Reports To: Manager - Financial Operations Carrier Operations

Division: Finance

Mission:


To account for all company-wide Financial Operations activities (Fixed Assets, Revenue Management, Expenditure Operations, Business Support and General Ledger), support various divisions on financial issues, and maintain commercial relationships with external stakeholders.


Description:


Supervise the implementation of finance policies, processes, and procedures and ensure strict adherence to established internal controls, MTN PPP’s, IFRS, IAS, and GAAP.
Work with the Financial Operations Manager to prepare departmental budgets and provide support for daily unit administrative activities in line with the strategic objectives.
Provide input into relevant management and board papers; review supporting documents and backup schedules to meet audit and regulatory requirements; and analyze and interpret data to facilitate decision-making.
Ensure efficient optimization of databases and systems and prompt resolution of all reconciling items.
Monitor and report on key performance indicators in order to meet all month-end reporting deadlines.
Oversee the daily operations of the department as well as safeguard company assets and maintain customer and vendor relationships.
Establish and maintain financial/revenue management procedures within the finance operations department in line with the MTNN strategic objectives.
Plan and implement reconciliation and control mechanisms for interconnect roaming and VAS revenue recognition and reconciliation. Budget and forecast carrier revenue and related cost figures.
Ensure accurate billing of wholesale call records for the optimization of MTN’s carrier revenue elements.
Review inter-carrier (Interconnect, Roaming and value-added services) agreements, billing, reconciliation and payments.
Evaluate and review existing carrier agreements and commercial rates, implementation and testing on billing systems.


Education:


A first degree in any discipline, but a finance and management related degree is desirable.
A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA).
Fluent in English


Experience:

3–7 years’ experience in an area of specialization, with experience in supervising others


Experience working in a medium organization
Experience in core accounting function
Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools
Experience in using an ERP system is desirable.
Experience in Finance functions in the telecommunications industry would be an added advantage.