Senior cost Accountant 9 views

BACKGROUND

EthioChicken is a leading distributor of chickens to rural farmers in Ethiopia. We are a rapidly growing Company that believes in investing in our employees and offers them opportunities for career advancement. EthioChicken is an Ethiopian based company.

Our Vision

Our vision is to provide one chicken per person per year through smallholder farmers.

Our Purpose:

Our purpose is making farmers of Ethiopia healthier and wealthier.

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the general supervision of the Poultry cost division head , the senior Cost Accountant is responsible for analyzing, coding, checking accuracy of postings of cost transactions and complete all recording of all purchases (including raw materials, supplies, medicines, disinfectants and vaccines), finished goods and reporting cost information to management pertaining to cost/profit centers and projects, if any, showing labor, material, overhead, selling & administration expenses.

TYPICAL DUTIES

• Responsible to record all Goods Receiving Notes ,Goods Return Notes, Credit

Notes, Store Issue Vouchers, and Goods Return Vouchers.

• Build up and assist the cost sheet for Poultry Commercial Purchase.
• Ensure that supplier invoice are accurate & contain all required source documents before processed for payment
• Journalizing and posting Settable Egg receiving note from breeding and Issuance of the settable Egg to Hatchery (Setter room).
• Assist and follow up Coding and recording of DOC Receiving note and its mortality including of their reconciliation against Credit sales invoice.
• Ensure all costs are properly accumulated & assigned to proper stock.
• Ensure all production costs are correctly accumulated & allocated properly.
• Ensure proper unit production cost calculation.
• Ensure all required purchase, production, sales, dispatch supporting documents are collected & completed before coded & recorded.
• Prepare & follow up outstanding GRN,SIV,DO & purchase invoice documents & report periodically
• Follow and collect all required source documents from the farm periodically & report any

Missed documents to your site finance manager immediately

• Ensure regular physical count of stock of raw materials, finished goods, Vaccines Medicines and Eggs and reconcile against stock cards.
• Prepare sales to finished good stock reconciliation and variance analysis periodically
• Prepare stock and finished goods reconciliations and variances analysis
• Prepare finished goods production Vs delivery & on hand stock reconciliation & variance analysis periodically
• Report slow moving and dead stocks of raw materials and finished goods
• Reconcile finished goods records against production and hatching Departments’ report.
• Ensure proper coding & posting of stock movements
• Prepare actual Vs standard unit production cost variance analysis report periodically
• Prepare financial statement variance analysis
• Review and ensure correctness of coding and posting for stocks received and finished goods produced
• Prepare Inventory shortage overage and come up with variance analysis.
• Produce month-end cost of production reports by product by site
• Prepare the cost of goods sold Analysis report
• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures and other duties assigned by immediate supervisor.

Competences

• Must be able to work under pressure, meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers/suppliers.
• Excellent knowledge of Accounting Software and ERP is advantageous.
• Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Ability to work independently and carry out assignments by ensuring completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices.

Qualifications and Requirement

• BA Degree in Accounting/Finance
• Relevant work experience is preferred

Experience

• 4 Years and above work experience