Operations Analyst Vacancy in a Cement Manufacturing Company
Stresert Services Limited - Our client, a Cement Manufacturing company,
is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Operations Analyst
Locations: Sagamu and Calabar
Slots: 2
Job Purpose
The Operations Analyst is responsible for the analysis of plant
performance, the review of performance reports to ensure that they are
complete and accurate and also ensure that appropriate controls are
applied to information provided by the plant on performance and on
inventory of both Raw materials and supplies.
Job Summary
- General and Management Accounting
- Analysis of operational costs
- Budgeting and Budgetary Control
- Works imprest management
Main Activities/Responsibilities
- Performs detailed analysis of plant performance highlighting
variances to key performance indicators and undertakes review of plant
reports to ensure consistency of information with other reports e.g.
monthly production reports, advance downtime analysis program (ADAP)
reports, costing tool report etc.
- Undertakes root cause analysis to variances and presenting
explanations to variances of key performance indicators compared to plan
and advising management on corrective actions and enable decision
making.
- Provides input to the Plant and BU performance management cycle
including budget/ monthly & quarterly forecasts to ensure that the
business objectives are reflected in the same. Challenge and ensure
clear action plans are in place to ensure validity of the planning
processes to deliver budget, Performance Improvement Plans &
strategic plans for the BU.
- Delivers timely and accurate reports required by the Plant and
BU management that are compliant with financial accounting procedures
and legal requirements. These reports include cost of production
reports, fixed cost reports etc.
- Supports internal and external bench marking with plants within
and outside the business unit in order to identify best practices for
implementation at the plant.
- Generate and review information in the group databases to ensure accuracy of inputs and as a benchmark with other plants.
- Evaluate and challenge stock replenishments which are determined
by user departments and planning teams in maintenance and
production/process.
- Track evolution of key stock balances and obtain explanations
for significant movement in balances and exceptions while giving
adequacy of provisioning.
- Coordinate monthly stock and closing meetings and report on status of action points and give update on evolution of balances.
- Monitors the robustness of the plant control environment and
drive any necessary corrective actions to ensure compliance with group
policies and procedures. This involves close liaison with Internal Audit
section on risk assessments and audit recommendations.
- Provide analysis to support decision making on plant investment
project requests to ensure financial viability, consistency with BU
strategy and plant improvement plans and compliance with group rules.
Role Requirements
Education:
- Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACTI )
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
- 6 years experience as an Operations Analyst in a manufacturing firm
Technical Competencies:
- Good knowledge of financial analysis
- Good knowledge of general accounting rules and processes applied in the company
- Knowledge of collective agreement and internal administration rules.
- Basic knowledge of semi-finished and end products of processes from quarry to dispatch.
- High level of analytical and performance management skills and ability to pay attention to detail.
- Good project and change management skills.
- Good computer knowledge, exposure to an ERP environment (At
present, the Plant’s General ledger and the Inventory run on JDEdwards
ERP while the staff Payroll runs on Human Manager) and advanced
reporting tools and very good knowledge of Microsoft office
applications.
Managerial Competencies:
- Good planning and organizational skills.
- Good reporting, communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to lead by example and foster effective team work
- Ability to mobilize people and inspire them towards a common ambition and better results
- The ability to take responsibility for one's own performance, by
setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the
goals, ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues
promptly.
- The ability to demonstrate support for innovation and for
organizational changes needed to improve the organization's
effectiveness.
- Faith in one's own ideas and capability to be successful
- The ability to develop, maintain, and strengthen partnerships
with others inside or outside the organization who can provide
information, assistance, and support
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to:
[email protected] using ‘OAC & location’ e.g ‘OAC_Sagamu’ or ‘OAC_Calabar’ as subject of mail.
Application Deadline: 5th April, 2017.