MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT AT DANGOTE GROUP | ACCOUNTING JOBS IN LAGOS

About Company:

Dangote Group is one of Nigeria’s most diversified business conglomerates with a hard – earned reputation for excellent business practices and products’ quality with its operational headquarters in the bustling metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria in West Africa.

Job Description:

We are seeking an exceptionally sharp, system-literate, and commercially astute Plant Management Accountant to lead the fiscal planning, budgeting, and performance reporting framework at our manufacturing plant in Lagos. Operating as a critical financial co-pilot to plant operations, you will hold absolute operational accountability for providing up-to-date, valid, and accurate financial intelligence to de-risk localized business choices and maximize production margins.

Requirements:

1. Plant Budgeting Architecture & Dynamic Forecasting

• Business Planning Governance: Orchestrate and circulate annual business planning guidelines, macroeconomic assumptions, and localized fiscal parameters to all plant department heads and budget holders.

• Budget Consolidation: Lead the technical collection, cross-examination, and structural integration of multi-departmental inputs to construct the plant’s consolidated annual operational and capital budget.

• Predictive Forecasting: Drive periodic rolling forecasts and sensitivity updates—monitoring shifting micro and macroeconomic indices (such as energy costs, currency movements, and raw material access) to recommend strategic budget re-alignments.

2. Monthly Variance Diagnostics & Performance Reporting

• Financial Deviations Auditing: Monitor approved budget allocations against actual revenue ingestion and production expenditures, generating definitive monthly variance analysis frameworks.

• Performance Statement Creation: Compile and present comprehensive monthly business performance statements, flagging critical cost overruns, margin erosion vectors, and high-risk financial areas directly to the Head, Plant Finance.

• Ad-Hoc Business Intelligence: Develop specialized, ad-hoc financial models, cost-benefit analyses, and scenario evaluation maps to project the long-term cash implications of major plant operational changes.

3. SAP Ledger Integrity & Month-End Controls

• Journal Governance & Approval: Audit and approve complex accounting vouchers and journal entries prior to ledger posting, ensuring complete compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

• Source Document Verification: Conduct rigorous data validation loops, cross-checking journal updates against primary factory manufacturing documents—including Goods Received Notes (GRN), Service Received Notes (SRN), and vendor invoices—to enforce absolute data uniformity.

• Ledger Reconciliation: Manage comprehensive balance-sheet and sub-ledger reconciliations to ensure error-free, rapid closings during month-end and periodic management reporting cycles.

4. Cost Accounting & Strategic Allocation

• Cost Center Optimization: Allocate central, joint, and shared operational expenditures accurately across distinct plant cost centers in strict alignment with corporate cost-allocation policies.

• Operational Profitability Advisory: Proffer strategic, data-driven recommendations to the Head, Plant Finance and Plant Executive Committee regarding the financial consequences of supply chain paths, inventory valuations, and machinery investments

Qualifications and Skills:

Education & Academic Anchors

• Degree Baseline: Bachelor’s Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a strictly related quantitative/commercial discipline from an accredited institution.

• Professional Charter (Mandatory): Active validation or fellow status with a recognized professional accounting institute is required—such as ACA (ICAN), ACCA, CIMA, or CFA.

Experience Parameters & Industry Footprint

• Domain Longevity: Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive, verifiable experience operating within a core Management Accounting, Factory Finance, or Plant Controlling capacity. (Note: Swapped from the original text's typo of HR work experience to align with role parameters).

• Sector Footprint: Direct experience operating within the cement manufacturing industry, heavy industrial manufacturing, or high-volume process plants is highly preferred. Candidates must demonstrate deep familiarity with manufacturing cost structures, plant overhead dynamics, and supply chain logistics.

Salary

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