Job Title: Finance Business Partner -
Confectionery Division (CD)
Reports to: Business
Unit Head, Financial Controller
Area: Finance
& Accounts
Direct Reports: GFC
/ BUH - CD
Key Accountabilities:
Key Accountabilities:
- Create /adjust BOM’s for all confectionery
products in the Enterprise Resource planning system to drive produce
timely and accurate consumer division profitability reports
- Monitor quantity and price variances of
materials viz-a-viz the consumption regularly to safeguard the middle line
thereby driving the bottom line
- Carry out the cost accounting for all raw
materials and all engineering procurements to ensure adherence to CAPEX
budgets
- Ensuring reduction in Cost of Production by
closely monitoring activity rates, overheads and material consumption
every accounting period.
- Provide strategic insights to the GFC to drive
budgetary and financial planning process and carry out preventive as well
corrective measures.
- Brainstorm with the BUH – CD and Head of
Production to analyze the cost impacts of the current market trends on the
costing of the products
- CAPEX appraisal for confectionery Division
- Ensure value stream costing measures for
confectionery division are accurately done to enable reports to be used in
forecasting and Value stream improvements
- Liaising with production planning staff to
provide any financial information related to production
- Acting as a liaison between the sales /
marketing team and the production / engineering team to understand
the current market trends and conduct feasibility studies for new
products.
Application of Guidelines &
Decision Making Authority
Guidelines: Financial Controller in collaboration with BUH.
Decision Making: Decision maker – Financial Controller.
Decision Making: Decision maker – Financial Controller.
Qualifications, Experience &
Skills
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor
of Commerce or any Accounting Degree, CPA or ACCA
Minimum Experience: 4 years
Skills:
Minimum Experience: 4 years
Skills:
- Knowledge of budgeting, and cost control
principles.
- Knowledge of financial and accounting software
applications.
- Knowledge of productions and operations SOPs
- Ability to analyze financial data and prepare
financial reports, statements and projections
Competencies:
- Managerial Accounting
- Knowledge of GAAP
- ERP competence
- Computer proficiency
- Team player
Application to be send via email
Recruit@kenafricind.com
Deadline: 14th July 2015
Deadline: 14th July 2015