Controller, Airtel Money at Airtel Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited) is a leading telecommunications services provider in Nigeria headquartered in Lagos, the commercial nerve-centre of Nigeria. The telco ranks amongst the top four mobile service providers in terms of subscribers with a customer base of more than 39.8 million. The company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce and enterprise services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Controller, Airtel Money

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full-time 
Level: Mid-Senior level

Job Purpose

• To establish, implement and maintain Nil Revenue leakage and zero bad debt for Lease line and Airtel Money Business while ensuring adequate controls are in place and adhering to all policies and procedures including Company and Group policy, IAS, IFRS, Nigerian Accounting Standards.

Key Responsibilities
Nil Revenue Leakage:

• Link Reconciliation for Billing - 4-way 100% monthly reconciliation to avoid revenue leakage and achieve AOP target
• Nil Exception on Billing

Debtor Management:

• Benchmark target is to ensure - Zero bad debt - Receivable collection ageing less than 60 days
• Airtel Money Collection
• Ensure Payment Matching
• Ensure all Customer issues are addressed within 48hours to aid quick payment

Enterprise Control:

• Ensure Fiscal Tracker Score @ 99% or 1st in Africa
• Ensure KFC score @ 9
• Ensure SVCCL score @99%
• Ensure Enterprise Weekly Scorecard - target of 95%
• Ensure Processes and Procedures for managing the business are adhered to.

Airtel Money Controls:

• Achieve Airtel Money Key Control Report Score of 95%
• Ensure variance in Merchant Reconciliation, and DTR is closed within 48 hours
• Ensure Airtel Money Technology Implementation:
• Commercial Review and Process implementation of New Product (loans, remittances, NFC, companion cards or OPCO selected product)
• Automatic of Evalue allocation & Deallocation, Bank Integrations.
• Airtel Money:
  • Reconciliation
  • Adjustment

Audit Score for Finance:

• Benchmark target is to achieve at least 90% (satisfactory Rating)
• There must be no repeat Audit findings
• Nil Summary of Audit Difference (SAD)/Summary of Unadjusted Difference (SUD) /Internal Control Measure (ICM) or Significant Deficiency/Deficiency/Insights
• Closure on open Audit issues & issue tracker within 30 days

Educational Qualification, Experience & Competencies
Education and Certification:

• A University Degree in Finance / Economics or related field.
• Professional accounting qualification (CFA, ACCA, ACA)
• Sound Financial Accounting knowledge.
• Proficiency in Microsoft office suite

Work Experience:

• Must have 10-12 years of industry track record mostly gained in FMCG, Communication & Telecom
• Minimum of 5 years’ senior level experience of overseeing finance function at National level
• Telecom / Enterprise experience is desirable

Other Requirements:

• Excellent ability to influence Senior management of customers for payment & WHT -Bad Debt Management (Zero bad debt); Internal customers for input / output required.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, tight timelines, multiple priorities, and demanding customers, in a fast-moving, constantly changing environment
• Creative, forward thinker
• Strong budget and management skills, including proven ability to project/process management
• Strong oral and written interpersonal skills
• Strong Control Compliance skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High degree of professionalism, maturity and confidentiality
• Highly developed, demonstrated teamwork skills.
• Demonstrated ability to see the big picture and provide useful and strategic advice and input to the Business unit
• Ability to lead in an environment of constant change.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We therefore do not discriminate against applicants on the basis of, among others, their race, disability, their race, disability, religion or gender. 
• All employment opportunities are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need