Production and Management Accountant
Accounting & Finance Jobs
- The Typist
- Expires 12 Jun 2021
- Bulawayo
- Full Time
Job Description
Our client in the Farming/Agric sector is on the market for a Production and Management Accountant.
The Main functions of this role include:
-Strategy
- Management Support and Financial Reporting
- Budgeting, budgetary control and treasury management
- Cash controls and banking
- Administrative Tasks
Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic
• The establishment of effective systems for producing long term projections, budgeting and control systems,
• The provision of robust financial analysis and expertise to the Managing Director and Farm Managers and other important stakeholders.
• Perform as a key member of the senior management team
• Maintain effective working relationships with company’s external partners including shareholders.
Management support and financial reports
• Ensure all financial records are kept accurately and securely and in line with legislative requirements;
• Proper accounting of contract farming arrangements ensuring that all costs are correctly tracked and agreed with contractors and various service providers.
• Allocating cost items to respective units and farm operations using the correct chart of accounted and proper coding;
• Ensure timely payment of creditors and invoicing of debtors;
• Oversee the debtor management process;
• Overall responsibility for payroll, pension and tax contribution payments
• Administer the bank accounts and carry out bank reconciliations on all company bank accounts
• Act as the first point of contact for the external accountants and communicate with them to ensure all questions can be answered efficiently
• Analysis of business performance including benchmarking and making recommendations for improvement
• PAYE, VAT, WHT and other statutory returns compilation and submission.
Budgeting, budgetary control and treasury management
• Provide accurate cash-flow projections to the Managing Director;
• Effective treasury management system using forecasting techniques and robust reporting of funding requirements to identify gaps and surpluses.
• Budget formulation, guiding farm managers and other stakeholders with budgetary framework and consolidation
• Work closely with budget-holders to enable them to analyse financial data to make accurate business decisions;
• Ensure that approved budgets are implemented and properly monitored for adherence by the respective farms and business units.
• Carry out variance analysis as a mechanism of budgetary control and ensuring that deviations are properly explained and curtailed.
Cash controls and banking
• Responsible for ensuring daily takings are counted, accurately recorded using the existing accounts system and banked;
• Overseeing petty cash reconciliation, allocating payments to appropriate budgets
• Monitoring bank statements on a weekly and monthly basis.
Administrative matters
• Maintaining filing systems and accurate, confidential, employee records
• Responding promptly to accounts enquiries from customers, suppliers and staff
• Production of financial reports for management information
• Collation of information as requested by Managing Director/CEO
• Responsible for daily back-up of the respective accounts system to ensure data integrity and as a business continually safeguard.
• Attendance at monthly Management Meetings and other meetings/training as required
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Fully qualified accountant: Articled Accountant (AA), ACCA, CIMA qualification or equivalent
Experience
• Demonstrable practical experience of working to a similar level in a financial management role;
• Demonstrable experience of preparing comprehensive budgets and cash flow forecasts; developing and reviewing effective financial systems and controls
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience of landed estates and/or agriculture
Knowledge, skills and abilities
• A good understanding of payment deadlines and month end deadlines
• A good working knowledge of VAT and zero exemption
• Knowledge and experience of payroll systems, pensions and auto enrolment
• Must be computer literate and have extensive knowledge of Microsoft Packages with an advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
• Working knowledge and experience of Accounting packages.
Personal attributes
• Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with staff, suppliers and others
• Keen attention to detail with a methodical approach.
• Well organised task orientated and able to co-ordinate a range of activities.
• Able to prioritise and deliver to tight timescales
• Friendly and personable but confident to asks questions, challenge and seek clarification when required
• Able to work on own initiative in a pro-active matter
How to Apply
Candidate should be available to start immediately.
