Cost Management Accountant at Uzima Chicken: (Deadline 25 March 2022)
Job announcement
Job Title: Cost Management Accountant
Type: Permanent
Job Location: Head-Office with field travels when necessary
Division: Finance
Report to: Finance Manager and Treasurer
Job details:
Uzima Chicken Ltd is a poultry company dedicated to making farmers healthier and wealthier. Uzima is the leading distributor of high-quality, dual-purpose day-old chicks in East Africa. Uzima plans to transform the poultry industry in Rwanda, providing smallholder farmers with a robust, disease-resistant bird that can thrive in local, rural conditions and is more productive than local birds. Uzima believes its dual-purpose birds can help eliminate poverty and malnutrition across East Africa.
We are looking to hire a Cost Management Accountant with excellent organizational and analytical skills. A cost accountant is expected to be detailed oriented, knowledgeable on statistics, have strong problem-solving skills, work comfortably under pressure, and deliver on tight deadlines.
Duties and Responsibilities for Cost Management Accountant
- Cost Feed mill BoMs for pricing purposes
- Re-cost Feed mill BoM in light of price changes and advice Treasurer
- Plan monthly Group-wide stock-takes
- Perform group-wide stock comparisons and resolve accordingly (Feed mill and farms)
- Perform throughput reconciliations for raw material to finished goods to determine production efficiencies (In conjunction with Stock Controller)
- Maintain Parent Stock cost accumulation and amortization schedules
- Monthly Hatching Egg valuations
- Witness or certify the gassing of unsold DOCs stocks
- Process monthly MVD usage in Sage50
- Reconcile Feed transferred from Feed Mill and Farm GRVs
- Process monthly Farm feed usage
- Maintain and control serialized system control documents, eg GRV Books, Delivery Note Books, etc
- Track and guide cost allocation of brooded stocks
- Reconcile egg deliveries to shop vs Egg Shop receipts
- Consolidate weekly scoreboard
- Develop and implement SOPs in conjunction with Stock Controller, Feed Ops Manager, and Poultry Ops Manager
- Develop and maintain the cost accounting system, documents, and records of the organization.
- Analyze and recommend costs and cost savings.
- Prepare and complete internal cost audits
Qualification and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field (essential)
- 2 years of Cost Accounting work experience (essential)
- Sound understanding of accounting principles.
- Solid cost systems background.
- Analytical thinker with strong conceptual and problem-solving skills.
- Meticulous attention to detail with superb organizational skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent report-writing, communication, and IT skills.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should address their applications enclosed with a cover letter, Curriculum vitae, academic documents, and other relevant certificates to the Managing Director of UZIMA CHICKEN LTD and delivered in a single PDF document to e-mail: “careers@uzimachicken.com” not later than 25th March 2022 at 5:00 pm.
UZIMA CHICKEN Ltd is an equal opportunity employer, and for the position female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Note:
- The subject of the e-mail should be mentioned “Cost Management Accountant”
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview
Done at Kigali, on 15th March 2022
The Management of UZIMA CHICKEN LTD
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