Job title: Accountant – Budget Job at MTN Nigeria
Company: MTN Nigeria
Job description: MTN Nigeria – The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.We are recruiting to fill the position below:Job Position: Accountant – BudgetJob Identification: 5528
Job Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Department: Finance
Reports To: Manager – Budget and Financial ControlMission
- To organize the financial budget, monitor financial operations and reconcile financial accounts managed by the assigned division.
- Also provide relevant financial analysis and reports as required to support management decisions.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate budgets and participate in annual budget preparation, budget re-forecasting and reviews; collating budget estimates from all the departments and examine these for correctness, accuracy and completeness and conformance with established procedures, regulations, and organizational objectives.
- Facilitate the maintenance of effective financial controls in the division, ensuring effective maintenance of the MTNN budgetary controls.
- Maintain financial PPPs for the division, ensuring compliance with GAAP requirements and MTNN accounting policies, monitoring approved budget throughout the year, analyzing actual results to budgets and forecasts and preparing periodic report on the budget.
- Monitor the progress of projects in relation to budgets and plans and investigate project expenses and variances, as well as produce periodic reports on project financials.
- Provide administrative support in respect of Bids for projects, preparing bid invitation and preparing briefs for Board/Committee/Statutory meetings.
- Coordinate the division’s financial accruals, ensuring accuracy and completeness, saving accurate record of all Opex transactions on the ERP system.
- Prepare financial reports to support management decision making.
- Provide support to managers and other staff members on financial issues (Budgets, forecast, OPEX, project evaluation and feasibility proposals
Requirements
Education:
- A first degree in a business-related discipline.
- A professional accounting qualification (ACA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA).
- Fluent in English
Experience:
3 – 7 years of experience in an area of specialization; with experience working with others
- Experience working in a medium organization
- Experience in budget forecasting, management accounting/ financial reporting within a FMCG environment.
- Basic knowledge and appreciation of Finance and Internal Control systems.
Expected salary:
Location: Nigeria
Job date: Sun, 04 May 2025 05:01:35 GMT