Senior Manager, Financial Reporting at IHS Towers

Job Description

• As a Senior Manager of Financial Reporting, you will play a vital role in overseeing and managing the financial reporting activities within an organization.
• You will be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, compliance with regulatory requirements, and providing financial insights to support strategic decision-making.
• The role requires strong technical accounting expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close process.
• Own the balance sheet and income statement, ensuring integrity of the financial statements.
• Review monthly and quarterly management reporting packages in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) guidelines.
• Prepare and review annual reporting package in line with IFRS.
• Monitor and ensure timely identification and compliance with evolving accounting guidance, providing NG GAAP and IFRS interpretation.
• Communicate and explain accounting issues and evolving accounting guidance to the management team.
• Implement accounting policy documents to improve clarity and consistency.
• Manage communications with external auditors on external financial statements and accounting issues to ensure auditor agreement with company decisions on accounting disclosures, and issues.
• Manage communications with internal auditors on accounting and other compliance issues
• Assist in the coordination of annual audit and quarterly review activities of external auditors.
• Preparation of impairment workings and IFRS 9 memo on quarterly basis.
• Coordinate and prepare regulatory permit accrual workings on quarterly basis.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Director, Financial Reporting & Control.

Functional Competencies:

• Local & International Accounting Standards
• Financial Reporting
• Financial & Management Accounting
• Data Analysis & Reporting
• Analytical Thinking
• Business Communication
• Workload Management

Behavioural Competencies:

• Collaboration & Teamwork
• Relationship Building

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance, etc.
• Professional qualification, e.g. ACCA/ICAN, is mandatory.
• 12 years’ relevant experience, with most recent 7 in audit and assurance, accounting consulting and preparation of IFRS financial statements