Senior Manager, Reporting, Reconciliation & Analysis at IHS Towers

IHS Towers is the largest independent mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2001, IHS provides services across the full tower value chain – colocation on owned towers, deployment and managed services.

Today IHS Towers has operations in Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia and Rwanda. Following the recent acquisitions of MTN and Etisalat’s tower portfolios in Nigeria, IHS owns over 23,300 towers in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Manager, Reporting, Reconciliation & Analysis

Location: Lagos, Nigeria (On-site)
Job type: Full-time
Level: Mid-Senior level

The Opportunity

• IHS Towers is expanding our global footprint and we are seeking an individual to join our team in Nigeria as Senior Manager, Reporting, Reconciliation & Analysis. The Senior Manager, Reporting, Reconciliation & Analysis will provide Finance support to the Technical Division to ensure strategic, financial and operational goals are achieved.

Key Responsibilities

• Collate financial and other inputs to Technical Finance’s annual plan.
• Maintain Technical Finance’s database and data structure to ensure aligned and consistent reporting on decision-making and performance monitoring activities.
• Identify gaps by monitoring actual vs planned spend across Technical. Recommend intervention options and drive execution of approved intervention options.
• Provide monthly analysis of spend patterns (including penalties) as input to improvement and cost-containment activities.
• Review and collate monthly accrual reports for use by Finance.
• Ensure integrity of the Technical Division’s accounting and financial reporting systems, including independent audits and appropriate controls.
• Ensure all audit issues are cleared by accountable individuals/ teams.
• Continuously improve data quality to facilitate better decision-making internally and enhance client discussions externally.
• Prepare and present business cases for new products and services, innovations and new solutions across Technical.
• Explore and collaborate across functions on opportunities to increase the company’s profitability and reduce spending.
• Collect inputs across Technical departments for preparation of budgets and FCT.
• Compile and consolidate budget spend for Opex and Capex categories.
• Track Opex and Capex for timely reporting and reconciliation of key projects.
• Serve as Technical’s central point of contact to share budget and FCT inputs with Finance, ensuring required budgets are properly captured by Finance and presented for approvals.
• Secure budgets for approved Technical projects from Finance and control budgets for all proofs of concept (PoCs) and new projects across Technical.
• Communicate approved budgets to Technical leaders for their respective departments.
• Raise and monitor purchase requests (PRs) and purchase orders (POs) from the approved budget.
• Monitor budget utilization.
• Coordinate closely with Supply Chain on ordering, pricing and delivery of goods and services for Technical.
• Prepare annual materials plan in coordination with Technical departments and Supply Chain.
• Perform regular review of materials in hand, pipeline, and deliveries to site across different Capex projects.
• Deliver monthly reporting on Opex and Capex to Nigeria Finance teams.
• Review the monthly Capex report received from Finance and provide feedback on any discrepancies.
• Regularly update Capex trackers to ensure correct information is reported and presented.
• Prepare, collect and share monthly MBR data with Finance.
• Prepare and share data with the Business Decision Support (BDS) as inputs to the monthly Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Scorecard.
• Participate in contract negotiations, reviews and compliance.
• Review and approve all Technical POs issued to vendors.
• Liaise and follow up for timely issuance of PRs, POs, and invoices for key Technical projects.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Director, Technical Finance.

Key Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or any numerate discipline. MBA or advanced specialist Master’s in any finance or analytical discipline will be an asset.
• Relevant professional certifications, e.g. FCA, FCCA, FCMA, will be an added advantage.
• +13 years’ cognate experience in Finance within the telecoms industry with most recent 5 years in a senior managerial role supporting executives.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Collaboration & Teamwork

Functional Competencies:

• Analytical Thinking
• Strategic Thinking
• Accounting
• Corporate Performance Management
• Planning & Budgeting
• Tax Management
• Reporting
• P2P, R2R & A2R Cycles
• Database Management
• Industry Knowledge
• Use of MS Office (Excel & Powerpoint)

Organizational Competencies:

• Customer Focus - People demonstrating this competency understand & exceed our customers’ needs. They develop trusted, reliable & collaborative relationships. They are consistently operating to the highest standards of service & delivery.
• Innovation - People demonstrating this competency constantly seek new & improved ways to deliver our products & services. They champion engineering & skills development, and work to create a collaborative and supportive operating environment.
• Integrity - People demonstrating this competency are open & honest in everything they do. They support financially & environmentally sustainable growth. They make socially responsible decisions and treat their stakeholders with respect.
• Be Bold - People demonstrating this competency are thorough in analyses & decision-making. They are courageous in expanding existing markets & developing new ones. They confidently pursue appropriate financial returns and are forward-thinking and ambitious.

Application Closing Date
21st June, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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