GBLCAREERS

• HEAD, GENERAL ACCOUNT

  A. Head, General Accounts: The Head, general account is responsible for implementing an effective accounting system to ensure transaction management and quality accounting reporting standards is met.

  REPONSIBILITIES

  • Design and implementation of accounting system – policies, processes and procedures.
  • Support implementation and use of modern accounting tools.
  • Ensure timely postings of transactions at all levels.
  • Supervise preparation of corporation financial statements on weekly and monthly basis, including budget performance.
  • Meet regulatory, statutory and other filing obligations.
  • Liaise with all other functions to ensure all transactions are capture.
  • Ensure compliance with all existing tax standard and financial operations.
  • Review and report on capital expenditure
  • Skills Gap analysis and training support for Financial team
  • Any other responsibility assigned by the CFO.

  QUALIFICATIONS

  • B.Sc or equivalent in Accounting or Economics
  • Professional certification ( ICAN, ANAN or any accounting related organisation)
  • Knowledge of business principles.
  • 12 years cognate experience in the field of Corporate Financial Management
  • Strong accounting and financial skills
  • Problem Analysis and Problem Solving Skills
  • IT and Accounting Software skills
  • Communication and interpersonal Skill
  • Coaching and Mentoring Skill
  • Work Ethics and Professionalism Skills
  • Supervisory Skill

• HEAD, FINANCE AND COMMERCIAL

  B. Head, Finance and Commercial: The Head, Finance and Commercial will assist the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on financial issues relating to Revenue Management, Billing, Vending and Data Management.

  REPONSIBILITIES

  • Supervise and control of the following:
    • Revenue management
    • Commercial Financial Activities
    • Cash Collections at the Area Offices
  • Lead/head all investigation on cash collections lodgement and fraudulent activities in the financial function.
  • Set Collection targets and report to Management on debt collection and arrears.
  • Assist with the setting up of indicators and tariffs on the Vending system.
  • Advise the CFO on strategic matters concerning revenue collection, Billing and Vending.
  • Advise the Revenue Protection Unit on Non-vending Customers.

  QUALIFICATIONS

  • B.Sc or equivalent in Accounting or Economics
  • 10 years minimum working experience in Finance, experience in the Electricity distribution sector will be an advantage.
  • Strong IT skills
  • Verbal and Written Communication Skills.
  • Leadership Skill.
  • Management and Coaching Skills.

• TEAM LEAD, GROUP ACCOUNT

  C. Team Lead, Group Account: Assist Head General Accountant in the preparation of Group Financial Statements and reports and support external audit activities.

  REPONSIBILITIES

  • Coordinate the posting and documentation of transactions across the business operations and Head office.
  • Review business transactions internally to ensure compliance with group policy.
  • Prepare monthly financial reports in accordance with timetable.
  • Ensuring compliance with national financial reporting standard.
  • Work with external auditors for the statutory audit of corporate financial reports.
  • Ensure effective reconciliation of accounting schedules and manage recurring items.
  • Carry out other duties as requested by Head, General Accounts.

  QUALIFICATIONS

  • B.Sc or equivalent in Accounting or Economics
  • 7 years minimum working experience in financial statement preparations under internal financial reporting standard.
  • Strong IT skills
  • Verbal and Written Communication Skills.

• TEAM MEMBER, PAYABLE AND DISBURSEMENT

  Team member, payables and disbursement: The role of Team Member, Payables and Disbursement is to support the Team Lead Payables in discharge of duties in the payables section.

  REPONSIBILITIES

  • Ensure all staff and vendors claims are discharged on a timely manner.
  • Monitoring bank payments and address any returns.
  • Daily reconciliation of payables.
  • Ensure all taxes are collected at source on timely manner.
  • Prompt remittance of such withheld and all other taxes to requisite authorities.
  • Actively accrue for any company expenditure periodically as appropriate.

  QUALIFICATIONS

  • B.Sc or equivalent in Accounting or Economics.
  • Professional certification (ACA, AIB mainly).
  • Exposure to Disbursement operations for at least 3 years in a large commercial establishment.
  • Strong IT skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skill.
  • Knowledge reconciliations and payables best practices.
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and timely delivery.

CLOSING DATE

The closing date is 20th November, 2015 at 5 pm GMT. All applications should include curriculum vitae and a cover letter and should be emailed to . The subject of your email should be the position being applied for, i.e.: Head, Finance & Commercial:

The cover letter should be addressed to:

The CEO/MD, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company,
1 Ziquinchor Street,
Wuse Zone 4,
Abuja, FCT,
Nigeria
Attention: The Executive Director, Human Resources and Corporate Services.
NB: only applications sent via the above email address will be treated.