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Management Accountant - Golden Sugar Company
About this role
The role is for a Management Accountant at Golden Sugar Company, a unit of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, located in Sunti, Niger. It focuses on providing accurate management accounting, budgeting, forecasting, cost monitoring and operational reporting to support business decisions across agricultural, factory and support operations. The job supports monthly financial close, cost control, management reporting and internal controls, and works with department heads on budgets and forecasts. The employer has a long history in milling, with flagship brands and substantial milling capacity, and operates extensive production facilities and supporting infrastructure. The position targets candidates with strong analytical skills, ERP and Excel capabilities, and experience in manufacturing or FMCG cost accounting.
What you would do
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual management accounts within reporting timelines.
- Support the monthly financial close including accruals, provisions, prepayments, inventory adjustments and balance-sheet reconciliations.
- Analyse financial performance, variances, trends and cost drivers to assist management decisions.
- Prepare and analyse annual budgets, rolling forecasts and Latest Estimates with department heads.
- Prepare monthly Budget vs Actual and Latest Estimate analyses with explanations for variances.
- Analyse agricultural/cane production costs and factory/sugar processing costs and identify key cost drivers.
- Monitor workshop and maintenance overheads and provide cost analyses by department or work centre.
What they are asking for
- Strong analytical and numerical skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance or equivalent ERP system.
- Strong Excel skills and financial modelling capability.
- Sound understanding of budgeting, cost control, management accounting and financial analysis.
- Good understanding of agricultural, manufacturing and operational cost accounting.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field.
- Membership in ICAN, ACCA, ACA or CIMA.
- Minimum of 5 years of cognate experience, preferably in manufacturing or FMCG.
- Experience in agricultural accounting or cost accounting is an added advantage.
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