Job opportunity for a Factory Inventory Accountant – FMCG who will be fully in charge of all factory accounting including control of all materials inwards/outwards movements, BOM monitoring, Product costing and management of periodic stock takes process
Location: Mombasa
Reporting To: Senior Manager – Inventory Management
Company Profile: One of the largest manufacturers of high quality edible vegetable oils & fats, margarine, and laundry & toilet soaps in the East and Central African region
Principal Accountabilities:
•Prepare, Coordinate and manage stock take process
•Monitor materials usage against standard costs and perform relevant usage/volume/price variance analysis
•Ensure accurate and timely preparation of all materials movement and inter stores/location transfers during production process
•Manage product manufacturing process in the accounting software to ensure that the stock ledgers accurately reflect actual factory production process
•Manage timely and accurate product costing process for all products
•Monitor inventory levels to ensure optimal stock positions.
•Review materials usage/costs and guide in establishment of standard costs.
•Lead factory budgeting, budgetary control and forecasting process.
•Timely periodic preparation/review all stock related reconciliations
•Monitoring GRN account and prepare account reconciliation
•Calculation of landed costs for inward materials
•Ensure accurate overhead absorption in product costing process
•Identification and enforcement of cost saving opportunities/action plans
Qualifications & Experience:
•Degree in Business related studies
•Fully qualified accountant – CPA(K)/ACCA
•At least 8 years experience, 5 of which must be in factory and cost accounting for a busy manufacturing concern.
•Sound knowledge on product process costing including standard costing and variance analysis
•Hands on experience in an ERP environment.
•Highly energetic, eager to learn and with special attention to detail
Send CV in Confidence to agens@myjobseye.com for consideration.
