Position: Management Accountant
Reports To: Directors
Job
Description
Our client, a
manufacturer and distributor of nutritional and other animal health products is
looking for a dynamic, result- orientated and self-driven individual to fill in
the following position;
Reporting to the Directors, the Management Accountant will be responsible for performing cost analyses and preparing budget reports. The ideal candidate should possess excellent analytical skills along with the ability to combine different data and calculate profit margins.
Responsibilities
- Conducting detailed cost analysis on product items
and developing profitability
- Providing a comprehensive in-house audit function
to check on company practice and procedures that affect the performance of
the company
- Determining fixed costs (e.g. salaries, rent and
insurance)
- Planning and recording variable costs (e.g.
purchases of raw material and operations costs)
- Reviewing standard and actual costs for
inaccuracies
- Preparing budgeting reports for the company and
for each department
- Analyzing and reporting profit margins
- Maintaining and developing the existing financial
model
- Assisting in month-end and year-end closing
- Identifying and recommending cost-effective
solutions
- Producing regular detailed reports for other
departments using data analytics software and data visualization tools.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’sDegreeinAccounting oranyrelevantfield
- A minimum of 5+ years of overall combined
accounting and finance experience
- Proven working experience as a Management
Accountant
- Must have CMA qualification
- Experienced in SAAS based software packages (Zoho,
Xero etc)
- Must be conversant in using SAAS based data
analytics and visualization tools
How to apply
Interested candidates
are requested to forward their updated CVs to recruit@virtualhr.co.ke stating the
subject heading ‘MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT’ byFRIDAY, 30TH OCTOBER
2020clearly
indicating their current and expected remuneration (MUST), daytime telephone
contacts and addresses of three referees. Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.