MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT – GRAIN MARKETING BOARD 428 views

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Accounting / Finance
• Master’s Degree in Accounting. Finance. Busness Administralion.
• A professional qualification in Accounting i.e.(CIMA’ACCA’CA/CIS).
• 5 years’ experience in accounting field of which 2 must be at a senior level.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Accuracy with figures.
• Good supervisory skills.
• High degree of initiative in the daily execution of duties.
• Knowledge in SAP Accounting Software.
• Excellent written, communication, negotiating and interpersonal skills.
• Strategic management skills.
• High integrity.
• Self-driven and business sense.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

• Participates in strategy and policy formulation.
• Prepares budgets and budgetary control processes to ensure effective cost management.
• Consolidates departmental budget from sectional budgets.
• Monitors regional and departmental expenditures against their budgets.
• Recommends to departmental heads changes to production processes and operational activities to avoid budget overruns.
• Reviewsand updates the product costing systems manual for GMB products and services.
• Authorises products costs reports to be submitted to other departments for use on a monthly basis.
• Analyzes business operations, financial commitments, costs, revenues, and trends to develop projections for future revenue and expenses.
• Prepares project investment appraisals and recommends acceptance or rejection criteria.
• Decides on which projects to recommend for acceptance considering their funding requirements and project performance.
• Reviews policies and procedures systems for Assets, Farmer Payments and Central Stores functions.
• Develops and implement cost-effective financial policies and procedures, as well as mitigating financial risks.
• Prepares the monthly cost and management accounting reports with commentanes.
• Assist with the preparation of year-end management and statutory accounts.
• Approves payments to GMB farmers and ensures that they are paid with in the set time limits.
• Designs cost benefits analysis models for changes in Board’s operation processes.
• Organises periodic stock takes and prepares inventory reconciliations for all business locations.