Cost Accounting
- Assist with the costing process and ensure that standard costs for current and new products reflect the true picture and that any changes are pro-actively reconciled and communicated.
- Identify cost reduction opportunities, control factory overheads and ensure cost efficiencies are maintained
- Assist with coordination of timely closing of production orders and calculation of Costs of Good Sold including allocation of production overheads
Management Accounting
- Periodic tracking of business performance against target with explanations for the variances between actual and target.
- Control and analyze cost center expenses, obtain explanation for deviations from budget holders
- Generate timely and accurate reports for management, auditors and other stakeholders
Financial Analysis & Budgeting
- Conduct financial analysis to identify trends, issues and opportunities for the management to make informed decisions
- Develop budgets, and budgetary control measures towards achieving planned profits
Audit & Control
- Periodic physical count of inventories and reconciliation of system balances
- Analyze material usage variance report, co-ordinate annual budget formulation, monitoring, and Implementation
Month End Closing
- Assist with month end closing activities including production declaration, industrial activities, and factory overheads
- Coordinate the periodic reconciliation of inventories of raw and packaging materials, spares, and diesel consumption
Site Finance
- Actively monitor site transactions in the system for accomplishments of month end and year-end reporting deadlines.
- Assist with financial aspects of site projects to ensure the project’s objectives are achieved