Reports to: Head of Finance/ County Finance Manager

Industry: Power Generation

Job Nature: Contractual (On site)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Accounting & General Ledger Management

• Manage day-to-day accounting functions, including cash and bank book maintenance, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger operations.
• Review monthly reconciliation statements (bank reconciliation, receivable reconciliation, payable reconciliation, etc.) to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare balance sheets, income statements, and other financial statements to accurately reflect the company's financial position.
• Prepare accurate monthly and annual financial statements in compliance with accounting policies and group reporting requirements for both local management and head office.
• Oversee full-cycle fixed asset management, including asset acquisition, disposal, transfer, depreciation, physical count, and process optimization.
• Participate in monthly/annual asset counts to ensure book-physical consistency and complete month-end closing.

Cost Management & Control

• Lead cost accounting and management activities and perform month-end cost closing.
• Conduct monthly cost and gross margin variance analysis, prepare detailed cost reports, track project profitability, and identify opportunities for cost optimization and waste reduction.
• Oversee full-cycle fixed asset and inventory management, including asset additions, disposals, transfers, depreciation, physical counts, and process improvements.
• Review monthly reconciliation statements (bank reconciliation, receivable reconciliation, payable reconciliation, etc.) to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Monitor inventory levels and organize regular counts to maintain inventory accuracy.
• Provide actionable cost control recommendations to operations teams to drive cost savings and gross margin improvement.

Financial Analysis & Decision Support

• Lead the annual budgeting process, including preparation, consolidation, and variance analysis; review departmental budget proposals for reasonableness and provide optimization recommendations to ensure budget execution.
• Regularly produce comprehensive business analysis reports covering revenue, costs, profits, collections, and project performance to support management decision-making.
• Perform project-level financial analysis, including profitability tracking, cost-benefit evaluations, and variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
• Conduct profitability analysis by project or business segment, analyzing revenue streams, direct and indirect costs.