About this role
A Project Accountant is needed to manage accounting, financial control and reporting for capital and investment projects at Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, specifically for the Golden Sugar Company Sunti site. The role involves ensuring project transactions are correctly coded in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, monitoring project expenditure against budgets, and maintaining CAPEX records and the end-to-end CAPEX cycle. It requires documenting and analysing cost variances and communicating project status to non-finance stakeholders. The position targets candidates with a strong background in accounting or finance within manufacturing or FMCG sectors and professional qualification with ICAN, ACCA, ACA or CIMA membership. The employer is Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, part of a group known for products like Golden Penny Flour and related brands, operating in Nigeria.
What you would do
- Establish project, work centre, and financial dimensions in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance for all project transactions
- Record and follow up on all transactions related to capital and investment projects at GSC Sunti
- Monitor actual project expenditure against approved budgets and escalate variances
- Register and monitor all purchase requisitions, purchase orders, payments, certifications, GRNs, invoices and contractor payments
- Ensure correct accounting treatment across CAPEX processes and maintain CAPEX documentation
- Control the end-to-end CAPEX cycle
- Maintain a CAPEX register with budget, actual, committed, forecast-to-complete and project status
- Analyse cost variances and forecast-to-complete for reporting to project leadership
- Explain financial figures and project status to non-finance managers
What they are asking for
- Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
- Professional membership in ICAN, ACCA, ACA or CIMA
- Minimum of 5 years' cognate experience post-ICAN qualification, preferably in manufacturing or FMCG
- Structured approach to reporting actual, committed, and forecast-to-complete expenditures
- Ability to reconcile financial expenditure with physical project progress
- Understanding of contract, CAPEX accounting and procurement procedures
- Strong communication skills to explain financial information to non-finance stakeholders
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