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.
The company made history on August 5, 2001 by becoming the first telecoms operator to launch commercial GSM services in Nigeria and has scored a series of many “firsts” in the highly competitive Nigerian telecommunications market including the first to introduce toll-free 24-hour customer care; first to launch service in all the six geo-political zones in the country; first to introduce affordable recharge denominations; first to introduce monthly free SMS and first to introduce monthly airtime bonus.

Job Title: Manager Accounts Payable

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

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

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

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

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