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Wednesday 25 February 2015

Cost / Management Accountant (Jobs in Kenya, February 2015)

Duties
  • Establishing and updating Standard Costs of projects, manufactured and purchased items.
  • Ensuring minimal variance between actual and standard costs.
  • Advising on product profitability and pricing structures, evaluating sanctions and monitoring contract prices renewals.
  • Preparing financial reports for decision making including the monthly budget control.
  • Reporting Costs of Budgets and Cash Flow Budgets.
  • Modeling of Costs data for purposes of decision making by management participating in Work-In-Progress and Engineering Stocks and projects evaluations.
  • Reviewing and analyzing weekly and monthly operating costs against budget and analyzing any significant variances.
  • Updating standard costs in bill of materials in conjunction with the Quantity Surveyor.
  • Reviewing standard and actual costs for inaccuracies.
  • Validating the costs of projects as part of the project end.
  • Accumulate and apply overhead costs as required by generally accepted accounting principles.
  • Reporting on breakeven points by project and work centers.
  • Reporting on margins by project.
  • Reporting on periodic variances and their causes, focusing in particular on spending variances.
  • Analyzing capital budgeting requests.
  • Must have a flair on process and cost accounting
Qualification & Skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting option, 2nd class, upper division or 1st class
  • CMA/CPA (K)/ACCA qualification is mandatory
  • Minimum 5 years experience in manufacturing/construction industry mostly handling process/cost/management accounting.
  • Experience in interpreting and analyzing financial data is essential.
  • High numeric abilities.
  • Over 40 years of age
  • Advanced computer skills
  • Working knowledge of SAP software is an added advantage.
  • Ability to read, interpret data and create reports and presentations as required.
  • Good organization skills.

Applications alongside a detailed CV and testimonials, daytime telephone contacts, names and addresses of three referees, recent colored passport size photo. Qualified candidates to apply through cvs@careerdirections.co.ke