Job
Title: Management
Accountant
Industry: Technical Services
Location: Nairobi
Reporting
to: CFO
Salary: 120K – 150K
Our client is a leading company in the technical field with over 40 years experience and has interests in the energy sector and industrial machines and more recently has ventured into the energy sector with the introduction of power systems.
Our client is a leading company in the technical field with over 40 years experience and has interests in the energy sector and industrial machines and more recently has ventured into the energy sector with the introduction of power systems.
Key
Responsibilities
- To
produce timely and reliable management information reports weekly, monthly
and quarterly.
- Serve
as contact for day-to-day management of operational activities for the
various commercial teams.
- Provide
a smooth linkage between procurement and commercial teams as regards to
timeliness in ordering, logistics, delivery to customers and project
closure/ extension tracking.
- Assist
in negotiating supplier terms and agree payment plans where necessary.
Regularly review all commercial terms with the Buying Teams and make
appropriate recommendations for improvement.
- Support
Commercial team in relevant tender costings and documents preparation.
- To
develop and control a centralised accounting system to ensure that
accounts are effectively managed.
- To
investigate variances against commercial Team budgets and provide analysis
of differences
- Pro-active
performance tracking and flagging shortfalls of Commercial Team and
Tracking Strategy Implementation
- Tracking
and communicating commercial team operational achievements i.e.
1.
Operational KPI’s, Operational successes,
2.
Daily/ weekly/ monthly performance vs plan,
3.
Revenue drivers detailed understanding and review,
4.
Costs Understanding, Benchmarking, tracking and continuously
eyeballing
5.
Fixed costs allocation to get true profitability and allocation
of implied costs for internal review of sustainability
- Variable
costs understanding
- Market
Data analysis, Compile and collate market and competitor data, Market
share, Demand, Competitive advantages, Pricing
- Process
Improvement. Support Management on improving performance/workflow through:
1.
Identify and quantify/ flag bottlenecks
2.
Analysis of different scenarios to improve operations
3.
Quantify potential gains on improvements
4.
Developing standard process
5.
Automating reporting structures
6.
Leading projects
- Assist
in the preparation of annual budgets and cashflow forecasts.
- Hold
regular meetings with management to discuss the budgetary position and
agree action plans where required.
- Timely
preparation and signoff of Quarterly Company Price List
- Assist
in establishing and maintaining costing models for the company
Desired Qualifications & Personal Attributes
- CPA
Part 3 Finalist.
- B.Com
Hons. (Accounting) or B. Admin Hons (Accounting).
- Minimum
3 years in a similar role, or demonstrable experience of working in
management accounting or financial management.
- MS
office applications
- Exposure
to Accounting Applications and ERPs
- Accuracy
- Logic
- Ability
to remain impartial
- Excellent
written and verbal communication skills
- Initiative
- Numeracy
- Commercial
awareness
- Ability
to acquire sufficient technical knowledge to understand the company’s
business and products.
- Ability
to work with little or no supervision
- High
degree of professionalism and integrity
If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary
qualifications and experience, please send your CV only quoting the job title
on the email subject (Management Accountant) vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke
before Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV
N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing
Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.