Job Vacancy: Job title: Manager, Account Payable
Job description: Company Description
IHS Towers is one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world by tower count and is the only towerco solely focused on the emerging markets. The Company has more than 40,000 towers across its 11 markets, including Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Kuwait, Nigeria, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zambia. For more information, please visit:
Job Description
As Manager Account Payable, you will execute Procure-to-Pay (P2P) best practices and processes across in-market entities.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Support ongoing change, process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives across the P2P function.
- Handle customer-facing interactions on all AP activities.
- Act as the focal point for all SSC-related activities pertaining to AP, including transition of in-market activities, processes and systems knowledge to SSC.
- Oversee daily activities of direct reports and other members of the AP team.
- Manage vendor queries and issues in consultation with local Technical teams. Ensure liaison between the company, vendors and external accountants to meet information needs and proper maintenance of information to meet historical purposes.
- Provide any out-of-turn support for processing urgent or critical payments and ensure coordination with SSC team.
- Coordinate all internal and external audit work pertaining to AP activities.
- Coordinate monthly closing of financial records and posting of month-end information with SSC, including accruals, cost reviews and assessments for major vendors, etc. Ensure accuracy of post-close financial statements pertaining to AP.
- Provide accounting assistance to support user departments and operations/ technical staff. Respond to financial questions/ concerns to meet business needs.
- Monitor payables balances and liaise with Treasury to input cash flow requirements.
- Act as point of contact with SSC on escalations and urgent requests.
- Lead and coordinate performance management and reporting against P2P metrics with core focus on vendor accounts and payments.
- Ensure implementation of Finance policies, processes and procedures.
- Formulate policies aimed at ensuring process improvement in AP.
- Ensure strict compliance with policies, processes, procedures, IFRS, IAS and GAAP.
- Support training and education on new policies, practices and standards.
- Perform other activities or tasks assigned from time to time and/ or required as part of continuous improvement initiatives within the company.
Functional Competencies:
- Business Partnering
- Analytical Thinking
- Financial Accounting
- Problem Solving
- Business Continuity
- Process Standardization, Optimization & Automation
- 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, CIMA).
- +5 years’ relevant post-NYSC work experience in core accounting function.
- Demonstrable proficiency in use of MS Office tools.
- Must possess solid knowledge of P2P 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.
Additional Information
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.
Sustainability- People demonstrating this competency are constantly seeking to create positive impact in the communities we serve.
Our Vision
IHS is committed to improving the quality and availability of telecommunications infrastructure, the lifeline for an increasingly connected world. We are dedicated to helping create a sustainable future for the communities in which we operate, and our sustainable strategy is structured around four pillars: ethics and governance, environment and climate change, education and economic growth, and our people and communities.
Location: Lagos, Lagos State
Job date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 22:44:57 GMT
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