Management / Financial Accountant at Dangote

Reference No: Finance-Obajana-006
Location: Obajana, Kogi
Category: Finance

Job Summary

• Manage and coordinate budgeting and management reporting procedures at the plant and ensure availability of up-to-date and accurate information on budgeted and actual financial activities, to support informed decision-making by management.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Circulate the annual business planning guidelines/ assumptions and provide guidance to budget holders during the planning process the plant.
• Oversee collation of budget inputs across the plant and prepare consolidated annual budget for the plant.
• Monitor approved budget allocations by obtaining information on revenue and expenditure, and reporting variances on a monthly basis.
• Drive periodic budget forecasting and recommend budget review as required.
• Develop periodic and other ad hoc budget reports, forecasts and analysis.
• Generate monthly business performance statements, noting major deviations from planned budget and risk areas and prepare variance analysis for Head, Plant Finance.
• Manage journal entries on SAP (or other system) and check with relevant documents (e.g. GRN/ SRN, invoices, etc.) to ensure uniformity of details and accuracy of postings/ reconciliations for month-end or periodic management reporting.
• Approve vouchers and journals for posting and manage reconciliation to various ledgers.
• Allocate costs for central or joint expenditure to relevant cost centres in line with DCP’s cost allocation policies.
• Proffer relevant recommendations to the Head, Plant Finance on the financial implications and consequences of business decisions at the plant.
• Provide Plant Management with complete, valid, accurate and timely reports for effective decision making.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Head, Plant Finance.

Requirements
Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Economics or other related discipline.
• Relevant professional certification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA).
• Minimum of ten (10) years relevant experience.

Skills and Competencies:

• Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the cement manufacturing industry.
• Proven experience in planning, budgeting and forecasting activities.
• Very sound business acumen – financial and commercial knowledge.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Good leadership and people management skills.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• High ethical standards and integrity.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Working knowledge/ experience in the use of financial systems including SAP.
• Good understanding of micro and macroeconomic indices and their impact on the cement business.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of IFRS, finance best practices and other applicable reporting and accounting standards.

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Training & Development.