Manufacturing Operations Analyst Job in Thika, Kenya (150K)

Aug 29, 2017

Manufacturing Operations Analyst
 

Location: Thika
 

Our client, a well-established Food Processing Company is looking for an Operations Analyst to serve as a business partner to provide financial analysis and support, identify cost reduction opportunities, and assist in preparing the annual budget.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and update standard costs, year round, to ensure proper cost of goods sold results, manufacturing variance results, and accurate inventory costing


• Prepare and present to management next year’s budgeted cost of goods sold, labor and overhead rates, and any budgeted variances


• Analyze manufacturing variances and production activities


• Provide financial assistance in new product development and launch analysis.


• Ensure validity and accuracy of ERP data through analysis, internal audit, and coordination with inventory control, production and work order processing


• Reviews and challenges plant investment project requests to ensure financial viability, consistency with business strategy and strategic plans and compliance with company rules


• Initiates and co-ordinates projects as necessitated by the plant’s control department’s annual action plans


• Analyzes changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods, or services provided, to determine effects on costs


• Raw material reconciliation against the output and against the recipe and variances analyzed


• Manage the external audit processes, ensuring that the external auditors are supplied with information required


• Assist internal auditors with financial accounting related reviews.

Required

• Must have a Bachelors degree in any business related field


• Must have professional accounting qualification – CPA III


• Must have over 5 years experience in experience in a similar role in manufacturing set up


• Strong business acumen and vision.


• Extensive knowledge of advanced Microsoft Excel


• Specific knowledge of cost accounting concepts, to include standard cost systems, manufacturing variances, maintaining standard costs, and inventory valuation


• High level of integrity and dependability, with a strong sense of timeliness and results orientation

Deadline: 5th September 2017
 

Salary: Kshs. 150,000 gross plus other benefits
 

How to Apply

Interested candidates who fully meet the above requirements should send their applications along with a detailed Curriculum Vitae indicating expected salary and their daytime contact to execsearch254@gmail.com
 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
 

We do not charge any fees for receiving and reviewing applications or for interviews