Stock Accountant at Paragon Ltd: (Deadline 18 June 2023)

Stock Accountant at Paragon Ltd: (Deadline 18 June 2023)

Job Title: Stock Accountant

Reporting: Reporting to the Chief Accountant

Reporting Date: Immediately is preferred, at most within a month

Academic & Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Business / Accounting / Finance or related field
• Minimum CPA 2

Experience (Years): Minimum 2 years

Work Experience (Specifications) 

• At least two years accounting experience in Manufacturing Environment.
• Specific experience in stock accounting and management is mandatory.
• Experience in stores operations/ management.

Overall Responsibility

• The Stock Accountant is responsible for ensuring proper management of company’s inventory/ stock items.
• Maintains and updates the stock records, responsible for conducting physical stock counts, perform regular stock reconciliations and overall monitoring of stock transactions.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining accurate stock listings;
• Facilitate and participate in monthly and annual stock counts;
• Perform monthly stock reconciliations of physical counts against system for all categories of inventory and highlight variances to the management;
• Assist in developing and implementing inventory policies and procedures;
• Report shortfalls and surplus inventory, weekly and monthly;
• Ensure that goods received by warehouse are matched with the actual invoices from the suppliers;
• Reconcile stock deliveries with purchase orders and or agreed contract terms, and raise non-conformity reports where applicable;
• Ensure that finished goods dispatched to the customers are matched with the actual invoices issued to the customers;
• Coordinate with warehouse team to implement and ensure a control system to reduce damage, breakage and inventory obsolescence;
• Support accurate and timely financial reporting through ensuring all stock data is updated correctly;
• Manage the monthly financial close process for all categories of stock;
• Ensure proper records and classification in terms of cost and quantity of all inventory items; Finished Goods, raw materials, spare parts and other consumables;
• Carry out spot checks on stock balances in the warehouse as against the system records to capture any anomalies; and
• Assist the Chief Accountant in other relevant tasks as assigned

Competencies  

• Computer literate with hands on experience in use of an accounting software;
• Good understanding of stock-related operational and control requirements;
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills;
• Team player with good communication skills;
• Ability to work with minimal supervision; and
• Person of high integrity and self-discipline;

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