Job Description

HST Consulting is looking for experienced, energetic and committed Professionals for Managerial and Cost Accountant Position for one of its esteemed clients engaged in a diversified business.

HST is a knowledge company that provides services to clients across various industries.

HST endeavors to support its clients in solving business growth, operational, people, financial, tax, governance, risk, learning and compliance challenges with locally relevant solutions. As local professional service firm, HST offers best practices that fully considers its clients’ unique firm level circumstances and the macro environment they are operating in.

HST is powered by highly qualified and best in class multi-disciplinary professionals in strategy; human capital, audit, corporate finance, enterprise risk, technology, education, tax and outsourcing services. The firm professionals are supported by up-to-date knowledge and modern technology specifically tailored to the Ethiopian business environment to provide solutions to client’s issues that matters most.

The Managerial and Cost Accountant is expected to prepare decision support information as per the guidance of the Senior Managerial and Cost Accountant for senior management by developing financial modelling, business case analysis and financial reporting.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes in collaboration with Horra’s functions.
• Develop draft financial reports for senior leadership and management to enable them to make sound decisions.
• Gather, compile and analyze financial data to define performance plans for short and long-range Horra’s goals.
• Perform financial analysis to make business recommendations and drive the financial performance of the business.
• Plan and develop decision support systems that help managers in making business analysis and decisions.
• Prepare and analyse monthly cost of goods sold, purchase price variance and manufacturing variance journal entries.  
• Calculate and analyse the excess and obsolete inventory reserve and report to the management. 
• Collect and analyse data on material and labor costs to evaluate efficiency and effectiveness.
• Conduct analysis by tracing costs of all the business and prepare a report for the management.

Head Count: 5 

Job Requirements

Qualification and Experience:

• BA degree in Accounting & Finance or Accounting and IFRS training certificate with at least 4 years of demonstrated experience in manufacturing, real estate, or construction sector.
• Analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skill, and proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and in Peachtree Accounting and/or ERP system are required.            

How to Apply

We only encourage applicants who fulfill the above qualification to send their application and relevant documents by e-mail directly to HST Executive and Professional Recruitment Specialist: recruitment@hst-et.com or submit their application in person to the Human Resources Office at Wollo Sefer, Mina Building, 5th Floor until 30th of November 2020.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for next stage of evaluation.