Ontex is looking for a
Plant Controller (Cost Accountant)- Hawassa
To reinforce our Finance Department, we are looking for a Plant Controller reporting directly to the Finance Manager.
Your role is to contribute to all areas of plant management and provide strong financial leadership. The Plant Controller is responsible for planning and coordinating plant budget and business planning activities in alignment with corporate policies and practices, Maintaining the general ledger of the plant, insuring transactions are recorded in a timely and accurate manner;
Provides OTIF reporting (incl. Production P&L, PML reports) and analysis of plant costs;
Supervising all plant level AP functions, including petty cash;
Support inventory management and second choice, blocked stock, slow-moving inventory initiatives and lead the month-end stock counting process;
Month-end entries including re-classes, allocations and accruals;
Work closely with the finance manager and other plant managers to provide relevant financial information, analytical support and evaluation of operational performance/result;
Administration over local vendor programs such as scrap sales, and other vendor managed plant procurement activities, purchase approvals;
Analyzes and interprets cost, budget, policies and profit opportunity trends and presents findings and recommendations to management;
Prepare ad-hoc reporting to support logistics, warehousing and inventory management by analyzing inbound logistics flows, including sea and ocean freight and the associated import/export of product;
Perform economic evaluations and coordinate the interaction of manufacturing plans in the overall company budget;
Perform other duties as directed by the Finance Manager and the Plant Manager.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting
5+ years in cost accounting and finance roles in a manufacturing environment
Good command of SAGE is an asset
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written (Amharic and English)
Excellent ability to work with MS Office
Ability to work in a team