Management Accountant

Job Summary • Manage and coordinate budgeting and management reporting procedures at the plant and ensure availability of up-to-date and accurate information on budgeted and actual financial activities, to support informed decision-making by management.

Key Duties and Responsibilities • Circulate the annual business planning guidelines/ assumptions and provide guidance to budget holders during the planning process the plant. • Oversee collation of budget inputs across the plant and prepare consolidated annual budget for the plant. • Monitor approved budget allocations by obtaining information on revenue and expenditure, and reporting variances on a monthly basis. • Drive periodic budget forecasting and recommend budget review as required. • Develop periodic and other ad hoc budget reports, forecasts and analysis. • Generate monthly business performance statements, noting major deviations from planned budget and risk areas and prepare variance analysis for Head, Plant Finance. • Manage journal entries on SAP (or other system) and check with relevant documents (e.g. GRN/ SRN, invoices, etc.) to ensure uniformity of details and accuracy of postings/ reconciliations for month-end or periodic management reporting. • Approve vouchers and journals for posting and manage reconciliation to various ledgers. • Allocate costs for central or joint expenditure to relevant cost centres in line with DCP's cost allocation policies. • Proffer relevant recommendations to the Head, Plant Finance on the financial implications and consequences of business decisions at the plant. • Provide Plant Management with complete, valid, accurate and timely reports for effective decision making. • Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Head, Plant Finance.

Requirements Education and Work Experience: • Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Economics or other related discipline. • Relevant professional certification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA). • Minimum of ten (10) years progressive HR work experience.

Skills and Competencies: • Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the cement manufacturing industry. • Proven experience in planning, budgeting and forecasting activities. • Very sound business acumen - financial and commercial knowledge. • Strong communication and presentation skills. • Good leadership and people management skills. • Strong problem solving skills. • High ethical standards and integrity. • Ability to manage multiple priorities. • Working knowledge/ experience in the use of financial systems including SAP. • Good understanding of micro and macroeconomic indices and their impact on the cement business. • Intermediate to advanced knowledge of IFRS, finance best practices and other applicable reporting and accounting standards.

Benefits • Private Health Insurance • Paid Time Off • Training & Development.

Dangote Cement Plc