Cost & Management Accountant Vacancy in Lagos Via Stresert Services Limited

Stresert Services Limited – Our client, a big player in the Paint/ Industrial Chemical segment of the Nigerian economy, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cost & Management Accountant
Location: Lagos
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
• 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
• Responsibility for operational funding to support the business activities
• Drive the budget activities and ensure strict compliance
• Assume responsibility of accounting procedures

Required Experience and skills 

• Proven experience as management accountant or similar role
• Analytical mind with aptitude in math
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• A problem-solver with attention to detail
• Organizational and leadership skills
• 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

Academic Requirements: 

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

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


How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV’s to: recruitment@stresertservices.com using ‘COMAG’ as subject of mail 

Note: Wrongly titled applications will not be considered, please be guided

Deadline  5th December, 2016.