IHS Towers Job Vacancy [3 Positions] – Apply Now!

IHS Towers is the largest independent mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2001, IHS provides services across the full tower value chain – colocation on owned towers, deployment and managed services.

Today IHS Towers has operations in Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia and Rwanda. Following the recent acquisitions of MTN and Etisalat’s tower portfolios in Nigeria, IHS owns over 23,300 towers in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Regional Technical Officer
Reports To: Head of Operations

Summary

• The Regional Technical Officer is responsible for coordinating and leading Network Operations, Maintenance, and Resources to ensure all goals, quality standards and customer service commitments by IHS are met in the assigned region.
• This role also provides line management for the technology resources in the region and acts as the primary interface with IHS management for technical/engineering responsibility and authority within a region

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall alignment of regional objectives with organizational objectives by ensuring effective communication of operational plan to all stakeholders as well as its execution and monitoring.
• Provide guidance for all resources and ensure escalated issues are received and resolved promptly.
• Establish clear ownership for O&M tasks by ensuring that all Key Performance Metrics are met.
• Conduct weekly governance meetings and engagements.
• Ensure all necessary Tools of trade of all team members are available and used in the most effective manner.
• Track progress, review all O&M tasks within the region and provide timely feedback to management to enhance effective decision-making.
• Proactively communicate O&M status, issues & risks to management.
• Accountable for overall regional compliance with policies, procedures, and methodologies.
• Conduct regular status meetings with all stakeholders, ensuring follow through of all agreed actions, needs and requirements.
• Responsible for overall competence development of team.
• Ensure smooth and timely integration of new network elements into the operational network.
• Manage and ensure conformance to the Quality processes and systems.
• Ensure all commercial responsibilities such as supply chain invoicing and project execution receive prompt attention across all control points within the region.
• Monitor and Coordinate official activities off all IHS staff across the assigned region.
• Performance Management and Appraisals of State Field Operations Managers (SFOMs) based on set Key Performance Areas.
• Adequate communication of relevant information and feedback from Management to State Field Operations Managers (SFOMs), Field Supervisors, Technicians, and contractors.
• Identify Training needs and act as mentor to subordinates.
• Appreciate regional targets and motivate subordinates towards achievement.
• Ensure all reports (statistical and registers) are available accurately as at when due.
• Ensure Knowledge Transfer among line reports and manage staff turnover.
• Manage financial resources within contractual boundaries.
• Provide input into budget.
• Manage and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners within the assigned region.
• Evaluate employee performance, monitoring improvements, and making recommendations on promotions/movements.
• Develop proactive methodologies for conducting fault diagnostics and resolution.
• Creativity in mitigation of outages and resolution when they occur.
• Provide input into continuous development of site maintenance processes.
• Continually exploit creative ways of reducing expenditure (OPEX and CAPEX) through efficiency, cost management and negotiations.
• Continually access operational and business continuity risks and provide timely awareness as well as deploying mitigating initiatives.

Education & Experience

• B.Sc. Engineering (Electrical/Telecommunication preferred).
• 6 years Hands On experience in Telecommunication Industry.
• 3 Years in Management Role.

 

Job Title: Senior Analyst, Tax
Reports To: Manager, Tax & Regulatory

Summary

• Provide tactical and operational support to the tax and regulatory team to ensure efficiency in tax compliance, reduction in tax cost, tax reporting, and tax advisory
• Provide up to date support to the business on how to mitigate the Company’s tax exposure
• Provide timely tax advice and internal tax consulting services to all business units on tax implications of transactions
• Coordinate and manage statutory tax audits, tax investigations and due diligence exercise.

Responsibilities

• Prepare month-end reports with respect to tax and related regulatory matters
• Maintain ownership for tax accounting general ledgers and preparation of reconciliation schedules.
• Review general ledger transactions with the aim of identifying transactions prone to tax leakages and trigger remedial action before such exposure crystallizes.
• Prepare draft periodic corporate income tax for internal management reporting.
• Coordinate remittances of monthly VAT, WHT and PAYE and filling of the tax returns as at statutory timeline.
• Support completion of annual tax returns and filling to all the relevant tax authorities.
• Provide timely tax advice and internal tax consulting services to business units on tax implications of transactions.
• Coordinate and provide support to tax officials during tax audit exercise, starting from field work to the conclusion of the tax audit exercise.
• Coordinate and manage statutory tax audits, tax investigation and due diligence exercise.
• Proffer strategies to curb tax leakages and ensure optimal services delivery to Vendors and Customers.
• Provide up to date support to the Line Manager on how to mitigate the Company’s tax exposure.
• Coordinate transfer pricing preparations and documentations.
• Coordinate statutory reporting, Country by Country (C by C) and allied reporting.
• Manage tax documents and tax correspondences thereon in a timely and efficient manner.
• Coordinate processing of employees’ income tax clearance certificates
• Carry out research to identify amendment to tax laws and regulatory provision with the aim to identify and advise on how the changes in the law or publication can impact the business.
• Support Line Manager in the management of tax & regulatory risk register.
• Provide support in driving simplicity of process, reduction in tax cost and tax efficiency.

Education & Experience

• Relevant Degree or its equivalent in Finance/Accounting/ Business.
• Membership of ICAN and (or) CITN (Qualified by examinations.
• 3-5 years of continuous tax related working experience

 

Job Title: Officer, Investigation & Intelligence
Reports To: Manager, Investigation & Intelligence

Summary

• Conduct investigation of cases referred to the unit, write case reports, and gather information on security threats across the regions which  may impact IHS operations. Also, build database of active intelligence and support others to gather intelligence for the unit.

Responsibilities
Investigation of cases:

• Launch investigation into escalations.
• Interrogate all involved parties
• Gather all evidence
• Support and supervise forensic analysts
• Liaise with the Nigeria Police Force
• Write reports on cases.

Gather information on security threats across the regions:

• Develop templates for security alerts
• Liaise with the relevant agencies for security information
• Daily monitoring of security related news from the regions and dailies.
• Liaise with regional security coordinators for daily situation updates
• Disseminate security alerts to the regions.

Provide support and conflict resolution:

• Support other teams within Security to resolve conflict
• Liaise with the relevant agencies for support
• Bring potential conflict situations to attention of line manager
• Maintain the peace among the parties.
• Organize security knowledge sharing session to the regions.
• Recommend and coordinate execution of relevant investigation and intelligence related training.

Build database of intelligence contacts:

• Design database for intelligence contacts
• Liaise with relevant agencies for contacts
• Liaise with internal departments for contacts collation.
• Regular update of the database.

Requirements, Education & Experience

• 5 years working experience as an Investigator
• HND/B.Sc in Criminology/Sociology or related field

 

Application Closing Date
20th April, 2018.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV’s and Cover Letter to: [email protected] indicating in the subject the Name of the role.