Coca-Cola Beverages Africa [CCBA] is the largest African Coca-Cola Bottler, accounting for 40% of all Coca-Cola volumes on the continent. Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda Limited is a subsidiary of CCBA. We are currently seeking to recruit a Management Accountant based in Kampala.

Asa Management Accountant, you will report directly to the Finance Manager.

Key Purpose Statement

To provide financial insights for the business to aid in decision-making and performance management, drive the business planning process as well as the month-end and year-end closing processes.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

  • Financial Business Planning
    • Drive the annual cost of sales budgets and overheads and commercial operating expenses.
    • Drive the quarterly cost of sales, overheads, and commercial operating expenses.
    • Drive the mid-monthly business performance projections.
    • Appraise capital projects discounted cash flow.
    • Coordinate commercial finance initiatives.
  • Financial Performance Management
    • Review production overheads and guide in product mapping for optimal costing.
    • Review landed cost of raw materials to offer guidance to the procurement team in awarding tenders and contracts.
    • Review the actual cost incurred in comparison to contracts awarded.
    • Review Manufacturing OPEX.
    • Weekly review of raw material price variances.
    • Daily review of production variances.
    • Perform OCCDs vetting before onboarding.
  • Business Reporting
    • Prepare and submit to Finance, HR, and PAC Monthly Financial Performance
    • Prepare the HFM to SAP Monthly Reconciliation
    • Provide insightful commentary on the COS in the Weekly and Monthly Flash reports
    • Compile the monthly OPEX and Flash Commentary Reports
    • Month-end closing for SAP CO module.
    • Responsible for Incidence reconciliation
    • Prepare various schedules for the interim and year-end audits.
    • Monthly inventory revaluation analysis flagging our inconsistencies and supporting inventory year-end audit.
    • Compile and complete financial requirements for the audit committee report.
    • Compile and complete financial requirements for the board pack.
    • Ascertain and report the monthly business risks and opportunities.
    • Contact person for the external stakeholders (e.g. BOU. UBOS, etc.…) in need of financial-related information.
  • Monitoring Internal Controls and Governance
    • Ensure compliance with the Chart of Authority.
    • Ensure compliance with the Chart of Accounts.

Skills, Experience & Education

Minimum requirement:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance,
  • Certified CPA /ACCA member

Experience

  • Minimum 3-5 years in an accounting role of similar nature.
  • Working knowledge of cost control & internal controls – specifically at the manufacturing site level.
  • Experience working on SAP is an added advantage.

Competencies

  • Business Acumen
  • Analytical Skills
  • Technical Skills in Excel and Power-point
  • Leadership
  • Result and Execution Driven
  • Decisive and Risk Pragmatic
  • Resilient and Energetic
  • Customer Focused

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