Accountant - Financial Operations Fixed Asset Accounting 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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Accountant - Financial Operations Fixed Asset Accounting

Job ID: 6858
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Reports To: General Manager - Enterprise Marketing

Mission

• To account for all company-wide Financial Operations activities (Fixed Assets), support various divisions on financial issues and maintain commercial relationships with external stakeholders.

Description

• Coordinate Fixed and intangible assets process and reporting – capitalization, depreciation, disposal etc.
• Update and reconcile asset additions on fixed asset register, and all related accounts in the department.
• Manage Journal postings to write off assets from fixed asset register, for depreciation charges and other adjusting entries; and rectify identified errors. 
• Review historical information for all assets to be disposed and application analysis of fixed asset accounts
• Ensure proceed on disposed assets are remitted and recorded appropriately, in agreement with the set accounting standard.
• Implement/update all accounting adjustments on the fixed asset register, record disposals/movements in the register and ensure supporting documentation and records are sufficient to meet audit/regulatory needs. 
• Perform periodic verification of MTN assets across MTNN switches and office locations. 
• Approve electronic asset movement form region assigned and follow up on all theft and faults from incidence reporting.
• Coordinate the analysis and reconciliation of monthly asset additions to physical verifications and physical count to the fixed asset register. 
• Generate monthly relevant reports; and submit all month end deliverables within the reporting deadline.
• Participate and generate reports on monthly stock count and other month end financial procedures.

Requirements
Education:

• A First Degree in any discipline, but a Finance and Management related Degree is desirable.
• A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA).
• Fluent in English.

Experience
3-7 years’ experience which includes

• Experience working in a medium organization 
• Experience in core accounting function
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools
• Experience in using an ERP system is desirable
• Experience in Finance functions in the telecommunications industry would be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
27th February, 2026; 10:55 PM.