Senior Specialist, Revenue Analytics & Reconciliation at IHS Towers

The Opportunity

IHS Towers is 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.
• ICAN/ ACCA qualification will be an asset.
• +7-10 years’ relevant experience, including at least 5 most recent years in reconciliation.
• 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.

Our Vision

IHS is committed to improving the quality and availability of telecommunications infrastructure, the lifeline for an increasingly connected world. We are dedicated to helping create a sustainable future for the communities in which we operate, and our sustainable strategy is structured around four pillars: ethics and governance, environment and climate change, education and economic growth, and our people and communities.