Background

Kamimbi Aqua Feed is seeking a meticulous and experienced Inventory and General Ledger Accountant to join our team in Siavonga, Southern Zambia. This full-time position plays a critical role in ensuring accurate financial reporting and effective inventory management within our dynamic manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will maintain the integrity of general ledger accounts, oversee inventory records, and support production costing and financial controls.

Key Responsibilities

General Ledger Management: Maintain and reconcile the general ledger, prepare and post journal entries, and ensure timely month-end and year-end closings. Investigate and resolve any discrepancies promptly.

Inventory Accounting: Manage inventory records for raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods. Reconcile inventory movements, calculate valuations, and prepare monthly inventory valuation reports including write-offs and obsolete stock.

Inventory Controls: Participate in stock and cycle counts, investigate variances, recommend corrective actions, and ensure compliance with inventory policies before posting adjustments.

Production Accounting: Capture production reports, account for material consumption, reconcile production outputs against material usage, and monitor losses and wastage with variance reporting.

Cost Accounting: Calculate manufacturing costs, analyze variances, and support pricing decisions and cost reviews.

Financial Reporting: Prepare inventory reports, reconciliation schedules, management accounts, inventory turnover, and cost of goods sold analysis. Assist with annual financial statement preparation.

Internal Controls: Ensure compliance with company policies, maintain segregation of duties, authorize inventory movements, and support audits by implementing recommendations.

Budgeting: Assist in preparing annual production budgets and inventory forecasts, monitor inventory levels against budgets, analyze variances, and recommend cost-saving initiatives.

Compliance: Ensure adherence to IFRS and applicable accounting standards, support statutory audits, comply with MRA requirements, and maintain proper record retention.

Qualifications and Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

Professional qualifications such as ACCA, CIMA, or CA, or active progress towards these certifications, are advantageous.

At least three years of experience in manufacturing, inventory, or cost accounting.

Proficiency with accounting or ERP software and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving abilities with high attention to detail and integrity.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Demonstrated expertise in inventory and cost accounting within a manufacturing setting.

Excellent organizational and planning skills with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Effective team player with strong communication skills.

Proactive, reliable, and solution-oriented mindset.

• Maintain and reconcile the general ledger, prepare and post journal entries, and ensure timely month-end and year-end closings.
• Investigate and resolve any discrepancies promptly.
• Manage inventory records for raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods.
• Reconcile inventory movements, calculate valuations, and prepare monthly inventory valuation reports including write-offs and obsolete stock.
• Participate in stock and cycle counts, investigate variances, recommend corrective actions, and ensure compliance with inventory policies before posting adjustments.
• Capture production reports, account for material consumption, reconcile production outputs against material usage, and monitor losses and wastage with variance reporting.
• Calculate manufacturing costs, analyze variances, and support pricing decisions and cost reviews.
• Prepare inventory reports, reconciliation schedules, management accounts, inventory turnover, and cost of goods sold analysis.
• Assist with annual financial statement preparation.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, maintain segregation of duties, authorize inventory movements, and support audits by implementing recommendations.
• Assist in preparing annual production budgets and inventory forecasts, monitor inventory levels against budgets, analyze variances, and recommend cost-saving initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to IFRS and applicable accounting standards, support statutory audits, comply with MRA requirements, and maintain proper record retention.

• Proficiency with accounting or ERP software
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving abilities
• High attention to detail and integrity
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Effective team player
• Strong communication skills
• Proactive, reliable, and solution-oriented mindset

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Professional qualifications such as ACCA, CIMA, or CA, or active progress towards these certifications, are advantageous.
• At least three years of experience in manufacturing, inventory, or cost accounting.
• Demonstrated expertise in inventory and cost accounting within a manufacturing setting.