MTN Nigeria Jobs - Financial Reporting Accountant

Job Title: Financial Reporting Accountant
Department: Finance
Location: Lagos


Job Description:
Act as a point of contact with auditors
Perform analytical review of the monthly income statement.
Review data posted into the Operating Expenses accounts for accuracy and to ensure they impact the correct accounts.
Raise manual journals to correct any error discovered during the review mentioned above.
Review asset/liability accounts to ascertain their completeness, accuracy, valuation and existence
Ensure accurate reporting of management fees
Prepare financial statements for statutory purposes and internal reporting (MIS).
Follow up and escalate issues from statutory audits.
Identify and escalate needs from the ERP system.
Monitor to ensure financial accounts are in compliance with Accounting standards (IAS, SAS, SA, IFRS) and GAAP
Prepare, update and provide links to the trend analysis for actual data only (IS).
Perform other duties as assigned by the Financial Reporting Manager.
Preparation of exception report after month-end review.


Job Conditions: Normal MTNN working conditions. Extended working hours. Immense pressure at month end. Preparation of statutory financial statements within specified timelines. Turnaround time for financial statements generation. Feedback from external auditors on state of financial records. Compliance with local and international GAAP.
Reporting To: Financial Reporting Manager


Required Skills:
B.Sc. in Accounting or any other related discipline.
A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA)
4 years finance and accounting experience which includes:
Experience within a leading organisation’s financial department
Experience in working with enterprise financial systems.
Experience in telecommunications industry (desirable).


Employment Status : Permanent
Qualification: other


This vacancy expires on 1/29/2013


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