Career Opportunities at The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC)

Responsible for Finance and Administrative Services of the Business Unit

Responsibilities

Finance

• Provide inputs for annual budgeting
• Examine and accord financial vetting for proposals having financial implications
• Ensure compliance of financial audit
• Responsible for all financial accounting and supervises compilation for unit and undertakings
• Supervise inter unit account settlements
• Supervise maintenance of various accounts & registers
• Settlement of all staff claims, external claims, time bound tax related claims under the limits specified
• Ensure proper reconciliation of various payment channels at business unit
• Monitors compilation of MIS, PRT & other reports.
• Maintain and update sub ledger capturing the financial transactions appropriately

Administration

• Ensuring compliance to HR policies and labor laws
• Initiate the performance appraisal report
• Maintaining job descriptions and training related records
• Oversee preparation of papers for claims of retired employees
• Ensuring maintenance of discipline, attendance, highlighting employee concerns at the assigned locations
• Initiating disciplinary proceeding of employees in corruption cases
• Oversee the legal activities and court cases related to employees
• Taking up the case of employee complaint/ grievance for redressal
• Ensuring free flow of communication upward to resolve employee grievances at the earliest opportunity
• Conducting surveys on employee engagement employee satisfaction
• Participating in the welfare activities for the employees
• Looking into security matters, office maintenance, office furniture maintenance etc.
• Takes responsibility for compliance with all Quality Management System /Operation Health & System related activities in the department as documented in the departmental operations manual, risk assessment register and other relevant documents.
• Carry out any other duties as requested by the Business Manager.

Minimum qualifications

• 1st degree in Accounting or a Finance-related field, Commercial or Social Science discipline 
• Post-graduate degree(s) and relevant professional qualifications e.g., ACA, ACCA are essential.
• 8 - 10 years’ experience, with at least three 3 years' experiences in a supervisory position.

Technical Competencies

• Assets and Liabilities Management
• Cost Management
• Data Processing
• Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting
• Treasury Management & Cash Flow Forecasting
• Profit & Loss Management
• Revenue Management 
• Accounting Policies and Transactions
• Financial Statement Preparation and Analysis
• Tax Management

Behavioral Competencies

• Communication and Interpersonal Relations
• Supervisory/Managerial Skills
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Managing Resources
• Business Focus

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Reporting To: Desktop Support Analyst

Role Purpose
Responsible for providing efficient and effective level 1 technical support to staff in areas such as desktop, help desk and IT project support along with network troubleshooting/support

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, prioritizes and addresses all types of service requests handled by the IT team (desktop support, phone/email response).
• Setup, deploys, repairs and troubleshoots laptop and desktop PCs, printers and other PC hardware and peripherals.
• Consults with end-users in addressing problems and assists in formulating solutions. Maintains exceptional level of communication with end-users
• Acts in a consultative role to end-users by providing recommendations regarding hardware, software, processes, etc. in order to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Assists in the planning, coordination and implementation of projects.
• Assists in training of basic systems for new and current users when necessary.
• Comply with Quality Management System / Occupational Health & Safety requirements including objectives and applicable regulations relating to assigned jobs.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum qualifications

• First degree in Information Technology or Computer Science or any other related field
• At least 1 year experience in management/Implementation of IT applications and providing end user support

Technical Competencies

• Computing and User Support
• Hardware Configuration
• Application Support and Maintenance

Behavioral Competencies

• Communication and Interpersonal Relations
• Supervisory/Managerial Skills
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Managing Resources
• Business Focus

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Reporting To: Store Supervisor

Role Purpose
To assist the Store Supervisor in management of material issue and receipt.

Responsibilities

• Inspect deliveries for damage or discrepancies; report those to store supervisor and record keeping.
• Maintenance and audit of material in stock.
• Ensure adequate record keeping and manage all documentation to confirm proper stock levels and maintain inventory control.
• Assist in finalizing various MIS reports pertaining to store procedures.
• Comply with Quality Management System / Occupational Health & Safety requirements including objectives and applicable regulations relating to assigned jobs.
• Carrying out all other functions as designated in line with achieving the departmental objective.
• Receiving and arranging of materials received from the vendor into the storeroom.
• Issuing of material duly approved on the Inventory Management System.
• To ensure the correctness in the quality, quantity, specifications, condition of the materials received from vendors.

Minimum qualifications

• This role requires a first degree or its equivalent diploma qualification.
• Requires between 0-2 years’ experience in a similar role.

Technical Competencies

• Inventory Management
• Electricity Industry Regulatory Knowledge
• Safety and Health Compliance

Behavioral Competencies

• Communication and Interpersonal Relations
• Supervisory/Managerial Skills
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Managing Resources
• Business Focus.

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Reporting To: Vigilance Strategy & Monitoring Specialist

Role Purpose
Will be part of a team responsible for field activities in line with the strategic objective to reduce unbilled energy.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for field activities aimed at reducing unbilled energy.
• Provide insight for team operations through statistical analysis of customer data to drive field activities at identifying revenue and energy leakages.
• Supervise technical gangs in carrying out safe diagnostics on meters, disconnection and reconnection of customers.
• Conduct investigation of whistleblowing on illegal use of electricity and provide reports to stakeholders.
• Periodic customer meter recertification and DT validation exercises for energy accounting.
• Enforce sanctions on consumers resorting to theft or illegal use of electricity in line with regulatory provisions.
• Provide support for weekly and monthly reporting of team’s activities for performance management.
• Periodic compliance reviews on both customer and field commercial staff to ensure compliance to company policies.
• Examine the existing procedures that provide opportunities for inefficiency and malpractices and implement remedial measures.
• Escalate all cases of non-compliance and monitoring all escalated issues/complaints for resolution.
• Joint responsibility for commercial loss reduction initiatives.
• Provide commercial loss reports of the Business Unit to management.
• Comply with Quality Management System / Operational Health & System requirements and applicable regulations relating to assigned jobs.
• Carry out any other duty as requested by the Head Revenue Protection and Enforcement Unit, Team Lead Vigilance and BU Vigilance Specialist. 

Minimum qualifications

• This role requires a first degree/HND in Engineering, Technology (limited to chemical, electrical, civil, production and mechanical), Physics, Mathematics
• This role requires 0-2 years technical work experience 

Technical Competencies

• Familiarity with technical field work, use of work tools and personal protective equipment.
• Knowledge of the various types of electricity metering infrastructure.
• Knowledge of the electricity supply chain value system
• Knowledge of the electricity regulatory codes and requirements
• Knowledge of various forms of meter manipulations and other forms of energy theft

Behavioral Competencies

• Communication skills (Written & Oral)
• Discipline & Integrity
• Attention to detail
• Ability to influence others
• Good Intuitive and observatory skills
• Good listening and questioning skills
• Planning and Organizational Skills