Finance Assistant

About Digicel

Digicel is a leading digital connectivity and communications provider, delivering modern wireless and fibre networks across 25 markets in the Caribbean, Central and South America. Serving nine million customers through mobile, home, and business solutions, we play a critical role in enabling economic participation and digital inclusion in the region. Our commitment to strong governance, inclusive access, and long-term value creation is embedded in how we operate every day. Backed by our DIGI values - Diversity, Integrity, Growth, and Innovation - our 5,000 employees are focused on driving impact for the customers, communities, and countries we serve.

Primary objective of the job:

Responsible for providing accurate & timely monthly reporting and ensure all statutory requirements are met.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implementation of all new finance processes and policies
• Stock counts attendance – monthly
• Manage IFRS16 NOMOS update
• Group Finance Balance Sheet Analysis
• Submission of AVL requests
• Submit any finance related payroll details needed
• Provide market finance internal and external audit support
• Collection of distributors and interconnect debtors
• Group repatriation as per monthly cash flow guidance
• Month end reporting inputs
• Other ad-hoc duties as required by Finance Controller
• Accounts payable functions end to end – Purchase orders, reviewing invoices and payment runs
• Petty cash management
• Monthly expense tracking in preparation for MEC
• Support SSC with monthly tasks
• Stores reconciliation reviews
• Supplier reconciliations and reviews
• Customer reconciliations
• Credit and Collections overview and support
• Annual Internal and External Audit requests
• Other operational team support/ Group requests

Academic qualifications and experience required for job:

• Level I ACCA, BSC
• 3+ years’ accounting experience in a commercial environment.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to articulate progress, issues and recommendations in a concise manner
• Ability to deliver results in a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Skilled user of Microsoft Excel
• Ability and desire to learn new skills
• Additionally, the candidate must demonstrate high energy/creativity, flexibility, a relentless customer-focus and an entrepreneurial spirit as well as being a team player

Key Performance Indicators:

• Meeting collections target monthly
• Reduce DSO monthly according to set targets.
• Ensure all accounts receivable recons with sub-ledgers are completed monthly.
• Ensure >60 days balances are within monthly targets.
• Management of trade receivables and ensure issues are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Reduction of overdue receivable balances monthly
• Completion of projects assigned in an effort to improve integrity and accuracy of accounts receivable operations.

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Job Title: Finance Assistant

Primary objective of the job:

Responsible for providing accurate & timely monthly reporting and ensure all statutory requirements are met.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implementation of all new finance processes and policies
• Stock counts attendance – monthly
• Manage IFRS16 NOMOS update
• Group Finance Balance Sheet Analysis
• Submission of AVL requests
• Submit any finance related payroll details needed
• Provide market finance internal and external audit support
• Collection of distributors and interconnect debtors
• Group repatriation as per monthly cash flow guidance
• Month end reporting inputs
• Other ad-hoc duties as required by Finance Controller
• Accounts payable functions end to end – Purchase orders, reviewing invoices and payment runs
• Petty cash management
• Monthly expense tracking in preparation for MEC
• Support SSC with monthly tasks
• Stores reconciliation reviews
• Supplier reconciliations and reviews
• Customer reconciliations
• Credit and Collections overview and support
• Annual Internal and External Audit requests
• Other operational team support/ Group requests

Academic qualifications and experience required for job:

• Level I ACCA, BSC
• 3+ years’ accounting experience in a commercial environment.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to articulate progress, issues and recommendations in a concise manner
• Ability to deliver results in a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Skilled user of Microsoft Excel
• Ability and desire to learn new skills
• Additionally, the candidate must demonstrate high energy/creativity, flexibility, a relentless customer-focus and an entrepreneurial spirit as well as being a team player

Key Performance Indicators:

• Meeting collections target monthly
• Reduce DSO monthly according to set targets.
• Ensure all accounts receivable recons with sub-ledgers are completed monthly.
• Ensure >60 days balances are within monthly targets.
• Management of trade receivables and ensure issues are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Reduction of overdue receivable balances monthly
• Completion of projects assigned in an effort to improve integrity and accuracy of accounts receivable operations.

DISCLAIMER:

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent.  It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent.  Incumbent may, and probably will be asked to perform other duties as required.  Each employee, regardless of classification, is required to maintain a safe, orderly and clean workplace, using safety precautions and observing safety rules at all times.