About This Role
This is a manufacturing-facing cost accounting role at one of Ethiopia's largest agricultural trading and processing companies, where you would sit between the finance function and production operations. The work centres on understanding what things actually cost to make — and why those costs shift — rather than on statutory reporting or tax compliance. It suits someone who is comfortable on a factory floor as much as in a spreadsheet, and who can translate operational changes into financial consequences that management can act on.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The seniority band signals that Kerchanshe wants someone who has already owned a costing system end to end, not an analyst who prepares schedules for someone else to review. The emphasis on estimating costs for new products and process changes implies the business is actively evolving its product mix or production methods, so the ideal candidate brings experience in environments where standards and assumptions are constantly being tested. Expect the employer to probe how you have handled incomplete or messy operational data, since agricultural processing rarely produces clean inputs.
How to Approach This Application
Lead with concrete examples of costing systems you have built or rebuilt, and be specific about the variance analyses you have owned — particularly purchase price and cost-of-goods variance work. Quantify the impact where you can: a pricing decision you influenced, a cost leakage you identified, a forecast cycle you shortened. Given the re-advertisement, it is worth applying promptly and making your CV easy to screen against costing-specific keywords, as the first filter is likely to be narrow.
Who This Role Suits
Best suited to a cost or management accountant with manufacturing or processing exposure who wants operational depth over pure reporting work; competition is likely moderate to strong, as the role is senior, Addis-based, and at a high-profile employer.
Job Purpose:- To estimate production costs and track regular expenses, which may be related to a new process or a new product and recommend changes to pricing and business models through tracking data such as changing labor, supply costs, conducting market research.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develops and maintains accurate costing systems in relation to labor, production methods and material supply.
- Analyzes changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods, or services to determine effects on costs.
- Estimates new and proposed product costs as well as product changes.
- Analyzes the data collected and logs a detailed record of the results.
- Repairs (monthly, quarterly, and annual) cost forecasts.
- Analyzes monthly Cost of goods sold (CoGS), Purchase Price Variance (PPV) and Manufacturing variance journal entries.
- Analyzes data on material and labor costs to evaluate efficiency and effectiveness.
- Reviews standard and actual costs for inaccuracies.
- Analyzes changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods, or services provided to determine effects on costs.
- Analyzes actual costs and prepares periodic report comparing standard costs to actual costs and recommend cost efficiencies.
- Provides finance support on business cases; project cost calculations/quotations for strategic projects with appropriate labor and overhead rates and overall production costs (make/buy, outsourcing/in sourcing).
- Prepares product cost reports which meet the needs of managers and other employees using the information.
- Reconciles general ledger account balances for inventory, material expense and production costing items.
- Assists cost related issues in Ad-Hoc projects to improve overall financial process and controls.
- Evaluates and updates standard costs on a quarterly basis, which includes the review and analysis of material, direct & indirect labor, and other overhead costs incurred.
- Provides input and recommendations for streamline processes and updates of the cost accounting policies and procedures.
- Reviews and drives cost reductions, working capital opportunities and manufacturing productivity improvements.
- Prepares the monthly cost of sales figures by analyzes expenses such as material, labor, research, and development expenses.
- Performs other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor.
Qualification and Skills
Education:
- BA or MA Degree in Accounting, Accounting and Finance, Management, Business administration or related fields.
Experience:
- 5 years relevant experience
Skills
- Strong knowledge of cost accounting principles and procedures.
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Computer literacy, proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel.
- Time management skills.
- Familiarity with Peachtree accounting.
How To Apply
Applicants who fulfill the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their detailed CVs using the link below.
" https://forms.gle/RfGhvVzboEdz4yVZ7 "
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