Airtel Centre of Excellence Country Financial Reporting Head , Francophone Financial Reporting Head and Service Delivery Head Jobs in Nairobi Kenya

Here’s your opportunity to kick - off an exciting career

We are looking for suitably qualified candidates to fill the open positions in the following areas.

Airtel Centre of Excellence (ACE) - Based in Kenya

Country Head Financial Reporting

Responsible for overall audited financial reporting (Both IFRS and Local GAAP) of the Operating Country to all stakeholders (internal and external).

Issuing/implementing accounting guidelines and Financial Reporting Processes.

This position wilt act as bridge between Operating Countries and Nairobi Airtel Centre of Excellence.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant / MBA / ICWA, Master Degree.
• At least 5 years post qualification experience.
• Expert knowledge of Accounting Policies: Local GAAP, USGAAP & IFRS.
• Previous usage of Oracle, Hyperion / Gognos is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of French.

Head - Financial Reporting - Francophone

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall audited financial reporting (Both IFRS and Local GAAP) of African Francophone Operating Countries to all stakeholders (internal and external).
• Issuing accounting guidelines and Financial Reporting Processes, this also includes End 2 End responsibilities of all Financial Reporting related activities, including monitoring of Airtel Centre Excellent SLA’s.
• This position will act as bridge between the Francophone Operating Countries and Nairobi Airtel Centre of Excellence.
• Driving Business for financial controls and efficiency on working capital.
• Coach, mentor and motivate the team to improve performance on an ongoing basis.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant/MBA/ICWA and any other relevant Post Graduate qualification.
• At least 10 years post qualification experience.
• Expert knowledge of Accounting Policies: Local GAAP, US GAAP & IFRS.
• Previous usage of Oracle or Hyperion/Gognos is an advantage.
• Knowledge of French.

Head - Service Delivery

Job Purpose

• Lead the Service Management function of Shared Services Centre and ensure tracking and reporting of the overall quality, performance and control requirements.
• The primary role of the service management head is to ensure service orientation across the delivery organization and measure and improve client satisfaction.
• Integrate business intelligence data into a single system for the purpose of providing insight to the senior management that can use the system to manage business strategies on an on-going basis.

Qualifications

• Professional Degree (Finance / Accounting / Audit or Supply Chain).
• Post Graduate Qualification will be an added advantage.
• Experience of 5-7 years in working / managing Finance & Accounting, Supply Chain Management, HR processes, Audit, with significant experience in Service management process in a Opcos / Shared Services environment.
• Experience of working on various service management tools.
• Experience in Telco industry.

Application Process:

Interested applicants should send their detailed CV’s and application letters to
Hr.Hq@airtel.com by 14th November, 2011.

Applications should be addressed to The Talent Acquisition Manager, Airtel Africa.

Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Airtel, the 5th largest telecoms company in the world and a fortune 500 company, is now in Rwanda