Accounting Assistant - Inventory, Abel Building Solutions

The Accounting Assistant will be required to effectively and efficiently maintain and control the company’s inventory at all its locations, ensuring that stock losses are minimized.

Job Summary:

• The Accounting Assistant will be required to effectively and efficiently maintain and control the company’s inventory at all its locations, ensuring that stock losses are minimized.

Job Description:

• Ensure proper controls for inventory are known before that start of each count by:
  • Generating and Circulating stock count memos to the relevant department heads ten days before the stock count date.
  • Communicating with relevant persons making sure the D3650 system is ready before the dates of all stock counts.
  • Ensuring all items are accounted for every Quarter.
• Coordinate and execute quarterly stock counts assigned ensuring walks through that the Product Centers, Warehouse & Yard areas are 100% prepared and report any breaches of count readiness at least 2 days before scheduled counts.
• Ensure that all inventory stock count variance reports are 100% accurate and are circulated within 24 hours so that counts are approved within three (3) days and explanations are validated
• Assist in coordinating and conducting monthly/quarterly Cycle Counts for Raw Material, Finish Goods and Spares, with 100% accuracy keeping in line with Group Policy.
• Ensure Variance summary for the month matches GL postings for each division
  assigned to you
• Create Inventory Adjustment, Movement and Counting Journals as per required deadline.
• Ensure all Counting Journal postings matches the variance report presented for Approval.
• Conduct System Checks before scheduled stock count which include the audit of: –
  • All Production Records, 
  • Transfers & processes complete with accuracy,
  • Sales Verification,
  • Movement Verification,
  • Positive Movement,
  • Picking List Verification,
  • Transit Warehouse,
  • Quarantine Warehouse (Prod), Quarantine Warehouse (Sales).
• Ensure all Items in the subledger is counted 100% each Quarter.
• Compliance with Ansa Mcal Group Policies.
• Perform any other related duties as may be required.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Degree in Accounting or in a similar/related field.
• 1- 3 years’ experience in a similar position.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft AX.
• Communication Skills.
• Interpersonal Skills.
• Organizational Skills.