Job Title: Accountant – Manufacturing
Industry: Paint
Manufacturing
Location: Industrial Area,
Nairobi
Salary: Competitive
Our client is among the leading Manufacturing Companies in Kenya with decades of experience in dealing with a wide range of paint products. They are looking to hire a Cost Accountant with excellent organizational and analytical skills.
To ensure success, you
should be confident, professional and meticulous with a keen interest in
cost-efficient operations of the organization. Top candidates will have
outstanding presentation and report-writing skills, with the ability to work on
their own initiative and as part of a team.
Cost Accountant Roles &
Responsibilities;
- Develop and maintain the cost accounting system,
documents and records of the organization.
- Analyze and recommend costs and cost savings.
- Prepare and complete internal cost audits.
- Comply with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles (GAAP) for financial statements.
- Analyze the data collected and log a detailed
record of the results.
- Analyze any changes in products produced in order
to determine what effect it has on the cost.
- Analyze manufacturing costs and prepare regular
reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs.
- Make estimates of new and proposed product costs.
- Provide management with reports that specify and
compare factors that affect prices and profitability of products or
services.
- Assist in audits and general ledger preparation.
- Conduct physical inventories and monitor the cycle
count program.
- Monitor actual v/s budgeted consumption of
materials and other variables for control purposes.
- Preparation of an error free and accurate
contribution, gross profit and EBITDA analysis on a monthly basis.
- New product costing from time to time as well as
scenario-based costing to assist decision making (price and volume
scenarios, cost reduction scenarios)
- 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.
- Preparation of timely and accurate profitability
reports quarterly (Contribution Margin / GP Margin / EBITDA margin)
- Creation and adjustment of bill of material in ERP
system.
Cost Accountant Skills
& Qualifications;
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
- At least Three (3) years of Cost Accounting work
experience (essential).
- Must have prior experience in Manufacturing.
- Sound understanding of Accounting principles.
- Solid cost systems background.
- Analytical thinker with strong conceptual and
problem-solving skills.
- Meticulous attention to detail with superb
organizational skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight
deadlines.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a
team.
- Excellent report-writing, communication and IT
skills.
How to Apply
Qualified &
Interested candidates should send their application along with detailed CV
indicating their daytime contact details to vacancies@gaprecruitment.co.ke by Thursday 8th April
2021.
The subject of the email
should be Accountant – Manufacturing.