanisms.
• Monitor emerging regulations, disclosure requirements and governance expectations and recommend organizational responses.
• Support Board and Executive Committees with sustainability governance reporting and decision support.

Minimum Requirements:

• First degree in Social Sciences, Sustainability, Economics, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate or professional certification in Sustainability and Climate Risk, GRI, IFRS Sustainability Disclosure, ESG or Sustainability Reporting, Risk Management, Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting, or Corporate Governance.

Experience:

• Seven (7) years of relevant professional experience, with at least five (5) years in managing sustainability reporting, ESG performance, climate reporting, sustainability assurance or risk management.
• Demonstrable knowledge of IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 Sustainability Disclosure Standards, with ISSB training or certification strongly preferred.
• Experience leading sustainability reporting for a listed company or multinational organisation.
• Experience managing cross-functional reporting programmes and external assurance engagements.

Professional/Technical Competencies:

• IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 expertise.
• Sustainability reporting and impact analysis.
• ESG strategy development, enterprise risk management and corporate governance.
• Sustainability metrics and target setting.
• Data governance, assurance and controls.
• Integrated reporting and materiality assessment.
• Climate risk and opportunity analysis.

Must live the MTN Values of

• Lead with Care, Collaborate with Agility, Serve with Respect, Can Do with Integrity, Act with Inclusion.

Must exhibit the MTN Vital Behaviors of

• Complete Candor, Complete Accountability, Active Collaboration & Get it done
• Innovation as a way of work

How to Apply

• Applicants should indicate Ref number MTN-CS-SUS006-2026 as the email subject and ensure that CVs are saved in their names
• Applicants should send their Curriculum Vitae by 5th November 2026 to: MTNGhanaRecruitment@mtn.com
• Values are the core of MTN's Culture, our five values called "Live Y’ello" is the force that unites and inspires each of us to make an impact that matters in the world. Tell us: Which of our five Live Yello values resonates most with you and why? (Limit 250 words).
• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

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