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Airtel Centre of Excellence

Head Cash & Bank

Job Purpose: Lead the Cash & Bank vertical of airtel Centre of Excellence and ensure that payment transactions and bank reconciliations have been executed as ¡n line with the setting SLAs

The Cash & Bank Head will work closely with the Heads of other verticals + Countries financial teams to evaluate the cash-in and cash-out data, in order to produce accurate cash flow forecast

Full responsibílity of creating and monitoring Cash & Bank Dashboard, which reports, the vertical performances, as well as the root causes of aggregates below SLAs and propose the corrective actions

Coach, mentor and motivate the team to improve performance on an ongoing basis.

Experience & Qualifications

Professional Degree (Finance/ Accounting/ Banking)Post Graduate Qualification will be an added advantageExperience of 5-7 years in Finance & Accounting, Treasury, BankingKnowledge of the latest accounting toots/ Software available for reportingPrevious usage of Oracle, Hyperion/ Gognos is suitableKnowledge of English and French is an added advantage.Head Master Data Management

Job Purpose

Operational support to the supply chain management in the airtel Centre of ExcellenceenvironmentEnsure effective execution of processes as per SLAs and KPIs set by the process controller team or equivalentLiaise with other verticals and Operating units to keep the vendor master data up to dateIssuing and implementing any new guidance/ process in relation to Master Data Management:SOX and Audits recommendations
Coach, mentor and motivate the team to improve performance on an ongoing basis.Chartered Accountant/MBA/ICWA, Master DegreeSupply Chain qualificationExperience of 3-5 years in working with Master domain preferably hands on experience of working on Oracle/ERPExperience of managing transactional based activities which involves adherence to defined SLA/KPIs Supply Chain processes in a shared services environmentGood knowledge of Vendor Management, managing vendor relations, knowledge of Procure to Pay processGood knowledge of MS Excel and other MS office tools.Manager - Senior Executive Master Data Management
Ensure effective execution of processes as per SLAs and KPIs set by the process controller team or equivalentLiaise with other verticals and Operating units to obtain information of keeping the vendor master data up to date.
Implementing any new guidance/process in relation to Master Data Management: SOX and Audits recommendations.B.Com, M.Com, MBA (Supply Chain) or any other relevant professional diploma or degree.Experience of 2-3 years in working with Master domain preferably hands on experience of working on Oracle/ERPExperience of managing transactional based activities which involves adherence to defined SLA/ KPIs Supply Chain processes in a shared services environmentGood knowledge of Vendor Management, managing vendor relations, knowledge of Procure to Pay process.
Manager - Senior Executive Cash & Bank

Job Purpose

Prepare and execute from airtel Centre of Excellence based in Nairobi, all the supplier payment transactions, for the Operating countriesPerform all the bank reconciliations on behalf of the Operating countries, ¡n compliance with accuracy and timing as defined by the SLAsIdentify and share with hierarchy, the areas of improvement within Cash & Bank field or within the whole airtel Centre of ExcellenceHandling all types of queries related to payments and reverts and provide adequate answers.Professional Degree (Finance/Accounting/Banking)Post Graduate Qualification will be an added advantageExperience of 2 years in Finance & Accounting, Treasury, BankingKnowledge of the latest accounting tools/Software available for reportingPrevious usage of Oracle, Hyperion/ Gognos ¡s suitableKnowledge of English and French is an added advantage.Manager - Senior Executive Service Delivery

Job Purpose

Responsible for ongoing management and drive the VoC Metric across shared services verticalsEngage with all verticals and Operating units and prove as the face of ACEOrganize Regular Customer engagements including Operating units.Professional Degree (Finance/ Accounting/Audit or Supply Chain)Post Graduate Qualification will be an added advantageExperience of 2 years ¡n Finance & Accounting, Supply Chain Management, HR process or AuditUsage of latest accounting tools for reporting: Oracle, Hyperion/CognosKnowledge of English and French is an added advantageExperience of working on various service management toolsExperience of setting up and delivering appropriate service levelsExperience in Telco industry is an advantage.Manager - Senior Executive Strategic Vendor Accounting

Job Purpose

Under supervision of airtel Centre of Excellence Head of SVA, focus on one or more types of the strategic vendors: Network, IT or Other managed ServicesFull responsibility of monitoring the types of strategic vendors contracts assigned: reconciliation, sign off and payments of related vendors.Liaise with other verticals and departments to collect information for DPE (Dollar Per Erlang) and DPMM value of assets calculationCorrect accounting entries in consideration of DPE and DPMM values adjustments: decapitalization/ capitalizationReport the SVA inputs as per defined SLAs and to meet the accounts closure deadlinesImplementing any new accounting guidance/ process in relation to strategic vendor accounting.Chartered Accountant/ MBA/ ICWA, Master Degree4 to 5 years with knowledge of the latest accounting tools/ Software available for reportingKnowledge of changes in the Accounting Standards applied under local and IFRS or US GAAPExposure to an ERP environmentPreferred background being telecom/ service industry.The Controller is responsible for partnering with Function Chiefs (excluding Network and IT) in Monitoring Opex and identifying variances leading to actions that need to be undertaken to impact on OpexParticipate in Annual budget exercise and monthly revision of the same through the Flash and Forecast processMaintain financial controls on Marketing and Service & Delivery Opex by reviewing monthly spend for 17 Countries and at the CentreOptimal use of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) funds at the country levelPreparation of approval request for additional fundsPrepare Business cases for additional spendReview functional spend during each end month.Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant. MBA an added advantageAt least 7 years of relevant experience, in a Telecom industry or a multinational/ FMCG companyApplication Process:

Interested applicants should send their detailed CV’s and application letters (Quoting the Job Reference Number) to Hr.Hq@airtel.com by 21st November 2011.

Applications should be addressed to Talent Acquisition Manager- airtel Africa

Exposure to working at a Head office of a multi country operation and ability to manage large team of people in a complex & multi-cultural environments is an added advantage

Only Short listed candidates will be contacted.

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