Job Description: Channel Management & Financial Reporting Officer

Company: Airtel Africa
Location: Tanzania
Job Type: Full Time
Industry: Telecommunications

Why Airtel Africa?

Airtel Africa operates with passion, energy, and a strong can-do attitude. The organization embraces innovation and embodies an entrepreneurial spirit. If you prefer environments that are routine and predictable, Airtel may not be the ideal fit.

Airtel champions diversity, adapts swiftly to change, and delivers solutions that enrich the lives of the communities it serves. Employees are empowered to take initiative and work collaboratively to deliver winning outcomes for customers.

By joining Airtel, you become part of a high-performance team with opportunities to develop your expertise across various operating companies in Africa. Airtel Africa is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

Key Responsibilities

1. Channel Management

• Maintain a clean and accurate customer master through regular reviews.
• Ensure distributor payments are receipted correctly and on time.
• Ensure that all stock issued is either fully paid for or secured.
• Carry out credit assessments for distributors and ensure no credit exposure to the company.
• Prepare termination payments for distributors as required.
• Review Channel Partners’ Debtors Aging reports.
• Prepare and submit monthly reports to Group Finance (AG, DTRs).
• Support distributors in managing their accounts, including profitability analysis.
• Ensure quarterly confirmation of distributor balances.

2. Reporting

• Ensure timely accounts receivable (AR) period closure and generation of aging reports.
• Respond promptly to ad hoc reporting requests.
• Ensure timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of channel inputs as per ACE India/Tanzania SLAs and reporting calendar requirements (IUC, cross-charge invoicing).
• Prepare and submit monthly and quarterly reporting templates (internal and external).
• Reconcile all internal SIM wallets, collections, easy recharge, payouts, and petty cash.
• Ensure accurate revenue booking and proper reconciliation of cross-charges.
• Review reconciliations (Annexure 2, petty cash, etc.).
• Ensure compliance with group reconciliation guidelines for all accounts.
• Prepare customer account reconciliations and monitor closure of reconciling items.
• Ensure timely billing, netting-off transactions, and collections.
• Manage bad debts effectively.

3. Cash Management

• Ensure all collections are banked promptly.
• Conduct periodic reviews and daily monitoring of E-Value at shops.
• Monitor and enforce accountabilities for petty cash usage.
• Train shop staff on cash handling and reporting procedures.
• Oversee vendor payments, netting-off, and collections.
• Thoroughly review bank reconciliation statements (BRS) and ensure timely booking.
• Support risk management and debt-management procedures.

4. Inventory Management

• Ensure all shops are properly set up before trading.
• Train cashiers on cash reporting and inventory-management procedures.
• Monitor shop stock ordering patterns.
• Ensure all stock at shops and warehouses is accounted for as per accounting guidelines.
• Follow up on stock variances through physical verification.
• Reconcile and manage stock holdings at shop level.
• Ensure correct stock accounting for sold items in line with Central Finance guidelines (e.g., handsets, dongles).

Qualifications

Educational Qualifications

• University degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Professional qualification: ACCA, CPA, CFA (completed or in progress).

Relevant Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in FMCG or Telecom.
• Strong knowledge of telecom industry operations is an added advantage.
• Demonstrated experience conducting quantitative and qualitative financial analysis.
• Proficiency in MS Office; advanced Excel skills required.
• Proven ability to analyze complex business issues and recommend effective solutions.

Other Requirements

• High level of personal commitment.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Excellent communication and presentation capabilities.

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