Expense Control Officer at Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc(GTCO)

Industry: Financial Services

Job Summary

• To control and maintain daily operating and capital expenditure through centralized payments, reporting and monitoring and negotiations.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Monitor Actual expenditure to approved budget and pledge
• Prepare daily, monthly, quarterly reports for all Capex and Opex transactions
• Prepare and render periodic proofs for System Control
• Allocate and avail OPEX and CAPEX budget on all expense lines
• Review and avail approved extrabudgetary and re-allocation requests
• Ensure adherence to expenditure approval limits
• Participate in service/price negotiation with suppliers, vendors and service providers
• Carry out periodic price research and market survey
• Ensure prompt payment for services rendered to the organization
• Ensures adherence of payments to approved pledges/budgets
• Keep database of all transactions processed and drafts issued
• ​Carry out compliance checks on payment supporting documents before posting.

Education and Experience

• Solid analytical skills, with background in Accounting, Statistics, Economics or Mathematics
• Knowledge of expense reporting tools
• Added advantage – use of SAP Business by Design.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Budget and cost management skills
• Analytical Skills
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Communication skills
• Good knowledge of reporting tools
• Multitasking and Organizational skills
• Proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.