• Application Deadline:
• Position: Cost & Management Accountant


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 years


• Location Lagos


• City Badagry


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Purpose of Role

Performs tasks like Costing; Pricing of Goods or Services; Supports the Inventory Process; Landed Cost, Labour, Raw Material and BOM Costing. Prepares, verifies or certifies Cost Accounting; Fixed Asset Accounting & prepares Budget Control Report.

Responsibilities

• Checking & approval of Stock Ledger Adjustment Journals


• Developing cost Standards for Raw Materials


• Monthly Review of products raw material usage variances & reports


• Reconciling beginning raw material, work in progress and finished goods stock


• Analyzing production cost and recommending changes


• Leda stock reconciliations, coordination of routine Physical Stock takes and Inventory cycle count


• Analysis of monthly products unit activities/performance and reports


• Presents monthly product profitability analysis reports


• Analysis of customers monthly performance reports


• Collects cost information, plan and record variable costs (e.g. purchases of raw material and operations costs)


• Monthly review of all the products costing (due to fluctuating costs of materials) before the preparation of monthly management accounts


• Assists with the review and checking of all daily posting for accuracy – particularly Inventory


• Preparation and posting of monthly Prepayments, accrual journals and other necessary journals to ensure completeness of final accounts.


• Monthly Budget into the system (SAGE)


• Preparation of monthly comprehensive Budgetary Control Income Statement


• Preparation of monthly cash flow statement


• Assists in budget input data analysis and final preparation of annual income statement, budget


• Developing Depreciation schedules

Qualifications

• Candidate must have at least 3 years of cognate experience in this specific task area of Accountancy (i.e. Cost & Management Account) in manufacturing sector generally and Pharmaceutical industry particularly.


• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Accounting from a reputable institution. Post Graduate degree will be an added advantage.


• Professional Certification: ACCA, ICAN


• Strong Communication, interpersonal, analytical and IT skills.


• Thorough knowledge of accounting procedure.


• In-depth understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).


• Experience with accounting software, like SAGE.


• Computer literacy, MS Excel in particular (familiarity with VLLOUPS and pivot tables) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.


• Excellent analytical skills with attention to details.


• Strong time management skills.


• Able to analyze detail and summarize findings for higher Authorities.


• Integrity, with an ability to handle confidential information.