Operations Accountant at ACCA

2 weeks ago


Nairobi, Kenya ACCA Full time

We're the world's most forward-thinking professional accountancy body. We believe that accountancy is vital for economies to grow and prosper, which is why we work all over the world to build the profession and make society fairer and more transparent. We have more than 198,000 fully qualified members and 486,000 students worldwide.

Key responsibilities

Oversight of the monthly Forward Projection report, providing regional management with a real-time assessment of current month performance across multiple manufacturing sites
Maintain Kerry’s Business Intelligence solution ensuring it operates with a high degree of data integrity
Ad hoc analysis and reporting as required including periodic Executive Meeting analytics and presentations.
Engaging and partnering with site-based stakeholders to foster a greater understanding and insight of key business drivers and performance
Play a lead role in communicating, implementing, and managing continuous improvement initiatives and optimization strategies at a Country level.
Support ad hoc regional Operational Finance initiatives and annual strategic plans to include Budgeting, Forecasting, regional cost efficiency strategies and profit improvement programmes
Key financial partner to Kerry’s Country CAPEX programme providing financial stewardship and project management to major infrastructural and investment projects.
Support the commercialization and introduction of Kerry product portfolios at site capable of leveraging the local manufacturing footprint and enabling Kerry’s push initiatives and commercial growth strategy.
Stock management and reporting including stock reconciliations and control of stock write-offs.
General ledger reviews - review and control of postings to plant cost centres.
Engagement and partnering support of both cross functional and new to Kerry stakeholders designed to foster a greater understanding of key business drivers and performance.
A core requirement of the role will be the effective channeling and escalation of local site issues to resolution while dual operating models are effective

Qualifications and skills

Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or numerical discipline an advantage
Tertiary Accounting Qualification, with/studying towards CIMA, CPA, CA or equivalent.
5 years professional experience in a previous operational finance role preferred.
Familiarity with Quick Books,  SAP and SAP implementation processes all strongly desirable
Highly computer literate with strong emphasis on analytical skills.
Candidates should be capable of analyzing and reporting on large volumes of data in a succinct and user friendly manner
Strong project management skills essential with broad understanding of functional workings of each department within a standalone business
Highly numerate, comfortable working with large volumes of data
An analytical thinker capable of conveying technical information in a user-friendly manner
Strong IT skills essential. Familiarity with advanced MS Excel functionality and systems preferred (PowerPoint, VBA, Pivot Table, power-pivot)
Self-starter who can manage fluctuating workloads and projects using a high degree of initiative
Strong team player with a clear focus on stakeholder engagement and solution delivery Strong communicator, comfortable interacting with confidence across a wide range of stakeholders
Takes Personal accountability and ownership of actions to completion.


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