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  • Posted: Sep 18, 2023
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • For 15 years we have been building and managing telecommunications towers that are the essential backbone of mobile telecommunications in Africa - the leapfrog technology driving economic development, prosperity and self-sufficiency across the continent. Right now, IHS is leading a new telecoms service sector driven by the growth of middle class business an...
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    Manager, Fixed Assets

    Job Description

    • As Manager of Fixed Assets, you will execute Fixed Assets best practices and processes across in-market entities. 

    Key Roles & Responsibilities

    • Overseeing day to day activities of the Fixed assets and IFRS 16 accounting.
    • Managing daily activities of direct reports  
    • Support ongoing change, process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives across the FA lease function. 
    • Handling all audit related matters and closure of issues that have been raised in prior audits 
    • Handle customer-facing interactions on all FA activities. 
    • Manage the business partnering function with Shared Service Center for all Fixed Asset related transactions 
    • Responsible for enforcing SOX controls related to lease accounting 
    • Take a leading role in resolving any Fixed Asset issues that might arise. 
    • Coordinating timely recording of all project activities, including new additions, renewals, inter-entity movements/ transfers, and decommissioning activities. Act as focal point for ensuring ERP recording of these activities by Shared Service Center
    • Coordinating monthly month-end activities for Fixed Asset and reviewing of month-end Fixed Assets schedules. 
    • Provide accounting assistance to support user departments and operations/ technical staff. Respond to financial questions/ concerns to meet business needs. 
    • Provide any out-of-turn support for processing urgent or critical requests and ensure coordination with Shared Service Center team. 
    • Ensure strict compliance with policies, processes, procedures, IFRS, IAS and GAAP. 
    • Support training and education on new policies, practices, and standards. 
    • Perform any other activities or tasks assigned from time to time and/ or required as part of continuous improvement initiatives within the company. 
    • Functional Competencies:
    • Analytical Thinking
    • Business Partnering
    • Financial Accounting
    • Problem Solving
    • Use of MS Office Tools (advanced) 
    • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) 
    • Behavioural Competencies:
    • Collaboration & Teamwork
    • Relationship Building

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in any discipline (Finance and Management-related strongly preferred). 
    • Evidence of professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA). 
    • +5 years’ relevant post-NYSC work experience in core accounting function. 
    • Demonstrable proficiency in use of MS Office tools. 
    • Must possess solid knowledge of Fixed Assets best practices and trends which support implementation of effective business partnering. 
    • Proven work history of finance business partnering and use of ERP platforms. 
    • Experience in Finance functions within telco industry is an added advantage. 

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    Specialist, Infrastructure

    Job Description

    • As  Specialist, Infrastructure, you will ensure the structural integrity of all IHS towers through effective preventive and corrective maintenance and appropriate retrofit/strengthening solutions for overloaded/structurally inadequate towers in accordance with acceptable engineering and safety standards. 

    Key Roles & Responsibilities

    • Review structural audit and appraisal documentation submitted by vendors for correctness and completeness. 
    • Review vendor Site Audit/Structural Appraisal reports with software (where applicable).  
    • Determine the need for further tower analyses through site visits and share information with the relevant user department(s) in a timeous manner. 
    • Maintain up-to-date project trackers and ensure accurate project status reporting through available information systems. 
    • Manage tower structural integrity trackers covering retrofit/strengthening, preventive, and corrective maintenance works and share with accountable stakeholders across Project Management Office (PMO) team. 
    • Review tower post-retrofit audit documentation submitted by contracted tower-retrofit auditors for completeness and correctness before forwarding for sign off. 
    • Analyze tower defects (structural and non-structural) based on site visit reports submitted by user department(s). 
    • Conduct spot-checks at site, where necessary, to ensure that retrofit and/or corrective works on towers are progressing according to approved engineering solutions and implementation plans. 
    • Attend to all escalations on structural integrity as received from internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner. 
    • Review and validate Bill of Materials (BOMs) generated from vendor’s reports on tower retrofit/strengthening and corrective repair projects and forward validated BOMs for pricing. 
    • Engage vendors to address concerns related to tower maintenance, overloading, and to clarify issues related to planned projects. 
    • Strengthen and nurture partnerships with vendors to drive IHS’s success and growth. 
    • Develop and maintain an accurate and reliable database of telecommunication site information for structural analysis and business intelligence. 
    • Execute all duties in accordance with documented and applicable in-house procedures, processes, and policies. 
    • Stay at the forefront of best engineering practices in the communications tower industry, keeping abreast of the latest advancements and incorporating them into project work as appropriate. 
    • Contribute towards the IHS’s safety standard by ensuring that all towers are safe to use. 
    • Perform other duties as assigned by the Principal Specialist – Tower Infrastructure. 

    Functional Competencies:

    • Structural Modelling, Analysis and Design 
    • Structural Appraisal and Reverse Engineering 
    • Maintenance, Condition Assessment, and Repair of Existing Structures 
    • Project/Program Management 
    • Capital Optimization 
    • Logistics Management 
    • Human & Environmental Factors 

    Behavioural Competencies:

    • Critical and Analytical Thinking
    • Attention to Detail
    • Collaboration & Teamwork 

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or related discipline 
    • + 5 years relevant work experience.
    • Proficiency in use of tools such as Microsoft Office, Google Earth Professional, AutoCAD, STAAD Pro, MS Tower, ASMTower, tnxTower, TSTower and other Structural Engineering Software for the Communications Tower Industry.
    • Familiarity with the ANSI-TIA 222-G or H, CSA S37, BS 8100 – Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4, EN 1993-Part 3-1 or other relevant code of practice, standard or guideline for the Communications Tower Industry. 

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