Accountant – Financial Operations Carrier Finance, Finance at MTN Nigeria

Job Title: Accountant – Financial Operations Carrier Finance, Finance

Mission

• To account for all company-wide Financial Operations activities (Fixed Assets, Revenue Management, Expenditure Operations, Business Support and General Ledger), support various divisions on financial issues, and maintain commercial relationships with external stakeholders.

Description

• Supervise the implementation of finance policies, processes, and procedures and ensure strict adherence to established internal controls, MTN PPP’s, IFRS, IAS, and GAAP.
• Work with the Financial Operations Manager to prepare departmental budgets and provide support for daily unit administrative activities in line with the strategic objectives.
• Provide input into relevant management and board papers; review supporting documents and backup schedules to meet audit and regulatory requirements; and analyze and interpret data to facilitate decision-making.
• Ensure efficient optimization of databases and systems and prompt resolution of all reconciling items.
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators in order to meet all month-end reporting deadlines.
• Oversee the daily operations of the department as well as safeguard company assets and maintain customer and vendor relationships.
• Establish and maintain financial/revenue management procedures within the finance operations department in line with the MTNN strategic objectives.
• Plan and implement reconciliation and control mechanisms for interconnect roaming and VAS revenue recognition and reconciliation. Budget and forecast carrier revenue and related cost figures.
• Ensure accurate billing of wholesale call records for the optimization of MTN’s carrier revenue elements.
• Review inter-carrier (Interconnect, Roaming and value-added services) agreements, billing, reconciliation and payments.
• Evaluate and review existing carrier agreements and commercial rates, implementation and testing on billing systems.

Requirements
Education: 

• A First Degree in any discipline, but a Finance and Management related Degree is desirable.
• A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA).
• Fluent in English

Experience:
3 – 7 years’ experience in an area of specialization, with experience in supervising others

• Experience working in a medium organization
• Experience in core accounting function
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools
• Experience in using an ERP system is desirable.
• Experience in Finance functions in the telecommunications industry would be an added advantage.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is 29th April, 2025, 10:59 PM. Therefore, Qualified and interested candidates can: “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION”. It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Website:
Official Job Website:  https://www.mtn.ng/