Millicom International Cellular S.A. (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC) is a global telecommunications group with mobile telephony operations in 13 countries in Central America, South America and Africa. It also operates various combinations of fixed telephony, cable and broadband businesses in five countries in Central America. Millicom is headquartered in Luxembourg and has corporate offices in London, Dubai and Miami.
In September 2012 Millicom International Cellular signed an agreement with Rocket Internet Group, one of the largest, fastest and most successful international online venture builder in the world, to jointly develop online businesses in Africa and Latin America. They respectively operate Online and e-commerce services in a number of countries in Latin America and Africa, starting with Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Chile and Argentina for Latin America and South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Ghana for Africa.
ROLE PURPOSE
You supervise, control and analyze accounting information of the local teams and assist in development and design of processes and requirements for financial reporting to shareholding companies.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
– You partner with the local businesses and work closely with the accounting and finance teams to drive improvements in financial reporting.
– You ensure all financial reporting is correct, verifiable and auditable.
– You support the preparation and submission of reports to Millicom.
– You monitor compliance / adherence to Group (Millicom) and IFRS accounting policies..
– You help build local accounting processes.
– You will help prepare for the integration of the business into the Millicom Group.
Desired Skills & Experience
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
– You hold a university degree in Accounting and Finance or Economics
– You have an internationally recognised accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA etc)
– You are fluent in English; Spanish and French are considered an advantage
– You have minimum 5 years of experience in a finance/accounting department (preferably in a multinational IFRS reporting environment).
– Having worked with financial reporting and consolidation of accounts is essential
– You have strong project management experience
CORE COMPETENCIES
– You have strong management and relationship skills.
– You possess solid decision-making skills, a high degree of ownership and the ability to act autonomously in a fast moving environment.
– Strong interpersonal skills and team oriented.
– You are able to identify, analyze and resolve complex accounting issues.
– MS Office Skills.
– Strong written and verbal communication skills.
