Cost Accountant Job in Kenya

Kenafric Industries Limited

Job Title: 
Cost Accountant

Department & Section:
 Finance
 
Reports To: Business Analyst
 
Location: Kml

Main Purpose of this Position: Creating and adjusting bill of materials for all KML products in SAP, ensure accuracy of prices of materials, finished and semi-finished products, ensure accuracy of Standard / Lean and Final product costing.
Key Deliverables for this Position
  • Ensure accuracy of product costing.
  • Monitor actual v/s budgeted Consumption of Materials and other variables for control purposes.
Key Responsibilities
  • Executing the departmental strategy through processes and procedures/standard  achieve the institutions objectives
  • Monitor Consumptions of Materials and Variances thereof for adjustments to reflect actual usage
  • Monitor and verify raw material costing to ensure correct material prices and product costs are maintained and updated in the system for correct and timely management reports.
  • Period End Closure related to Production
  • Timely and accurate footwear profitability reports quarterly
  • Timely and accurate product Costing, simulations and analysis for the division to enable correct decision making by management
  • Creation and adjustment of BOM’s in SAP
  • Benchmarking and implementing best practices in manufacturing & respective areas of work
  • Implementing product quality, customer & Service Excellence  and Change initiatives to achieve desired business plans and culture
Financial Resources / Other key Resources / Assets: Reports
 
Direct Reports: N/A

Key Interfaces

Internal
  • Production
  • Supply chain
  • Sales & Marketing
  • HR
External: N/A

Academic Qualifications: Diploma in business related field

Professional Qualifications: CPA part I

Job / Functional Skills
  • Financial management
  • Analytical and decision making skills
  • People management
  • Budgeting and financial planning
  • Reporting and Presentation skills.
General Skills
  • Teamwork
  • Communication Skills
  • IT skills
  • Time Management
Behavior
  • Customer centric
  • Ownership
  • Continuous improvement
  • Leadership
Relevant Experience: At-least 2 year(s) relevant experience

How to Apply

If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your application letter and cv quoting the job title on the email subject (cost accountant) to recruit@kenafricind.com by 8th September, 2017