• Application Deadline:
• Position: Head of Costing Department


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Job Description

• The Head of Costing must have excellent organizational and analytical skills.


• He / She will be expected to be detailed oriented, knowledgeable on statistics, have strong problem-solving skills, work comfortably under pressure, and deliver on tight deadlines.

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare, analyze and report weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually costs report analysis by product, by brand, by regions, by depots, by customer type, by departments, by units, by operation/function.


• Prepare, analyze and report weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually gross margin analysis by product, by brand, by regions, by depots, by customer type.


• Prepare, analyze and report weekly, monthly, quarterly KPIs, Inventory movement, inventory age/days.


• Prepare, analyze and report weekly, monthly, quarterly factory/machine outputs.


• Formulate and develop appropriate inventory level models.


• Formulating and implanting appropriate enterprise-wide cost control and cost reduction measures and policies.


• Formulating and implementing appropriate enterprise-wide cost classification, separation estimation and allocation policies and procedures.


• Advising on the cost implications and consequences of business decisions.


• Assist in month-end closing, prepare journal entries as necessary, analyze inventory evaluation, inventory roll forward.


• Analyze cost accounting data and assist with cycle count/physical inventories.


• Prepare detailed cost account analysis and reconcile sales, cost and inventory, liability accounts by customer type by regions.


• Review and analyze inventory and margin reports, conduct research and perform analytical studies in regard to cost analysis and profitability.


• Work in special projects as required.


• Support and assist internal department reporting requirements such as audit schedules, tax schedules and others.


• Ensure timely submission, accuracy and validity of inventory, gross margin schedules to Management.

Job Specification

• Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or any other related discipline.


• Relevant professional qualifications such as ICAN, ACA, ACCA will be an added advantage.


• Minimum of Five (5) years relevant work experience.