Senior Specialist, Revenue Analytics & Reconciliation 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 Specialist, Revenue Analytics & Reconciliation

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

The Opportunity

• We are expanding our global footprint and we are seeking an individual to join our team as Senior Specialist, Revenue Analytics & Reconciliation in Nigeria. 
• The individual will source, aggregate and present data from internal and external sources to support effective and efficient customer invoicing.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze financial results, forecasts, variances, individual source trends and multi-source reconciliations to provide insights about the company’s financial performance.
• Turn revenue data lakes into actionable business insights, including revenue data modelling.
• Drive internal adoption of the department’s shared folder, database and reports.
• Own change management Sox assurance across revenue-impacting systems
• Resolve customers’ data and reconciliation issues and liaise with different teams internally and externally to ensure reconciliation issues are not delinquent while disputes are resolved on time.
• Manage and coordinate the reconciliation of receivables to ensure the accounting systems reflect correct transactions and discrepancies are promptly identified and corrected.
• Analyze data to identify trends and make recommendations for improvements
• Perform research, reconciliation and resolution of all account discrepancies originating from customer or third-party errors
• Design and develop various financial models to support valuation, planning and forecast.
• Ensure spooled information regarding customers’ disbursement is verified and reconciliation is set up to ensure funding and credit value is verifiable
• Create reports about the company’s financial performance using computerized financial modeling software
• Review data to identify opportunities for new business or customer acquisition.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to assist with the investigation of root causes of losses and work with subject matter experts (SMEs) to identify and execute solutions.
• Regularly collate and consolidate key performance indices (KPIs) and highlight gaps and recommend remedial actions.
• Perform daily reconciliation of the company’s settlement reports, bank accounts and systems to ensure the integrity and accuracy of transactions and bank debits.
• Create and maintain various spreadsheets and dashboards to support analysis and provide insight.
• Provide timely reconciliation reports and updates to Director, Revenue Management & Assurance.
• Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/ forecasting tools.
• Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data, making comparative analyses, and studying proposed changes in methods and materials.
• Process and ensure that all transactions and reconciliation systems are accurate through the checks and balances processes.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Director, Revenue Management & Assurance.

Key Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics.
• +7-10 years’ relevant experience, including at least 5 most recent years in reconciliation.
• ICAN/ ACCA qualification will be an asset.
• Proficiency in data query/ data management tools, e.g. Access, SQL, Business Objects

Behavioural Competencies:

• Collaboration & Teamwork

Functional Competencies:

• Workload Management
• Data Analysis & Reporting
• Financial Modelling
• Contract Management
• Analytical Thinking
• Use of MS Office Tools
• Business Communication
• Attention to Detail

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
15th September, 2022.