Expense Control Officer at Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO)

Guaranty Trust Holding Company (Formerly Guaranty Trust Bank Plc) is a multinational financial institution that provides individuals, businesses, private and public institutions across Africa and the United Kingdom with a broad range of market-leading financial products and services. Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria and with subsidiaries in Cote D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom, the Bank currently employs over 12,000 professionals and has Total assets and Shareholders’ Funds of N4.057trillion and N661.1Billion respectively.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Expense Control Officer

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full time
Industry: Financial Services

Job Summary

To control and maintain daily operating and capital expenditure through centralized payments, reporting and monitoring and negotiations.

Duties / Responsibilities

Monitor Actual expenditure to approved budget and pledge
Prepare daily, monthly, quarterly reports for all Capex and Opex transactions
Prepare and render periodic proofs for System Control
Allocate and avail OPEX and CAPEX budget on all expense lines
Review and avail approved extrabudgetary and re-allocation requests
Ensure adherence to expenditure approval limits
Participate in service/price negotiation with suppliers, vendors and service providers
Carry out periodic price research and market survey
Ensure prompt payment for services rendered to the organization
Ensures adherence of payments to approved pledges/budgets
Keep database of all transactions processed and drafts issued
Carry out compliance checks on payment supporting documents before posting.

Education and Experience

Solid analytical skills, with background in Accounting, Statistics, Economics or Mathematics
Knowledge of expense reporting tools
Added advantage – use of SAP Business by Design.

Required Skills/Abilities: