Best Search Recruitment Limited - Our client is a multinational logistics and distribution company, is recruiting to fill the position of:
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ob Title: Management Accountant (10 Months Contract)
Location: Lagos
Summary
This role is responsible to prepare, develop and analyze financial information to ensure that the management makes well-informed decisions to ensure future stability, growth and profitability.
Summary of Duties
- Manage Management Accounting activity on a daily basis
- Prepare statutory accounts, accurately and on time
- Prepare periodic financial analyses and business intelligence reports
- Create and implement a robust management reporting framework in order to facilitate fact-based decision making by management
- Drive the annual forecasting and budget process
- Provide monthly variance analysis with commentaries
- Commercial support and analysis to all functions across the organization
- Create and implement financial models to aid decision making
- Develop and implement relevant KPIs and performance drivers and track them systematically
- Provide regular cash management reports and forecasting
- Ensure proper costing (factory accounting) and cost control measures
- Other ad-hoc duties as requested
- Prepare schedules and support annual audits
Qualifications and Experience
- A Degree in accounting or business is essential, preferably with a Masters degree
- Associate member of CIMA, ICAN or ACCA
- 2-5 years experience in the FMCG industry accounting/ finance roles
- Demonstrates understanding of costing, budgeting and forecasting
- Have a sound knowledge of IFRS
- Good knowledge of relevant accounting package
- Advance Excel and business modelling skills
- Proactive with making sense of available financial data with a view of improving operational efficiency
- Able to interpret data swiftly and interested in understanding the business in-depth
- Experience of working with an ERP system would be advantageous
Application Closing Date
20th March, 2015
Method of Application
interested and qualified candidates should kindly forward their applications to:
[email protected]