Our Client is a cleaning manufacturing firm looking for a highly skilled industrial chemist.

About the Client:

A cleaning solutions provider focusing on manufacturing high quality products and solutions. It produces a wide range of products for commercial and industrial use.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelors’ Degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Biochemistry, Applied Chemistry, or equivalent qualification from recognized institution.
• At least 3 years’ experience in the detergents industry
• Experience in research and development
• Experience working with ISO AND ISO producers
• Experience in production planning and management
• Experience in QC control in detergents
• Ability to work as part of a team under pressure.

Competencies and Skills

• High interpersonal skills
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Excellent Presentation skills
• Keen on detail with a high degree of accuracy
• High Integrity
• Team player
• Ability to work in a team
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Great Analytical Skills
• Excellent Research skills

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Review and advise the directors on the accounting and business approaches to ensure that they are in agreement with existing accounting policies and procedures and within the legal framework.
• Management of company’s financial resources, including accounting, management information systems (MIS) and procurement to ensure profitable management of the resources
• Provide leadership in the preparation of budgets from other departments and assist in the preparation of operational plans, ensuring adequate resources for implementation and adequate resources to provide support to the budgeted activities
• Preparation of Annual Reports and Management accounts e.g.  annual budgets, internal accounts reports for the Director
• Assist any audit undertaken and ensure that appropriate measures are taken to address audit findings and recommendations
• Ensure that all transactions are properly accounted for.
• Banking for the organization ; cheque and cash withdrawals and deposits
• Assist any audit undertaken and ensure that appropriate measures are taken to address audit findings and recommendations
• Continue to develop improvements in the accounting system, as necessary.
• Compliance – ensure monthly and annual statutory returns
• Supervision of credit control function ensuring timely debt collection
• Processing of supplier payments in accordance with laid down procedures or contracts signed with suppliers
• Effect work related  advances and carry out reconciliations
• Accurately allocate costing codes to the right items
• Collect and examine supporting documents; ensure that documents and signatures are valid.
• Prepare cheque, payment vouchers and receipt vouchers and ensure that they are properly delivered.
• Maintain float and advance registers.
• Be responsible for petty cash held in the office, prepare petty cash vouchers, issue petty cash for purchase requests and make payment from petty cash based on signed receipts e.g. taxi, medical reimbursements, small emergency purchases and prepare Petty Cash Replenishment Form, and request additional cash as necessary.
• Carry out cash count every two weeks.
• Ensure all accounting records are up to date, well stored and easily retrievable
• Record all accounting transactions on manual/computer systems as appropriate and ensure that supporting documents/signatures are valid.
• Maintain an up to date Fixed Asset register; document the movement of Asset (Asset Tracking ) and ensure all assets are coded
• Make payments and receive cash for the office operations
• Collect and examine supporting documents for all payments
• Maintain float register.
• Prepare cheques /payment orders and ensure that they are properly delivered.
• Forward suppliers payment documentation for approval
• Payments for utilities are done on a timely basis.
• Assist in the production of the monthly accounts (specifically, produce the cashbooks and the analyzed cashbooks for the office).
• Liaise with the service providers for fast and effective services
• Order and maintain relevant office supplies to ensure the smooth running of the office
• Undertaking any other duties that may be assigned.