The Company: Glacier Products Limited
Position: Inventory Accountant
Location: Nairobi
Job Type: Fulltime
Application Deadline: 28th May, 2021
Job Summary
To ensure proper management of all inventories and ensure that
correct physical stocks are reported and always reconciled with the ERP
Inventory balances for all the warehouses.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, implement and enforce inventory policies,
procedures, adopt appropriate technology, ERP workflows and internal
controls
- Diagnose and resolve causes of inventory
variances/discrepancies
- Collate, document and report all variances
reported during receipt of goods from suppliers/ inter warehouse transfers
and ensure proper adjustments are done after approval by directors
- Perform monthly stock reconciliations of physical
counts against system for all categories of inventory /warehouses and
highlight variances to the management
- Oversee and coordinate
physical inventory counts of goods (monthly and cycle counts)
for all locations along with regular inspections to identify discrepancies
or ways to improve inventory management
- Coordinate with warehouse team to implement and
ensure proper control systems and procedures to reduce theft, damage,
breakage and inventory obsolescence;
- Regular review and reporting on Inventory Ageing
analysis report and taking appropriate/recommended actions
- Handle and document approved non-routine inventory
transactions i.e. stock adjustments
- Monitor all inventory related transactions on the
ERP to ensure proper recording, completion and clean-up of incomplete
transactions i.e. transfer orders, purchase orders and sales orders/return
orders
- Manage the monthly financial close for inventories
- Assist with the preparation of schedules and/or
reports required by external auditors in connection with the audit of the annual
financial statements
Qualification
- Bachelors/Master’s degree in
Accounting/Finance/Operations Management
- CIMA/CPAK/ACCA
- Good understanding of stock related operational
and control requirements
- 2 to 3 Years’ experience in Inventory control in a
manufacturing firm or Audit Firm
How to apply:
Instructed candidates are invited to send their applications and
detailed CV indicating the current and expected salary to recruitment@dairyland.co.ke on or before 28th May,
2021. Those who shall not have heard from us by 12th June,
2021 should consider their applications unsuccessful.
