Management Accountant Job in Nairobi Kenya

Management Accountant

Industry: Manufacturing; Multinational Company

Location: Nairobi

Salary Scale: Senior Level

Our client is a multinational company dealing with the manufacture of Aluminum cans.

The company is looking to hire a Management Accountant for their Kenyan operation with a SAP background.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Preparing financial statements
  • Making sure spending is in line with budgets
  • Analysing your company's financial performance and making longer term forecasts
  • Recommending ways of cutting costs
  • Providing information for audits
  • Working with all departments and the management team to help make financial decisions
  • Preparation of the monthly management accounts
  • Produce the budget and quarterly forecasts for approval
  • Provide variance analysis from budget, identify added-value reporting opportunities for trend analysis and commentary to assist forecasting and budgeting requirements
  • Preparing and reviewing P&L and balance sheet reports
  • Responsible for dealing with Treasury management and day to day cash management
  • Assist with the audit preparation work to allow for timely completion of the annual financial statements and corporation tax returns
  • Maintaining records and reconciliation controls of approved budgets
  • Year end income and expenditure forecasts
  • Monthly/ quarterly/ annual management reports
  • Budgeting and budgetary control, medium and long term business planning
  • Variance analysis and reporting
  • Cash flow planning

Qualifications & Skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business/ Finance
  • CMA/ CPA(K)/ACCA qualification is mandatory
  • Minimum 10 years’ experience in manufacturing industry mostly handling cost
  • Experience in interpreting and analyzing financial data is essential
  • High numeric abilities
  • Advanced computer skills
  • Working knowledge of SAP software
  • Ability to read, interpret data and create reports and presentations as required.
  • Good organizational skills
  • Must demonstrate people management abilities

If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Management Accountant- Manufacturing) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 2nd May, 2014

Kindly indicate your current/last salary on your CV

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