Current Job Openings at Etisalat Nigeria

Job Summary

•     Support the Network Finance Manager to ensure agreed targets and financial benefits are optimised, costs are managed within agreed envelopes and guidance is provided to the Technical Department on finance issues
•     Support the improvement of the Network Finance processes

Principal Functions

•     Liaise, support and assist the technical business area on all aspects of financial and operational matters
•     Provide support for monitoring and controlling the financial performance of the technical business area via monthly reporting and budgeting/forecasting processes to provide insight into business performance
•     Support the preparation of techno-economics and accounting analysis/reports as required by the business including:
•     Product Profitability analysis;
•     Cost-benefit analysis
•     Variance Analysis
•     Geo analysis relevant to financial modelling
•     Other accounting analysis as required by the business
•     Ensure Oracle reporting data quality and compliance with accounting standards and guidelines
•     Provide input into the production of business cases and investment appraisals that could have a material impact on the performance of the business
•     Liaise with business teams to gather required data for post implementation review of local business initiatives and business cases
•     Follow up on actions from the technical business area's monthly financial reviews
•     Build strong and influential relationships with the technical business area to promote seamless working relationships with the rest of the Finance community.
•     Attend operational meetings to represent Finance within the assigned business team
•     Work with the Finance Support Manager to implement financial governance within technical team
•     Assist the Finance Support Manager on other ad hoc projects
•     Perform any other duties as assigned by the Manager, Finance Support

Educational Requirements

•     First Degree in a relevant discipline from a recognised university
•     Membership of Professional association (CIMA, CFA, ACCA, ICAN, etc)
• Experience, Skills & Competencies
•     Three (3) to Five (5) years relevant work experience.
•     Experience in Telecoms industry or management/operational consulting is an advantage.
•     Proficiency in Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access
•     Strong accounting fundamentals
•     Knowledge of Oracle ERP & other industrial standard financial systems
•     Good understanding of current accounting standards (IFRS)
•     Basic technical knowledge of Telecoms
•     Financial modeling (Opex, Capex and Revenue)
•     Project management
•     Strong analytical
•     Problem Solving
•     Risk and cost control conscious
•     Quality deliverable
•     Passion for Excellence
•     Integrity
•     Empowering people
•     Growing people
•     Team work

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Job Summary
To perform the daily procurement activities in an efficient way to guarantee getting the quality materials/services in a proper time with a competitive prices.

Principal Functions

•     Receive the end users purchase requests through the category manager
•     Check the requests to make sure it contains all required details; drawings, specifications, short list bidders, etc.
•     Prepare the RFX document
•     Check if the short list bidders are registered in Etisalat
•     Float the RFX
•     Communicate the clarifications requests between the end user and the vendor
•     Receive the offers from the vendors
•     Communicate with the stakeholders to form a bid committee (when it is applicable)
•     Documents the received bids
•     Participate in bids evaluation process
•     Invite the vendors for negotiations
•     Participate in negotiations sessions together with the category manager
•     Prepare the bids evaluation report and get the signature of the bid committee
•     Get the CEO approval on the bid evaluation report after getting the approval of procurement director
•     Upload the final offer in the ERP
•     Prepare the quotations summary sheet and send it to end user department for evaluation (if amount of purchases below N45M)
•     Get the procurement director signature on the summary sheet
•     Upload the final prices into the ERP
•     Follow up with budget and the end user to make sure that the PR is finally approved
•     Follow with the procurement QA to print the PO
•     Initiate the PO and get the initial of category manager and approval of Procurement director
•     Answer the pre audit questions (if any)
•     Follow with the procurement QA to make sure that the PO was sent to the vendors
•     Follow with the vendors for delivery
•     Follow with end user if there is any complaints
•     Monitor the exact delivery time to calculate and report the penalties (if it is applicable) to finance department
•     Follow with the end user and legal to finalize the contracts (if applicable)
•     Prepare the flash and savings report
•     Prepare any reports requested by the category manager or Procurement Director

