Cost / Management Accountant at Ascentech Services Limited

Key responsibilities

• Collecting and validating data to determine both fixed and variable costs of business activity such as rent, raw material purchases & inventory
• Analyzing changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods or services provided, to determine effects on cost
• Analyzing actual manufacturing costs and preparing periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs
• Recording cost information for use in controlling expenditures
• Recommending cost-saving options
• Performing ongoing reconciliations of various cost reports against software systems to ensure accuracy
• Providing management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products or services
• Initiating the month-end closing and reporting processes, which they in turn submit to management
• Performing physical inventory inspections and monitoring inventory management information systems/coordinating of Stock Count efforts
• Manage capital expenditure
• Produce financial statements including P&L accounts, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries
• Produce month end and year end journals
• Prepare statutory and management accounts
• Produce month end and year end journals
• Prepare statutory and management accounts

Job Requirements:

• BSc/HND- Accounting
• Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in similar position with a reputable organization
• Must be vast in Cost Accounting/Costing
• Must have working knowledge of Sage and other modern accounting packages