Inventory Accountant at Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group

Location: (Office Based/Field Based): Office 
Travel: (0% - 20%): 0%- 30%
Department: Finance
Employment Type: Permanent
Reports To: Site Controller
Supervises: Nil
Job Grade (Band 1-6): 2
Internally Relates with: Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain & Treasury
Externally Relates with: Vendors

Duties, Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Daily reconciliation of inventory (Raw, Packaging & Finished goods) and ensuring inventory related controls are working.
• Ensuring that daily inventory reports are prepared and signed off with relevant stake-holders.
• Ensure finance controls are in place and are being complied with at the factory, warehouse etc.
• Review of suppliers’ invoices and supporting documents against invoice processing checklist in order to establish completeness and validity of details.
• Processing of vendor payment through preparation of bank payment vouches with checklist (POs, GRN, and invoice) ensure approvals and forward approved vouchers to the treasury unit
• Match suppliers’ invoice to purchase orders prior to processing to ensure consistency and identify errors/discrepancies/irregularities.
• Providing explanation to both internal and external auditors on payable related queries.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Site Controller

Education / Knowledge, Skills, Attributes, Experience & Other Requirements

• Minimum of HND / BSc in Finance / Accounting or related discipline.
• 3-5 years’ experience in similar role from any FMCG environment.
• Relevant professional qualification (ACA/ACCA) is required.
• Good knowledge of IFRS, Receivables Management.
• Good data gathering, analysis, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft packages (Word, Excel & PowerPoint).