Job Title: Stock Accountant
Reporting: Reporting to the Chief Accountant
Reporting Date: Immediately is preferred, at most within a month
Academic & Professional Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Business / Accounting / Finance or related field
- Minimum CPA 2
Experience (Years): Minimum 2 years
Work Experience (Specifications)
- At least two years accounting experience in Manufacturing Environment.
- Specific experience in stock accounting and management is mandatory.
- Experience in stores operations/ management.
Overall Responsibility
- The Stock Accountant is responsible for ensuring proper management of company’s inventory/ stock items.
- Maintains and updates the stock records, responsible for conducting physical stock counts, perform regular stock reconciliations and overall monitoring of stock transactions.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Responsible for maintaining accurate stock listings;
- Facilitate and participate in monthly and annual stock counts;
- Perform monthly stock reconciliations of physical counts against system for all categories of inventory and highlight variances to the management;
- Assist in developing and implementing inventory policies and procedures;
- Report shortfalls and surplus inventory, weekly and monthly;
- Ensure that goods received by warehouse are matched with the actual invoices from the suppliers;
- Reconcile stock deliveries with purchase orders and or agreed contract terms, and raise non-conformity reports where applicable;
- Ensure that finished goods dispatched to the customers are matched with the actual invoices issued to the customers;
- Coordinate with warehouse team to implement and ensure a control system to reduce damage, breakage and inventory obsolescence;
- Support accurate and timely financial reporting through ensuring all stock data is updated correctly;
- Manage the monthly financial close process for all categories of stock;
- Ensure proper records and classification in terms of cost and quantity of all inventory items; Finished Goods, raw materials, spare parts and other consumables;
- Carry out spot checks on stock balances in the warehouse as against the system records to capture any anomalies; and
- Assist the Chief Accountant in other relevant tasks as assigned
Competencies
- Computer literate with hands on experience in use of an accounting software;
- Good understanding of stock-related operational and control requirements;
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills;
- Team player with good communication skills;
- Ability to work with minimal supervision; and
- Person of high integrity and self-discipline;
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