Facility Accountant at Aspen Pharma Group

Provides and implements the necessary frameworks to ensure adherence to Group financial policies. Provides operational financial guidance to facility management teams and drive financial objectives within facilities.

Responsibilities
Stock Control and Financial Controls

• Identify risk in suspect WIP, expired, due to expire, obsolete, slow moving, blocked stock, and stock in non-nettable warehouses
• Identify and transact inter-company charges
• Review and minimise risk in goods received not invoiced (GRNI) and non production stock (NPS) systems
• Review, report on and ensure adherence to financial controls
• Provide financial advice and direction within facility
• Create financial awareness

Stock Counts

• Review and analyse cyclical counts results and report to Supervisor
• Assist with planning and implementing stock counts
• Validate stock counts and identify, investigate and resolve irregularities during stock-take
• Report stock count results and findings to Supervisor
• Prepare rework quotations, as requested by management
• Control all inventory in area of responsibility
• Ensure annual stock stakes meet control requirements

Reporting

• Prepare monthly financial results (actual vs. budget vs. forecast) and submit, with comments on variances, to Supervisor
• Prepare month-end financial pack, reconciliations and reports

Operational Input

• Provide technical and operational input on operational planning of the unit and on the prioritisation of objectives
• Indicate required changes in resources to enable achievement of work objectives
• Monitor and control use of assets/ resources in area of responsibility
• Apply advanced understanding of area of specialisation
• Analyse concepts and suggest streamlined procedures
• Provide information for reports, as required by Supervisor
• Compile standardised reports and consolidate documents
• Comply with document filing requirements and maintain and update records and systems as required
• Assist with development/amendment of SOP'
• Assist with projects, implementation of systems and feasibility studies

Requirements

Skills Required
Background/experience

• 4 to 6 years’ accounting experience in a manufacturing organisation
• Experience advising management on finance-related matters and implementing financial controls
• BCom Degree in Accounting

Specific Job Skills

• Computer literacy: proficiency in Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and a fully integrated ERP system

Competencies

• Offering Insights
• Maintaining Accuracy
• Managing Performance
• Interrogating Information