PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT - FMCG

SUMMARY:
The successful candidate must have a degree in Accounting coupled with experience in a production environment within the FMCG sector.

Seeing excellent Accounting and inventory management background!

POSITION INFO:
Responsibilities:

• Improve and maintain stock management system to ensure the integrity and accuracy thereof.
• Coordinate with the production and Procurement teams to ensure records related to inventory are properly maintained.
• Report the Raw Material stock profiles and allocations – Investigating, Resolving and Reporting shortfalls and surplus inventory.
• Assist in perpetual inventory stock counting.
• Monitor and evaluate consumables usage and cost.
• Produce daily reports and ensure critical areas in stock systems are controlled and any discrepancies addressed and resolved.
• Provide detailed analysis of all costing.
• Assist departments with preparation of annual budgets and forecast.
• Monthly tracking of expenses against budget and Forecast totals.
• Assist departments to compile monthly financial and technical reports.
• Update and communicate inbound schedule with raw material deliveries and/or order changes
• Perform regular follow-up on orders, deliveries, receipts, and instructions. Manage issues as they arise.
• Attend and participate in meetings related to procurement and deliveries"
• Ensure all moisture adjustments are claimed and processed accurately and on time
• Compare grading documents to specifications and manage discrepancies"
• Ensure all measurement is performed accurately with verified equipment as per verification and calibration procedure and relevant certificates are on file
• Ensure all records relating to production and product movement are accurate and up to date
• Perform and reconcile monthly stock takes"
• Record actual results for value drivers
• Analyse value drivers and discuss root causes with team and agree on actions
• Compile final value driver report and distribute report
• Follow-up on actions with team daily
• Assist in preparing budget (Lesser of value or r/ton)
• Track and control daily
• Report monthly and manage variance"
• Ensure site walk administration is performed by:
• Attending opening and closing meetings and sites walk to record findings.
• Completing minutes; job cards; enquiries as per meeting decision within 3 days of site walk.
• Preparing spillage and leakage declaration and together with meeting minutes and action list and submitting to the Manager within 3 days from site walk for review; approval and sign off. Thereafter submit to relevant Coordinator/ Administrator of Environmental for reporting to Head Office.
• Understand all HR compliance requirements as per Employment practices mandate and company policy
• Ensure compliance with mandate and policy
• Manage non-compliance issues as they arise"
• Understand the traceability procedure and ensure full compliance to the procedure
• Manage issues as they arise

• BComm Accounting Qualification
• Driver’s license
• Minimum 3 – 5 Years’ experience
• Microsoft Office computer knowledge
• Own transport