Specialist, Account Payables 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: Specialist, Account Payables

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time
Department: Finance

Job Description

• As Specialist, Account Payables, you will execute procure-to-pay (P2P) best practices and processes across in-market entities.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Support ongoing change, process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives across the AP function. 
• Handle customer-facing interactions on all AP activities. 
• Act as one of focal points for all Shared Service Centre (SSC)-related activities pertaining to AP invoice processing and vendor management. Also, support transition of in-market activities, processes and systems knowledge to SSC. 
• Provide support in resolving all AP-related process issues as advised by AP senior management. Ensure timely liaison between the company, SSC, vendors and external accountants to meet information needs and proper maintenance for historical purposes. 
• Provide any out-of-turn support for processing urgent or critical payments and ensure coordination with SSC and other teams. 
• Provide support for all internal and external audit coordination work related to AP. 
• Support monthly closing of financial records and posting of month-end information with SSC. Assist the reviews of post-close financials pertaining to AP. 
• Support the AP invoicing scanning and workflow process to ensure smooth operations and enable company and SSC activities. 
• Maintain files and documentation, including archiving of all vendor invoices thoroughly and accurately in accordance with company policy and accepted accounting practices. 
• Provide basic accounting support to user departments and operations staff. Respond to financial questions/ concerns to meet business needs. 
• Support performance management and reporting against P2P metrics with core focus on vendor accounts and payments. 
• Ensure implementation of Finance policies, processes and procedures. 
• Ensure strict compliance with policies, processes, procedures, IFRS, IAS and GAAP. 
• Perform any other activities or tasks assigned from time to time and/ or required as part of continuous improvement initiatives within the company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline (Finance and Management-related strongly preferred). 
• Evidence of study towards or completion of professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA). 
• +5 years’ relevant post-NYSC work experience in core accounting function. 
• Demonstrable proficiency in use of MS Office tools. 
• Must possess solid knowledge of P2P best practices and trends which support implementation of effective business partnering. 
• Proven work history of finance business partnering and use of ERP platforms. 
• Experience in Finance functions within telco industry is an added advantage.

Functional Competencies:

• Analytical Thinking
• Business Partnering
• Financial Accounting
• Problem Solving
• Use of MS Office Tools (advanced) 
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Behavioural Competencies:

• Collaboration & Teamwork
• Relationship Building.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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