Management Accountant Job (60-70K)
Job Overview
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Date PostedMay 16, 2024
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Location
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Expiration dateMay 31, 2024
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Experience3 Year
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QualificationBachelor Degree
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Career LevelOthers
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinating and monitoring annual budgets for management’s decision making and to ensure that revenue and expenditure is kept in line with the budget.
- Advising management on proper financial planning and control by preparing and producing monthly management accounting reports for decision making.
- Determine and implement cost accounting procedures and methods.
- Planning, studying and collecting data to determine costs of business activity such as inventory and labor.
- Responsible for the preparation and analysis of cost reports; providing management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products.
- Ensuring minimal variance between actual and standard costs
- Advising on product profitability and pricing structures, evaluating sanctions and monitoring contract prices renewals
- Performs various cost analysis procedures and perform cost allocations for distribution and manufacturing
- Prepare, analyze and report weekly, monthly, quarterly and periodically gross margins by brand and by customer.
- Prepare detailed account analysis and reconcile sales, cost and inventory and liability accounts by customer channel and category.
- Assist is various projects aimed at identifying and realizing cost savings.
- Preparation of financial reports for decision making including the Monthly Budget Control
- Review standard and actual costs for variances and report variances to management for decision-making purposes.
- Accumulate and apply overhead costs as required by generally accepted accounting principles
- Ensure timely submission, accuracy and validity of inventory and gross margin schedules to management.
- Prepare collateral reporting.
- Support and assist internal department reporting requirements such as audit schedules, tax schedules and others.
- Maintain internal control documentation and test internal controls.
- Also helps in determining pricing of various product.
- Assist in establishing and reviewing performance standards and measures with a particular emphasis on areas with cost implications.
- Monitor on a continuing basis organization-wide KPIs to determine performance against targets on cost, productivity, efficiency, quality and timelines.
- Undertake special projects as and when required to do so by management.
Skill & Experience
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- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/ Business/ Finance or equivalent is mandatory
- Minimum 3 years of experience mostly handling cost
- Candidates must possess CIMA/ CPA(K)/ACCA qualification or equivalent
- High numeric abilities
- Advanced computer skills
Other Desirable Attributes
- Prior Financial Accounting and/or internal control framework experience is a plus for proper understanding of accounts requirements.
- Strong logical thinking, analytical and communication skills; Fluent English in listening, speaking and writing (very important).
- Strong ownership, proactive and team work spirits.
How to Apply
If you meet the above qualifications, kindly send your CV to vacancies@jantakenya.com with “management accountant” as the subject on or before 22rd April 2024.