Chief Accountant​/Assistant Finance Manager

Job Title:

Chief Accountant / Assistant Finance Manager

Industry: Construction Materials / Ready-Mix & Precast Concrete

Reports To:

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Location:

On-site / Corporate Office

The Chief Accountant / Assistant Finance Manager oversees daily accounting operations, financial reporting, cost control, and financial compliance for the concrete business. This role serves as the bridge between day-to-day accounting operations and executive strategic planning, ensuring tight control over raw material procurement, fleet and equipment depreciation, project job costing, and cash flow optimization.

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with IFRS / local GAAP.
• Lead month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring accurate accruals, provisions, and revenue recognition.
• Analyze financial variance against budgets and operational forecasts, delivering actionable insights to senior management.
• Oversee the management of fixed assets, maintaining fixed asset registers for batching plants, transit mixers, concrete pumps, and heavy equipment.
• Monitor and analyze unit costs for concrete mix designs, cement, aggregates, chemical admixtures, and fuel.
• Track batching plant operational costs, delivery logistics, equipment downtime, and maintenance expenses.
• Implement inventory valuation and reconciliation controls for raw material stockpiles (silos, aggregate yards).
• Perform continuous batch-to-dispatch reconciliation to identify raw material variance and yield loss.
• Manage accounts receivable (AR) and credit control, working closely with sales and project managers to enforce credit terms with contractors and developers.
• Manage accounts payable (AP), negotiating payment terms with suppliers and sub-contractors to optimize cash outflow.
• Monitor daily cash position, project short-term cash flow needs, and manage bank reconciliations and credit facilities (LCs, LGs, overdrafts).
• Oversee tax compliance, including VAT/GST filings, corporate tax calculations, and withholding tax obligations.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external and internal auditors during annual audits.
• Ensure strict internal controls across procurement, sales invoicing, weighbridge logging, and payroll.
• Supervise and mentor the accounting team (accounts clerks, AP/AR specialists, cashier, plant accountants).
• Optimize ERP utilization (e.g., SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics, or industry-specific dispatching/batching ERPs like Command Alkon).

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Professional Certification: CPA, ACCA, CMA, or CA qualified preferred.
• Experience:
  
  10–15 years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 8–10 years in a senior accounting role.
• Proven track record within the concrete, ready-mix, precast, building materials, or construction manufacturing industry.
• Technical Expertise:
  In-depth knowledge of cost accounting, job costing, and inventory control systems in manufacturing/processing environments. Advanced proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics) and Microsoft Excel.