Financial Accountant

Overall Objective

To provide strong financial controllership, cost visibility, and compliance governance ensuring accurate financial reporting and optimal working capital management.

To drive financial discipline, cost control, and risk management across the manufacturing operations.

To act as a business partner to operations, ensuring financial insights support profitability, efficiency, and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

General Ledger Integrity, Financial Control and Close Management

Own and ensure completeness, accuracy, and integrity of the General Ledger and all sub-ledgers across the business.

Review and approve all journal entries, accruals, provisions, and adjustments ensuring compliance with accounting standards and company policies.

Ensure full reconciliation between GL, sub-ledgers (AP, AR, Inventory, Assets), and supporting schedules.

Drive a structured and disciplined month-end and year-end close process, ensuring adherence to timelines and zero errors.

Identify anomalies in financial postings and ensure immediate correction and root cause resolution.

Maintain a clean audit trail for all financial transactions and adjustments.

Financial Reporting, Performance Analysis and Business Partnering

Prepare accurate, complete, and timely financial reports (monthly, quarterly, annual) in line with IFRS and company standards.

Ensure strict adherence to reporting timelines (e.g., 2nd of following month).

Analyze financial performance vs budgets, forecasts, and prior periods.

Provide detailed variance explanations and actionable recommendations.

Act as a finance business partner to operations, procurement, and sales teams.

Translate financial data into insights that support strategic and operational decisions.

Fixed Asset Management, Capex Control and Asset Governance

Maintain a fully accurate and verifiable fixed asset register including tagging, location, and ownership.

Ensure proper capitalization, depreciation, and disposal in line with accounting standards.

Monitor capital expenditure against approved budgets and business cases.

Conduct periodic physical asset verification and reconciliation.

Ensure all assets are adequately safeguarded and utilized efficiently.

Audit Management, Internal Controls and Compliance Governance

Lead and coordinate internal and external audits ensuring full compliance.

Ensure timely preparation of audit schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.

Drive closure of audit findings with clear corrective and preventive actions.

Strengthen internal controls across finance and operational processes.

Continuously assess and improve the control environment to prevent risks.

Accounts Payable, Supplier Management and Financial Discipline

Ensure timely and accurate processing of supplier invoices and payments.

Monitor payables and ensure no aged or overdue balances.

Align payment schedules with cash flow plans and contractual terms.

Maintain strong supplier relationships through payment discipline and transparency.

Inventory Accounting, Cost Visibility and Control

Ensure accurate financial recording and valuation of all inventory categories (RM, WIP, FG).

Reconcile inventory balances between finance and warehouse systems.

Monitor inventory movements, cost changes, and valuation impacts.

Support stock counts and ensure alignment between physical and financial records.

Provide visibility on inventory holding costs and slow-moving/obsolete stock.

Risk Management, Insurance & claims and Financial Safeguarding

Identify financial risks including operational and compliance risk.

Implement and monitor risk mitigation strategies.

Manage insurance policies ensuring adequate coverage of company assets and risks.

Handle insurance claims efficiently and ensure timely recovery.

ERP Systems Ownership, Data Integrity and Automation

Act as ERP FI/CO module champion, ensuring optimal system utilization.

Ensure accuracy, completeness, and integrity of all financial data in the system.

Drive automation of financial processes to improve efficiency and reduce errors.

Support system upgrades, reporting tools, and digital transformation initiatives.

Team Leadership, Capability Development and Performance Management

Lead, coach, and develop finance team members to enhance skills and performance.

Set clear performance expectations and monitor delivery.

Identify skill gaps and implement training and development plans.

Build a high-performance finance team aligned to business needs.

Internal control management

Design, implement, and monitor internal controls across financial processes.

Ensure proper segregation of duties (SoD) across finance functions.

Perform periodic control reviews and testing.

Master Data management

Maintain and control chart of accounts, vendor master data, fixed asset register.

Ensure all master data changes are properly authorized, supported by documentation, accurately recorded and traceable.

Establish and enforce master data governance policies.

Validate master data against approved documents.

Ensure consistency across systems and reports

Academic qualifications

Bachelor's degree in commerce (Accounting or Finance option), Finance, Economics, or a related field

CPA(K)

Member of ICPAK in good standing

Knowledge and Experience

Over 8 years' work experience with at least 2 in a similar role role

Experience in manufacturing or FMCG busy environment

Exposure to statutory audits, month-end and year-end closing, and preparation of financial statements

Budgeting, forecasting and cost control

Internal controls and audit procedures

Advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups, financial modelling)

Proficiency in ERP and accounting software

Behavioural / Personal Qualities

Ownership & Financial Stewardship

Integrity, Ethics & Governance

Control Mindset & Risk Awareness

Attention to Detail & Accuracy

Discipline & Execution Excellence

Business Partnering & Influence

Planning, Organization & Time Management

Learning Agility & Technical Mastery

Leadership & Capability Building

Minimum qualifications

BA/BSc/HND

How to apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Bridge Talent Management on bridge-talent-group.careers-page.com to apply

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