Accountant – Sales Support Retail at MTN Nigeria

Mission:

• To coordinate the reconciliation of all general ledger accounts managed by the Sales Support and Financial Control Department.
• Cash Management and reconciliation of all collections from the commercial sales channels and online sales channels.
• Pricing and Discount Management and Inventory Management.

Description:

• Ensure that payments made by Distributors are reconciled to the respective bank accounts, distributor transactions are reconciled to the general ledger, and inventory sub-ledgers are reconciled to inventory general ledger accounts.
• Track and monitor key business processes, maintain a risk register, identify servicing and operational constraints and gaps, and analyze and provide feedback and recommendations to attain service excellence and cost effectiveness.
• Initiate and review all requests for new General Ledger (GL) accounts from commercial business units and propose GL mapping for new entries impacting the general ledger.
• Conduct a periodic review or analysis of inventory general ledger information, investigate and resolve reconciling items, and adjust entries to correct errors noted.
• Assist with ad-hoc wholesale accounting projects or assignments in support of the department.
• Ensure and monitor central warehouse, B2B, and service center stock counts, and review consolidated stock counts and variance reports for these locations to ensure the integrity of inventory data.
• Supervise the raising and posting of necessary accounting entries for provision for stock losses and stock write-offs upon approval by appropriate authorities.
• Work with the Revenue Assurance Unit and Business Risk to ensure that inventory-associated risks are proactively managed.
• Supervise the periodic review and analysis of Inventory sub-ledger and general ledger information across the system, such as IFS and Fusion.
• Review sales operations business processes and systems and adopt or develop a framework to standardize or optimize work methods and activities and ensure quality of services and adequacy of operating processes.
• Review Key Performance Indicators with respect to departmental business processes and work with process owners to develop pragmatic targets and methods and frequencies of measurement.
• Perform process and quality assurance audits to ensure standards and practices are consistent with those approved at MTNN.
• Generate reports and manage process-related data as required and in support of departmental operations.
• Production of month-end reporting and ad-hoc reporting to all the relevant stakeholders for management decision-making
• Liaise with IS to ensure proper integration of business-reporting requirements.
• Participate in projects, new product rollouts, cross-functional activities, stakeholder management, and issue resolutions.
• Prepare detailed reports about any discrepancies that occur in the financial year and other related reports on a timely basis for relevant stakeholders.

Education:

• First degree in any related discipline
• A professional accounting qualification
• Fluent in English

Experience:

• 3–7 years’ experience in an area of specialization, with experience working with others
• Experience in a similar or related function
• Experience working in a medium-sized organization