Job Summary:- The Chief Accountant will provide strategic oversight and leadership for the Costing, Inventory, and Fixed Asset division. This role ensures the accuracy of production costs across manufacturing and agricultural sectors, oversees the valuation of biological assets, and maintains the integrity of the company\u2019s multi-sector asset base.
\nKey Duties and Responsibilities:<\/p>\n
Strategic Cost Management: Design and oversee standard costing systems for manufacturing and agriculture Sectors. Performs variance analysis (Material, Labour, and Overhead).
\nBiological Asset Valuation: Lead the accounting and valuation of biological assets (coffee plantations and livestock) in accordance with IAS 41, ensuring growth and harvest costs are accurately capitalized.
\nInventory Governance: Establish and enforce robust inventory control procedures across all warehouses (Merchandising, Export-ready coffee, and Raw materials).
\nFixed Asset Oversight: Oversee the Company\u2019s Fixed Asset Register (FAR), ensuring accurate depreciation, impairment testing, and capital expenditure (CapEx) tracking of fixed assets.
\nExport & Logistics Costing: Analyze and optimize the cost-to-export for coffee and other agricultural products, including freight, duties, and foreign exchange (Forex) impact on inventory valuation.
\nFinancial Reporting & Audit: Lead the month-end and year-end closing for the division; serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors regarding inventory and asset valuations.
\nProcess Improvement: Drive ERP optimization to automate cost allocations and improve the accuracy of the \u201cCost of Goods Sold\u201d (COGS) across diverse business lines.
\nEstablishes inventory control procedure at new warehouse locations (strengthen at existing) and implements corrective action in conjunction with logistics to mitigate any financial risks.
\nEnsures accurate inventory records are maintained, and that inventory levels are replenished in a timely manner.
\nImplements random audits of fixed assets to ensure assets are not obsolete or lost.
\nResponsible for internal and external audit support & coordination of inventory\/fixed assets, revenue recognition.
\nMonitors and analyzes inventory levels and customer purchase trends to ensure that goals are met, and inventory is always available.
\nPerforms other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor.<\/p>\n
About You<\/p>\n
Qualification
\nEducation<\/p>\n
BA or MA degree in Accounting, Accounting and Finance, Management, Business Administration, or related fields.<\/p>\n
Experiance <\/p>\n
Minimum of 6 years relevant work experience<\/p>\n
Required Skills<\/p>\n
Sound understanding of accounting principles.
\nSolid cost systems background.
\nMeticulous attention to detail with organizational skills.
\nVerbal and written communication skills.
\nSupervisory and leadership skills.
\nComputer literacy, proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"","_company_name":"Kerchanshe Trading Company","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-categories":[],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-2302","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-expired","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-ethiopia","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/2302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}