Management Accountant

Management Accountant 

Reports to: Finance Manager 

The role is responsible for providing financial insights for the business to aid in decision-making and performance management, and drive the business planning process as well as the month-end and year-end closing processes. 

Key Duties & Responsibilities  

Financial Business Planning 

• Drive the annual cost of sales budgets and overheads and commercial operating expenses. 
• Drive the quarterly cost of sales, overheads, and commercial operating expenses. 
• Drive the mid-monthly business performance projections. 
• Appraise capital projects discounted cash flow. 
• Coordinate commercial finance initiatives. 

Financial Performance Management 

• Review production overheads and guide in product mapping for optimal costing. 
• Review the landed cost of raw materials to offer guidance to the  
• procurement team in the award of tenders and contracts. 
• Review the actual cost incurred in comparison to contracts awarded. 
• Review Manufacturing OPEX. 
• Weekly review of raw material price variances. 
• Daily review of production variances. 
• Perform OCCDs vetting before onboarding. 

Business Reporting 

• Prepare and submit to Finance, HR, and PAC Monthly Financial  Performance 
• Prepare the HFM to SAP Monthly Reconciliation 
• Provide insightful commentary on the COS in the Weekly and Monthly  Flash reports 
• Compile the monthly OPEX and Flash Commentary Reports 
• Month-end closing for SAP CO module. 
• Responsible for Incidence reconciliation 
• Prepare various schedules for the interim and year-end audits.
• Monthly inventory revaluation analysis flagging our inconsistencies and supporting inventory year-end audit. 
• Compile and complete financial requirements for the audit committee report. 
• Compile and complete financial requirements for the board pack. 
• Ascertain and report the monthly business risks and opportunities. 
• Contact person for the external stakeholders (e.g. BOU. UBOS, etc.…)  in need of financial-related information. 

Monitoring Internal Controls and Governance 

• Ensure compliance with the Chart of Authority. 
• Ensure compliance with the Chart of Accounts. 

Qualifications 

• Minimum requirement:  
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance,  
• Certified CPA /ACCA member 

Experience 

• Minimum 5 years in an accounting role of similar nature. 
• Working knowledge of cost control & internal controls - specifically at the manufacturing site level. 
• Experience working on SAP is an added advantage. 

Competencies  

• Business Acumen 
• Analytical Skills 
• Technical Skills in Excel and Power-point 
• Leadership 
• Result and Execution Driven 
• Decisive and Risk Pragmatic 
• Resilient and Energetic 
• Customer Focused

How to apply: 

All applications will be received and Reviewed through Brightermonday Portal by Clicking on the 'Apply Here' section