Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, October 16 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Our client, Sim Packaging Solutions Limited seeks to recruit a highly competent, hardworking and self-motivated individual to fill the position of Cost Accountant. The Cost Accountant will be responsible for Preparing different reports, product costing, inventory reconciliation, accounts reconciliation, end monthly closings, Asset management, sales ledger management, and E-invoicing. The Cost Accountant is to work closely with the Financial Accountant to produce accurate financial information for management.

Key Duties and Responsibilities
• Preparing reports ie standard costs, budgets, variance analysis, financial reports & interpretation, cash & fund flow analysis
• Quarterly Product costing for margin analysis
• Daily system Inventory reconciliation ie SAP to EFRIS,
• Assist the Financial Accountant with systems administration, account reconciliation, inventories and end monthly closings.
• Assist the financial accountant with updating the company asset register with newly acquired assets and keeping track of existing ones.
• Assist in sales ledger management.
• Process E – e-invoices and receipts and make reconciliations in the ERP system at the end of the month.
• Bookkeeping activities, working with sales and purchase ledgers and running calculations to ensure that records and payments are correct.
• Ensure full compliance of systems and policies in place, including participation in projects such as Kaizen, ISO, Safety, Eagleway, SF and ERM.
• Perform any other duties as assigned to you by your supervisor.
Financial Management
• Monitor and ensure zero waste across the different manufacturing processes
Risk Management
• Identify the department’s risks, and their various mitigations and keep track of them.
Compliance
• Ensure regulatory compliance regarding product certification.
• Adherence to all SPS Policies and Procedures.

Skills and requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration or related field.
• Applicants with CPA will have an added advantage
• Minimum of 4 years of employment experience preferably in a manufacturing setting.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices

Behavioural
• Must be of unquestionable integrity, Honesty, Trustworthiness and Professionalism.
Leadership
• Must be a team player.
• Strong Leadership potential to effectively drive a business agenda and operational coordination of activities.
Knowledge.
• Advanced experience with MS Office.
• Risk-based thinking and decision making.
• Good understanding of GMP.

Skills
• Excellent communication skills (both oral & written).
• Good analytical skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.

Attributes include:
• Good at troubleshooting.
• Self-starter & team working skills.
• confidence and impartiality in decision-making.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.

Physical Requirements and Environmental Conditions
• Frequency of travel: Occasional travel is required for meetings; location may vary and may require overnight stays.
• Light physical activities and efforts required working in an office environment.

Key Performance Indicators for Evaluation:
• Quality: Minimize process losses to 0.2% by Dec 2024.
• Speed: Achieve a maintenance cost to sales ratio of 7% by Dec 2024
• Cost: Attain hard savings of 0.5% of NSV.
• Sustainability: Achieve a DPO >=61days.
• People: 95% adherence to set departmental service

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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