Educational Requirements

•     First degree (BA, BSc) in Business, Engineering, finance or related field from a recognised university

Experience, Skills & Competencies

•     Three (3) to five (5) work experience preferably in a procurement environment.
•     Industry knowledge
•     Communication
•     ERP Applications
•     MS Office especially Excel
•     Stakeholder Relationship Management
•     Personal Effectiveness
•     Customer Focus
•     Passion for Excellence
•     Integrity
•     Empowering people
•     Growing people
•     Team work

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Job Summary
Coordinate and manage the telarix billing system, SLAs and contract agreements on traffic exchange with existing and potential partners. Manage wholesale partners, invoicing, payment and collection.

Principal Functions

•     Monitor and ensure prompt and accurate update of billing rates on Telarix - iXTools interconnect platform.
•     Update the price list received from each carrier and ensure routing changes are made based on Direct and Least Cost Routing.
•     Analyse event detail records (EDRS) and resolve any dispute that may arise on all presented invoices using Audit Command Language (ACL)
•     Liaise with finance and wholesale and carrier relation to ensure partner invoices are paid as at when due.
•     Set up new interconnect partners on Telarix platform and ensure strict compliance with billing and invoicing clauses as provided in the contracts.
•     Prepare weekly partner statement of accounts, update subsidiary books in the Carrier business folder with invoices and other source data for referencing in any recurring issue or dispute settlement.
•     Treat all EDRS sitting in Telarix - iXConnect error bucket and ensure they are completely resolved before processing interconnect invoices.
•     Generate all partner invoices on the Telarix - iXTools, receive interconnect partner invoices and ensure wholesale clients and interconnect partners are billed accurately and promptly
•     Extract and analyse daily, weekly and monthly interconnect traffic data and generate EDRS reports for interconnect partners based on request.
•     Liaise with prospective interconnect partners to resolve all interconnect issues
•     Coordinate and review partner draft agreements with Legal and other stakeholders
•     Provide routing instruction via the interconnect platform to network operations team.
•     Identify and escalate billing system's inadequacies and offering solutions.
•     Negotiate bilateral agreements with potential international carrier/operator
•     Reconcile monthly partners' statement of account
•     Provide least cost routing (LCR) reports for international destinations.
•     Interpret interconnect traffic pattern and escalate unusual traffic trends
•     Perform other duties as assign by the Manager, Carrier Relations.

Educational Requirements

• First degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.

Experience, Skills & Competencies

•     Three (3) to Five (5) years work experience, with at least Two (2) years in a wholesale and carrier relations function.
•     Good knowledge of Microsoft Office - Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
•     Good understanding of Event Detail Records (EDRS).
•     Knowledge of billing platforms
•     Must be familiar with Accounting terms - SOA, Payment Schedule, Netting and Set Off.
•     Ability to understand and analyse data
•     Must understand and possess knowledge of Audit Command Language (ACL).
•     Attention to details.
•     Good written and oral communication skills
•     Interpersonal and relationship management skill.
•     Ability to work under pressure and multitask
•     A team player

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Job Summary
Provide support on all operational TXM equipment and facilitate PAT of new integrated BSS & TXM/ADM network element. Also, facilitate 99.9% Network Access availability.

Principal Functions

•     Perform operation and maintenance of Access, Transmission and Power element to achieve network availability.
•     Assist the Manager, Access Support in the implementation of an effective framework for the operation and maintenance of the BSS
•     Supervise change requests implementation, faults escalation, resolution and ensure TTs are accurately closed within MTTR by NOC.
•     Participate in acceptance of new BSS site, MW, ADMs and Power plant according to scope and BOQ.
•     Ensure execution of routine and corrective maintenance scheduled for all active and passive elements on site.
•     Ensure effective supervision of vendor/sub-con performance and other related activities (telecommunication equipment monitoring )
•     Ensure effective diesel delivery and consumption within assigned cluster
•     Perform cross functional support based on business demand
•     Facilitate resolution of community related issues
•     Generate Incidence report for network outages - weekly/ monthly report of cluster performance.

