Manager, Accounts Payable at Airtel Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited), a leading mobile telecommunication services provider in Nigeria and a member of Airtel Africa Group, is committed to providing innovative, exciting, affordable and quality mobile services to Nigerians, giving them the freedom to communicate, rise above their daily challenges and drive economic and social development.

A truly innovative company, Airtel has showed resilience, charting new paths in meeting the demands and needs of its esteemed stakeholders and enhancing distribution as well as providing affordable services to empower more Nigerians.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Manager, Accounts Payable

Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• The successful candidate will oversee all accrual and month-end reporting  for departmental functions, vendor reconciliation, intercompany cross charges  and payable reporting requirement.

Duties and Responsibilities
Month End Accruals and Reporting:

• Ensure accuracy and completeness of all OPEX  and departmental expenses
• Ensure that all accrual expense booked for the month have verifiable back-up scheduled
• Ensure timely submission of validated user group input to ACE
• Ensure accuracy of  review decks for  departmental functions and review with Head AP, VP FRC and CFO

Vendor  Reconciliation:

• Ensure Strategic Vendors and Category A Vendors are reconciled monthly, Category B Vendors are reconciled Quarterly   while Categories B & C are done half yearly and annually respectively
• Ensure reconciliation are done in line with group policy and Opco Target for reconciliation
• Ensure NDC are obtained for all reconciliation done
• Ensure open issues arising from reconciliation do not age more than 30 days

Intercompany Cross Charges:

• Ensure timely submission of intercompany debit note to HQ
• Ensure intercompany cross charges are booked on the AGIS module monthly

Reporting: 

• Ensure timely submission of all AG Alignment and DTR Schedules
• Ensure timely submission of the weekly AP Score Card
• Ensure timely submission of  Other AP related adhoc Reports

Balance Sheet Hygiene:

• Ensure that all accruals  in the books are not beyond three (3) months of ageing without any escalation
• Ensure monthly balance sheet reconciliations for allocated accounts
• Ensure account clean-up for reconciling items arising from balance sheet reconciliations

Internal and External Audit:

• Ensure timely submission of auditors schedules
• Attend to queries raised by auditors during internal and external audit

Relevant Skill and Experience

• A university degree i.e. B. Sc/HND in Social Sciences or any numerate discipline
• Masters degree and/ or MBA will be an added advantage
• Professional qualification (ACIB, ACA, ACCA, CPA) is mandatory
• Minimum of 6 years post-NYSC experience in Financial Accounting 2 of which must  be in Supervisory Position

Other requirements (Behavioural etc.):

• Good interpersonal relationship
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Result oriented
• Ability to work under pressure
• Personal organization and effectiveness
• Attention for details
• Strong ethics

Application Closing Date
13th January, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online