Financial Operations Analyst at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Financial Operations Analyst

Location: Lagos
Division: Finance

Job Summary

• Provide operational support for the division including maintaining the budget, Profit and Loss accounts, special programs and contract analysis.
• Analyse the general Ledger transactions (Capex, Opex and Revenue) and all transactions posted into IFS to ensure proper classification and correction, as well as ageing of all Balance Sheet accounts.
• Prepare trend analysis of Capex, Opex and revenue transactions, all General Ledger/Sub- ledger Accounts reconciliation, as well as weekly and monthly performance reports.
• Conduct in-depth analysis to identify specific trends, explain past performance and recommend opportunities for improvement, within the division
• Provide supporting documents, records and schedules to meet audit and regulatory requirements; and all schedules /reports (including age analysis, assets movement, etc.).
• Implement finance policies as well as guarantee compliance with established internal controls, MTN Processes, Policies and Procedure, IFRS, IAS and GAAP in processing all transactions.
• Process and post all account payables and receivables; and all month end deliverables within the monthly reporting timelines.
• Raise and post journal vouchers and other financial transactions in the ERP system, resolve all reconciling items promptly and maintain set departmental filing system.
• Relate with relevant customers and suppliers.
• Relate with other divisions and departments on revenue, expenditure and fixed assets related issues.
• Interaction with marketing division on billing and information systems functions
• Foster active collaboration and relationships with employees across all levels and divisions in line with MTN’s VB and values.

Core Purpose of the Job

• To record all company-wide Financial Operations functions - Fixed Assets, Revenue, Expenditure and General Ledger and support various divisions on financial issues.

Job Conditions:

• Normal MTNN working conditions.
• May be required to work extended hours.
• Open plan office.

Education and Experience

• B.Sc./HND in any discipline but finance related degree
• Part qualification in any recognized professional accounting examination (ACA, ACCA CPA, CIMA etc.)
• Minimum of 3 years’ post NYSC experience in a finance function.
• Experience in using an ERP system.
• Financial modelling/ forecasting experience.
• Experience with BI tools, SQL reporting and analysis.
• Knowledge in Microsoft Office tools.

Application Closing Date