Educational Requirements

•     First degree or equivalent in Electrical/Electronics, Mechanical Engineering or relevant discipline.

Experience, Skills & Competencies

•     At least 2 years relevant experience in GSM Access Network, VSat, Multiplexers, Fibre, SDH MW Links and Power systems
•     GSM Access/Transmission and AC/DC power operation and maintenance
•     Problem-solving skills
•     Good time management
•     Computer knowledge (MS Office, MS Projects, AutoCAD)
•     Community relations
•     Strong reporting and communications skills

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Job Summary

•     Responsibilities includes but not limited to New sites acceptance, Fault escalation follow up & timely resolution, maintain 99% site & TCH availability, Site inspection, Spot checks and Preventive maintenance of both active and passive equipment including Hybrid & Public mains operation and maintenance, fuel delivery and consumption management, DG and A/C replacement, BTS, TX & power optimization, BSC/MGW power operation.
•     Also supervise and ensure that ALL power operations activities of EOT vendors and other partners are in accordance with the agreed scope, SLA and best practice.

Principal Functions

•     Ensure monthly, Quarterly and annual Preventive maintenance on both Passive and Active equipment on sites timely and escalate to you time manager where necessary
•     Track and Monitor diesel delivery and consumption to avoid diesel shortage and outage on site
•     Strictly follow up for fault/TT escalations resolution within the agreed SLA on both Colo and GF sites to avoid KPI degradation and ensure correct TT closure captured the actual cause of failure
•     Ensure deployment of mobile DG & Cell on Wheel where necessary to avoid prolong outage and improve customer satisfaction
•     Liaise with Government regulation department to resolve Environmental, regulatory, states, Local Government and community issues with 24hrs and follow up to permanent solution
•     Follow up for proper execution of approved CR within your cluster and escalate to your line manager when activity is deviated
•     Ensure timely replacement of faulty components on BSS, TX and Power equipment as well weekly link alignment for MW links with deviated RSL
•     Ensure timely replacement of faulty fibre patch cord and splicing on national fibre BB to avoid prolong outage and reduce MTTR
•     Operate and maintain hybrid & public power supply, manage fuel delivery and consumption, supervise and coordinate DG and A/C replacement, BTS power optimization, BSC/MGW power operation.
•     Perform acceptance of new sites, optimization of power & active infrastructure by ensuring all work packets, services and materials are delivered in accordance with contractual agreement, scope and quality.
•     Provide high level support to the regional team on power, BSS & Transmission issues and coordinate resolution.
•     Assess work quality of contractors within your cluster to identify possible shortfalls and instruct correction of same for the realisation of optimal performance.
•     Monitor and control power capacity utilisation and ensure optimal safe limits on generators, rectifiers, UPS, AVR etc. are not exceeded. Timely escalation of any capacity issue and recommendation for optimisation and upgrades is also required where necessary.
•     Prepare and present periodic reports on power availability and timely escalate any serious issue that may negatively impact on network quality and availability.
•     Supervise maintenance of all equipment on site in your cluster as well as activities of EOT vendors and other contractors to ensure quality of service and scope. Also confirm and sign off successfully completed tasks by both parties with JCC.
•     Maintain adequate and up to date inventory of all power infrastructure within purview
•     Perform effective monthly site supervision, spot check, external alarm simulations and cheek mate vendor team activity to enhance Quality of service

Educational Requirements

•     First degree or equivalent in Electrical/Electronics, Mechanical Engineering or relevant discipline.

Experience, Skills & Competencies

•     3 - 5 years relevant experience in Mechanical/Electrical (Power) systems (Diesel Generators, Rectifiers, UPS, Inverters, PDF/APD panels, GTS/ATS/AMF panels, Gear Switches, HVAC, Public mains supply, power and signal cabling, safety and isolation systems, etc.) within a large telecoms or other related technical organization with extensive industry experience on power operation and maintenance.
•     BSS, TX, AC and DC power operation and maintenance
•     Problem-solving skills
•     Good time management
•     Strong reporting and communications skills