Inventory Accountant at Health Plus Limited

Job Description

• Management of the inventory sub-ledger and general ledger
• Act as financial steward to proactively minimize inventory holding levels
• Ownership of inventory costing including the costing methodology used
• Analysis of stock adjustment  requirements
• Ownership of transfer pricing and elimination of associated unrealized profit
• Development of inventory aging and inventory days reports
• Provide information to the Sales department to enable pricing decisions
• Provide inventory financial inputs to modelling to deliver forecasts and budgets
• Providing support to the supply chain team on inventory planning and controls
• Serving as the go-to person on inventory accounting related matters in the supply chain
• Providing the link bridge between the finance department and supply chain
• Carry out all other special assignments as may be required for efficient and effective inventory management
• Prepare stock journal and post to ERP upon obtaining the stock count report from the Internal Audit.
• Developing of Inventory report in a timely manner for management use
• Special Assignment as may be assigned by management.
• Support the Company budgeting process with account analysis
• Perform margin analysis by SKU, category and by branch 

Desired Qualities

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Accounting
• Membership of relevant professional bodies preferably ICAN
• 4years of Post ICAN qualification experience as Inventory Accountant or similar role in FMCG
• Use of Accounting Software experience in ERP
• Proficient in MS Excel
• Understanding of IFRS/GAAP in relation to Inventory
• Excellent leadership & influencing skills
• Excellent verbal & written communications skills
• Business writing skills
• Analytical skills
• IT skills
• Upholding quality and continuous improvement
• High level of integrity