Job Title: Cost & Management Accountant
Organisation: Steel and Tube Industries Ltd (STIL)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head Unit/Manager
About US:
Steel and Tube Industries Ltd is one of the largest steel manufacturers and suppliers of quality steel products in East Africa. Our Products include: Roof Products, Hollow Sections & Open Profiles, Smart Tanks, STIL Bars, Wire Products, etc.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Set up systems and processes for the costing function, this includes the full range of Cost Accounting activities.
- Prepare and provide analysis of cost variance.
- Work closely with Supply Chain to provide them with support relating to cost related matters.
- Forecast and budgeting for Product Controllers.
- Conduct Rotational Inventory Audit (physical stock count)
- Ensure internal compliance by assisting the company with physical inventory counts and cycle counts.
- Participate in the preparation of the annual plant operating budget including standard product cost development, budgeted variances, cost center budgeting, headcount requirements, volume analysis and raw material pricing analysis.
- Participates in the coordination & preparation of plants’ operating forecasts.
- Analyze manufacturing costs and prepare regular reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs.
- Maintaining standard costs of raw materials, packaging, machines and finished products.
- Prepare and advise on Prices of New Products and price revisions.
- Carry out Variance analysis
- Establish costs of business processes such as administration, labor, shipping, etc.
- Develop and maintain accurate costing systems in relation to labor, production methods and material supply.
- Prepare and complete internal Audit costs.
- Inventory Management, making adjustment to Unit costs and inventory units where necessary.
- Fixed assets management continuously updating the Fixed asset register.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business, or a Related Field Professional qualification of ACCA or CPA (Level 3) is a must
- Minimum of three 3 years of accounting experience in a manufacturing environment, product costing
- Hands-on experience with SAP software will be an added advantage
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should please submit all applications with updated CVs, photocopies of certificates and academic documents all merged into one pdf file via Email to jobs@stil-group.com addressed to:
Human Resource Manager,
Deals House Jinja Road, Nakawa,
P.O. Box 33784 Kampala.
Deadline: 27th January 2024 by 5:00pm