Management Accountant at Lily Hospitals Limited

Job Summary

• The Management Accountant aid managerial planning and commercial decision-making tasks by providing appropriate financial information and undertaking related accounts administration.
• The Job holder also look after a company’s accounts. They advise managers about the financial implications of business decisions to aid growth and profit.

Key Result Areas (KRA)
The key result areas of this role are:

• Preparing and analyzing monthly management reports, prepare and monitor budgets, commentaries and financial statements
• Liaising with managerial staff/ Unit/Departmental leads and other colleagues in order to get the required information for prompt, accurate and informative reporting.
• developing and managing financial systems/policies that will aid the management reporting in the organization.
• controlling and forecasting income and expenditure for Departments/SBUs and comparing such to actual performance with relevant analysis for variances
• Monitor trends in business practices and compare such to relevant industry standards
• Creating business strategies to generate improve shareholder value
• Prepare monthly management reports and analyze for proper decision making.
• Prepare Budgets for the various arms of the business across the different locations and monitor with actuals.
• Monitor and provide insights on variance as well as trend analysis of various business segments’ performances.
• Understand cost allocation procedures and apply to the various business segments.
• Prepare business case analysis for new projects/services
• Prepare and advice on pricing of products and services

The Person

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree (B.Sc.) in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics or any related degree.
• 2 to 3 years relevant work experience preferably in the Health sector, FMCG or in a comparable organization.
• Membership of professional finance and accounting bodies such as ICAN, ACA, ACCA is an added advantage.
• Familiarity and aptitude with working with accounting software such as Peachtree, SAGE etc
• High working Knowledge of the Microsoft office package is required especially with spreadsheet software (Excel).
• Good knowledge of accounting and financial concepts and practices
• Sound business Knowledge, accuracy and eye for details
• Exceptional oral, written and presentation skills are required for this role
• Excellent communication and people management skills
• Excellent customer service.