Senior Manager, Reporting, Reconciliation & Analysis at IHS Towers

The Opportunity

• IHS Towers is expanding our global footprint and we are seeking an individual to join our team in Nigeria as Senior Manager, Reporting, Reconciliation & Analysis. The Senior Manager, Reporting, Reconciliation & Analysis will provide Finance support to the Technical Division to ensure strategic, financial and operational goals are achieved.

Key Responsibilities

• Collate financial and other inputs to Technical Finance’s annual plan.
• Maintain Technical Finance’s database and data structure to ensure aligned and consistent reporting on decision-making and performance monitoring activities.
• Identify gaps by monitoring actual vs planned spend across Technical. Recommend intervention options and drive execution of approved intervention options.
• Provide monthly analysis of spend patterns (including penalties) as input to improvement and cost-containment activities.
• Review and collate monthly accrual reports for use by Finance.
• Ensure integrity of the Technical Division’s accounting and financial reporting systems, including independent audits and appropriate controls.
• Ensure all audit issues are cleared by accountable individuals/ teams.
• Continuously improve data quality to facilitate better decision-making internally and enhance client discussions externally.
• Prepare and present business cases for new products and services, innovations and new solutions across Technical.
• Explore and collaborate across functions on opportunities to increase the company’s profitability and reduce spending.
• Collect inputs across Technical departments for preparation of budgets and FCT.
• Compile and consolidate budget spend for Opex and Capex categories.
• Track Opex and Capex for timely reporting and reconciliation of key projects.
• Serve as Technical’s central point of contact to share budget and FCT inputs with Finance, ensuring required budgets are properly captured by Finance and presented for approvals.
• Secure budgets for approved Technical projects from Finance and control budgets for all proofs of concept (PoCs) and new projects across Technical.
• Communicate approved budgets to Technical leaders for their respective departments.
• Raise and monitor purchase requests (PRs) and purchase orders (POs) from the approved budget.
• Monitor budget utilization.
• Coordinate closely with Supply Chain on ordering, pricing and delivery of goods and services for Technical.
• Prepare annual materials plan in coordination with Technical departments and Supply Chain.
• Perform regular review of materials in hand, pipeline, and deliveries to site across different Capex projects.
• Deliver monthly reporting on Opex and Capex to Nigeria Finance teams.
• Review the monthly Capex report received from Finance and provide feedback on any discrepancies.
• Regularly update Capex trackers to ensure correct information is reported and presented.
• Prepare, collect and share monthly MBR data with Finance.
• Prepare and share data with the Business Decision Support (BDS) as inputs to the monthly Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Scorecard.
• Participate in contract negotiations, reviews and compliance.
• Review and approve all Technical POs issued to vendors.
• Liaise and follow up for timely issuance of PRs, POs, and invoices for key Technical projects.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Director, Technical Finance.

Key Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or any numerate discipline. MBA or advanced specialist Master’s in any finance or analytical discipline will be an asset.
• Relevant professional certifications, e.g. FCA, FCCA, FCMA, will be an added advantage.
• +13 years’ cognate experience in Finance within the telecoms industry with most recent 5 years in a senior managerial role supporting executives.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Collaboration & Teamwork

Functional Competencies:

• Analytical Thinking
• Strategic Thinking
• Accounting
• Corporate Performance Management
• Planning & Budgeting
• Tax Management
• Reporting
• P2P, R2R & A2R Cycles
• Database Management
• Industry Knowledge
• Use of MS Office (Excel & Powerpoint)

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.