Cost Accountant
2025-04-10T17:29:54+00:00
Knauf Gypsum
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FULL_TIME
Dar es salaam
Dar es Salaam
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Tanzania
Accounting
Accounting & Finance
2025-04-25T17:00:00+00:00
Tanzania
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As Cost Accountant at Knauf Gypsum Tanzania Limited will be responsible for determining the actual costs associated with manufacturing a product or providing a service. Cost Accountant oversee expense reports, analyses data on what has been purchased or the incurred costs regarding goods and services received from vendors and make recommendations about cost-efficiency.
What you’ll be doing:
- Collect cost information and maintain an expenses database.
- Plan and record variable and fixed costs.
- Analyze and review manufacturing costs and prepare regular reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs for inaccuracies.
- Make estimates of new and proposed product costs.
- To maintain customers & suppliers master data supported with duly filled forms and business certificates.
- Proper allocation of expenses among ledgers & cost centers before month end closure.
- Monthly monitoring of unit cost of production by working closely with production team.
- To facilitate and coordinate the budgeting process by working with cost center owners.
- Monthly inventory control by ensuring reconciliations is performed and variances are resolved before the following month end circle.
- Identify non-moving items in stock and compute obsolete provisions as per Knauf standards.
- Performing monthly closing in SAP in compliance to Group requirements and reporting timelines.
- Analyze and report profit margins.
- Liaising with regional and central office functional counterparts for all accounting related compliance issues.
- Support report preparation for local and regional monthly meeting.
What we’d love for you to have:
We are interested in you as a person: your attitude, behaviors and values. As long as you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don’t already have, we’d love to speak to you. If you have qualification and experience in the following areas is an added advantage:
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in Accounts/ Finance or related field of study. At least 3 years post qualification experience.
- Knowledge of IFRS.
- Knowledge of SAP.
- Knowledge of manufacturing accounting process.
- Main cost drivers in the production process.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work with cross functional teams and build relationships.
- Good analysis and interpretation of data.
- Proactive and flexible.
- Detail oriented and able to multitask, meet deadlines and adjust to changing priorities
- Ability to work in a high volume, fast paced environment.
We’ll provide:
- A competitive salary
- Health insurance cover
- A year end-performance benefit
Collect cost information and maintain an expenses database. Plan and record variable and fixed costs. Analyze and review manufacturing costs and prepare regular reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs for inaccuracies. Make estimates of new and proposed product costs. To maintain customers & suppliers master data supported with duly filled forms and business certificates. Proper allocation of expenses among ledgers & cost centers before month end closure. Monthly monitoring of unit cost of production by working closely with production team. To facilitate and coordinate the budgeting process by working with cost center owners. Monthly inventory control by ensuring reconciliations is performed and variances are resolved before the following month end circle. Identify non-moving items in stock and compute obsolete provisions as per Knauf standards. Performing monthly closing in SAP in compliance to Group requirements and reporting timelines. Analyze and report profit margins. Liaising with regional and central office functional counterparts for all accounting related compliance issues. Support report preparation for local and regional monthly meeting.
Minimum bachelor’s degree in Accounts/ Finance or related field of study. At least 3 years post qualification experience. Knowledge of IFRS. Knowledge of SAP. Knowledge of manufacturing accounting process. Main cost drivers in the production process. Good written and oral communication skills. Analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to work with cross functional teams and build relationships. Good analysis and interpretation of data. Proactive and flexible. Detail oriented and able to multitask, meet deadlines and adjust to changing priorities Ability to work in a high volume, fast paced environment.
JOB-67f8001234521
Vacancy title:
Cost Accountant
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Accounting, Category: Accounting & Finance]
Jobs at:
Knauf Gypsum
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, April 25 2025
Duty Station:
Dar es salaam | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, April 10 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
As Cost Accountant at Knauf Gypsum Tanzania Limited will be responsible for determining the actual costs associated with manufacturing a product or providing a service. Cost Accountant oversee expense reports, analyses data on what has been purchased or the incurred costs regarding goods and services received from vendors and make recommendations about cost-efficiency.
What you’ll be doing:
- Collect cost information and maintain an expenses database.
- Plan and record variable and fixed costs.
- Analyze and review manufacturing costs and prepare regular reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs for inaccuracies.
- Make estimates of new and proposed product costs.
- To maintain customers & suppliers master data supported with duly filled forms and business certificates.
- Proper allocation of expenses among ledgers & cost centers before month end closure.
- Monthly monitoring of unit cost of production by working closely with production team.
- To facilitate and coordinate the budgeting process by working with cost center owners.
- Monthly inventory control by ensuring reconciliations is performed and variances are resolved before the following month end circle.
- Identify non-moving items in stock and compute obsolete provisions as per Knauf standards.
- Performing monthly closing in SAP in compliance to Group requirements and reporting timelines.
- Analyze and report profit margins.
- Liaising with regional and central office functional counterparts for all accounting related compliance issues.
- Support report preparation for local and regional monthly meeting.
What we’d love for you to have:
We are interested in you as a person: your attitude, behaviors and values. As long as you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don’t already have, we’d love to speak to you. If you have qualification and experience in the following areas is an added advantage:
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in Accounts/ Finance or related field of study. At least 3 years post qualification experience.
- Knowledge of IFRS.
- Knowledge of SAP.
- Knowledge of manufacturing accounting process.
- Main cost drivers in the production process.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work with cross functional teams and build relationships.
- Good analysis and interpretation of data.
- Proactive and flexible.
- Detail oriented and able to multitask, meet deadlines and adjust to changing priorities
- Ability to work in a high volume, fast paced environment.
We’ll provide:
- A competitive salary
- Health insurance cover
- A year end-performance benefit
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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