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.

Job Title: Financial Operations Analyst

Location: Lagos

Job Description:

• Provide operational support for the division including maintaining the budget, Profit and Loss accounts, special programs and contract analysis.
• Conduct in-depth analysis to identify specific trends, explain past performance and recommend opportunities for improvement, within the division.
• 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.
• 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.
• Prepare trend analysis of Capex, Opex and revenue transactions, all General Ledger Sub- ledger Accounts reconciliation, as well as weekly and monthly performance reports.
• Raise and post journal vouchers and other financial transactions in the ERP system, resolve all reconciling items promptly and maintain set departmental filing system.

Job Conditions: Normal MTNN working conditions May be required to work extended hours Deal with a lot of paper work.

Reporting To: Financial Operations Accountant

Required Skills:

• B.Sc or HND in any discipline, but a finance related degree is desirable.
• Part qualification in any recognised professional accounting examinations ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, etc will be an added advantage.
• At least 4 years experience comprising:
• 3 years post NYSC experience in a Finance function
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools
• Experience in using an ERP system is desirable