Senior Accountant Job at Africa Juice Tibila S.C - 2015

Department:   Finance Department                              

Section:  Cost & Budget Section

Reports to:  Chief Accountant  

PURPOSE

Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief Accountant or (Cost & Budget Section Head), the objective of the senior cost accountant is to ensure that the costing system is effectively functioning in capturing cost data into the accounting system—Peachtree Accounting—and provide cost information per products.

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure a summary of received materials and inventory items to store are prepared, analysed by category and coded for recording.

• Ensures a summary of issued materials/inventory items from Store to Farm, Processing Plant, Workshop, etc is prepared, analysed and coded for recording.

• Reconciles own records with purchase, harvest and consumption reports collected from relevant departments.

• Compares actual cost performance with standard/parameters set in the budget WP&B and prepare variance analysis.

• Checks entries passed to the Peachtree accounting by the cost accountant and leave trails for doing so.

• Checks the stock records kept for each stock items and produces, and verify the  summary report of inventories necessary for reconciliation with records of relevant departments like Supply Chain, Agriculture and Processing Departments as well as OIP, etc

• Verify the accuracy of the Cost Sheet summary for each export and import operations prepared by the cost accountant 

• Checks the collected reports of machine hours, maintenance job orders and indirect costs and passes journal entries into the Peachtree accounting 

• Keeps accounts documents in a chronologically arranged box files

• Keeps good communication and relationship with fellow finance team and other colleagues. 

• Assist and supervise the works of accountants and junior accountants 

• Perform any assignments given by the immediate supervisor

• Working Place:   Doni, (Tibila Frame)  , oromia 52 km fare from Nazrat (Adama)          

JOB QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION

• A minimum of BA or BSc Degree in Accounting or Finance from officially recognized University or College is required.

EXPERIENCE

• 6 and more years of accounting and finance related work experience in similar industry is required. Experience in agro-industry is a plus.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE OR SPECIAL SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Computer application knowledge in MS Offices and Peachtree Accounting is required

• Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing in both English language and the local official language.

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCY

• Ability to work the activities detailed above in time and in a reasonable accuracy.

• Excellent communication and listening skills with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management and other staff.

• Demonstrate compliance to ‘Company Code of Ethics’ and the nationally accepted Standards for the Practice of accounting.

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