Plant/Factory Accountant at Jotna Nigeria Limited

Prima Corporation Limited is the largest manufacturer of preforms and closures in West Africa, and proudly servicing the world’s fourth-largest beverage market.
A strategic leader - bringing over 20 years of experience in establishing operational optimisation across diverse industries in African FMCG B2B businesses. A wealth of transferable broad-based skills in the areas of manufacturing, Sub-Saharan markets, business funding, and the development of strategies for business turnarounds gained in the FMCG manufacturing sector.

Location: Coker, Lagos

JOB SUMMARY
Factory Cost or Plant Accountant will be a part of the Prima Corporation finance team and will be responsible for Product Costing, Cost Control, Inventory Management, Book Keeping, Factory MIS and Compliance. Working experience on accounting software like Oracle or SAP, Well versed with MS Excel, MS Word and Power Point, Team Player - works co-operatively and productively with others, openly exchanging information and supporting colleagues from around the organization to achieve business goals.
Continuously identifies opportunities for process improvement with an eye for detail, establishes priorities, tasks and work schedules in advance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support Plant Controller in estimating product costs to support quoting activities.
• Understanding manufacturing process.
• Understanding yield computations of raw material, updating BOM on regular basis, overhead absorption etc.
• Provides management with timely, relevant financial information so that they can better understand the business and cost/revenue profile.
• Ensure timely delivery of accurate financial reports, monthly and annual accounts to the management team, the parent company and external regulatory authorities.
• Manage Plant Accounts payable, handling Inter Unit billing and Duty payments, manage Plant Petty cash Payment.
• Conduct Monthly Analysis, such as Inventory valuation, Gross margin analysis, Ageing analysis and provisioning, RM Purchase price variance, Review of yield variance and Run material ledger.
• Investigates and recommends improvements to the current financial system, work standards and procedures to contribute towards improving profitability through cost control, improved internal controls and greater work efficiency.