Why Airtel Africa?
At Airtel Africa, we act with passion, energy, and a can-do attitude. Innovation with an entrepreneurial spirit drive us. If you like “ordinary”, then we are not for you.
We champion diversity. We anticipate, adapt, and deliver solutions that enrich the lives of communities we serve. we roll up our sleeves to win with our customers.
By choosing Airtel, you choose to be part of a winning team. All this in addition to a brilliant opportunity to build a career in your field of expertise, across our different operating companies in Africa.
Airtel Africa is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and remain fully committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Responsibilities
- Ensure seamless flow and execution of Capex tracking, deployment, site transfers, SRN activities coordinating with Supply Chain Management, Networks and Accounts Centre of Excellence
- Ensure timely, complete and accurate capitalization of assets account for depreciation and amortization
Accurate and complete accounting for fixed assets, duty and capital work in progress as per financial guidelines - Review of capex item codes, perform CWIP CL analysis and accounting for fixed assets
Facilitate sale of assets both to inter -company and scrap dealers for invoicing, payment, issuance or retirement from books. - Drive adherence to PTC process (recognition criteria for fixed assets, capitalization, impairment, depreciation and amortization)
- Ensure timely and accurate Capital Work In progress clearing, Capital Work in Progress provisioning with full adherence to relevant Fixed assets accounting guidelines, accounting standards and procedures
- Timely preparation of audit schedules and response to audit queries
- Drive reconciliations of Fixed assets, clearance of reconciling items, Invoice, credit note approvals and Physical Verification Exercise of all Company’s assets and reconciliation to General Ledger/ Fixed Assets Register.
- Perform monthly warehouse visits to review compliance status to procedures and processes
End to end management of Airtel Money Capital work in progress to final capitalization in the Fixed Assets. - Drive End-to-end oversight from purchase to capitalization process with proper documentation and process
- Ensuring adherence to SRN process with all the necessary approvals
- Ensuring adherence to the warehouse / GRN processes – proper gate process, inspection, and posting of Goods received notes.
- Track sites on air, site wise analysis and ensuring completeness of the capitalized assets
- End-to-end coordination of fixed assets verification exercise for all asset categories, reconciliation to GL and sub ledgers and following up to ensure reconciliation entries are taken in a timely manner
Qualifications
- Business related degree with ACCA/CPA/CFA certification
- Minimum 5 years in FMCG or Telecoms with experience in carrying out quantitative and qualitative analytical reviews on financial statement items
- Good analytical skills with keen attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
