Cost & Management Accountant Job at StreSERT

StreSERT is a professional services organisation that offers quality stress-free solutions to corporate organisations. We offer business support and integrated solutions in different areas that ensure business objectives are achieved. Critically, we evaluate issues as they impact your business, and consequently deploy the appropriate skills and competencies to proffer the needed solutions.
 Our client is a big player in the Paint/ Industrial Chemical segment of the Nigerian economy.

Job Position: Cost & Management Accountant

Job Location: Lagos State

Job Brief:

The Cost & Management Accountant will assist senior management in making critical business decisions by analyzing and presenting key financial data. He/she will oversee accounting procedures and prepare forecasts, budgets and risk analysis.

He/she will assume responsibility of cost accounting tasks and be both a strategist and a decision maker. The goal is to contribute to the decision making process of management that will ensure business growth and long-term success.

He must have an exceptional analytical mind combined with a strong business orientation.

Responsibilities: 
To prepare timely and accurate costing and financial information for cost control and other business management required information

Specific Tasks

• Gather and analyze financial information for internal and external use including Management accounts, cash flow and balance sheet position for the business
• Review product cost structure / cost centers
• Responsibility for operational funding to support the business activities
• Drive the budget activities and ensure strict compliance
• Assume responsibility of accounting procedures
• Evaluate the company’s performance using key financial data
• Make financial forecasts to assist business planning and decision-making
• Drive / monitor variance and variance resolutions in a timely manner
• Conduct risk assessment and advise on ways to minimize risk
• Supervise lower-level personnel in the finance team

Required Experience and skills

• Proven experience as management accountant or similar role
• Solid knowledge of basic and advanced accounting and financial principles and practices
• Excellent knowledge of cost accounting and reporting
• Excellent knowledge or risk analysis, budgeting and forecasting
• Working knowledge of financial software and MS Office
• Analytical mind with aptitude in math
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• A problem-solver with attention to detail
• Organizational and leadership skills

Academic Requirements

• BSc degree or HND in Accounting
• ICAN certification an added advantage.
• Physical and mental alertness.
• Good Computer skills- Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms Power Point.
• Good analytical Skills.
• Must have minimum 8 years relevant experience

Salary 

• Salary range is between N3, 000, 000 – N 4, 000, 000 gross/ annum

Method of  Application

• Qualified applicants should send CVs to ‘recruitment@stresert.com’using ‘COMAG’ as subject of mail .

Application Deadline

• before 7th December, 2016. 

Note

• Wrongly titled applications will not be considered, please be guided.