Our client, a leading group of companies within the healthcare and catering industry, is seeking to recruit a full-time, on-premises Cost Controller to join its finance and administration team.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Regularly compiling data and reports pertaining to cost of materials and cost of payroll within the group companies.
- Communicating with the various operations teams to ensure a timely, complete availability of data as well as querying of any anomalies.
- Review and finalise monthly payroll computations.
- Assist in preparation of monthly management accounts through standard reports, journal entries and inter-company recharges.
- Preparation of ad-hoc reports that may be requested by management and the investigation of cost variances against budgets.
- Liaising with auditors for annual financial audit.
- Assisting with compliance and statutory filings and submissions, including FSS, VAT and NSO.
- Other one-off tasks that may be assigned from time to time in relation to the finance function.
Qualifications & Competencies:
- An advanced level standard of education in Accounts or Advanced Diploma in Accounting.
- Good working knowledge of payroll principles.
- Proficiency with use of excel and use of formulae within it.
- Meticulous in analysing data and producing reports.
- Ideally having experience with inventory, payroll and time and attendance systems.
- Highly organised and able to commit to and respect deadlines.
- Team player and possess excellent communication skills.