Century Food Tech- Group Level
JOB DESCRIPTION: GROUP ACCOUNTANT
| Position Title: Accountant | Department: Finance & Accounting |
| Reports To: Internal Auditor and Managing Director | Job Location & Type: Group HQ | Full-Time |
1. Executive Summary
The Group Accountant will oversee the financial reporting, cost accounting, tax compliance, and transactional accounting across all three operating business pillars of the group: Manufacturing, E-Mobility, and Food Industries.
This role requires a meticulous financial professional who can manage multi-entity consolidation, specialized inventory valuation for manufacturing and distribution, utility billing/subscription revenues for EV charging, and rigorous statutory compliance.
2. Core Responsibilities by Business Pillar
Pillar A: Manufacturing & Chemical Production (Cost & Manufacturing Accounting)
- Costing & Bill of Materials (BOM): Track raw material input costs, work-in-progress (WIP), overhead allocation, and finished chemical goods inventory valuation.
- Production Variance Analysis: Analyze material yield variances, direct labor utilization, and manufacturing overhead absorption against standard costs.
- Capital Expenditure & Depreciation: keep fixed asset registers for chemical processing plant machinery, storage units, and industrial facilities.
Pillar B: Century food and sister company (Manufacturing, Food Industries & E-Mobility)
- Revenue Recognition: Reconcile daily automated pay-per-charge transactions, corporate fleet subscriptions, and site-host revenue sharing arrangements.
- Utility & Energy Cost Reconciliation: track and audit bulk electricity tariffs, power usage costs across charging stations, and net margins per kWh sold.
- Asset Tracking: Track deployment costs, leasehold improvements, and depreciation for dispersed EV charging station hardware assets.
Pillar C: Food Industries & Goods Distribution (Trade & FMCG Accounting)
- Accounts Receivable & Credit Control: oversee debtor aging profiles, set credit limits for major distributors/retail chains, and enforce collections policy.
- Inventory Control & Provisions: perform periodic inventory audits, stock reconciliation across warehouses, and compute provisions for slow-moving/damaged stock.
- Trade Rebates & Discount Management: Accurately calculate wholesale discounts, volume rebates, and retail trade promotions.
Group-Wide Financial Operations & Compliance
- Financial Consolidation & Statements: produce monthly consolidated trial balances, balance sheets, and income statements across all subsidiaries in accordance with IFRS.
- Tax Planning & Statutory Filing: Oversee monthly VAT returns, corporate income tax (CIT) declarations, withholding taxes (WHT), and statutory payroll deductions.
- Cash Flow & Treasury: track daily bank balances, execute inter-company reconciliations, and perform cash flow forecasting to assist working capital needs.
3. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
| Focus Area | Core Metric / KPI | Target Horizon |
| Financial Reporting | Complete monthly management accounts & financial consolidation within deadline (e.g. 5th of each month) | Monthly |
| Tax Compliance | Zero tax penalties or late filings for VAT, CIT, WHT, and statutory declarations | Monthly / Annual |
| Inventory Accuracy | Maintain inventory balance reconciliation accuracy across production & distribution hubs | Monthly |
| Credit & Receivables | Maintain Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) within approved target limits across distribution channels | Continuous |
| Audit & Control | Unqualified internal/external audit opinion with zero material control weaknesses reported | Annual |
4.Required Qualifications & Competencies
- Education & Certification: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics. Professional accounting certification (CPA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) is an advantage.
- Experience: Minimum 3 to 5 years of accounting experience, ideally in multi-entity corporate groups, manufacturing/industrial plants, or distribution environments.
- Technical Skills: Strong knowledge of IFRS, cost accounting (BOMs), ERP systems (Quickbooks), e-tax filing platforms, and advanced Excel skills.
- Taxation & Compliance: In-depth understanding of corporate taxation, VAT returns, withholding tax rules, and local statutory audit standards.
- Personal Attributes: Exceptional attention to detail, strong analytical capabilities, ethical judgment, and ability to oversee multiple entity deadlines simultaneously.
Interested candidates are requested to submit their scanned (in one PDF document) application letter, CV , Certified Certificates and other relevant documents not later than 30th October 2026 electronically only to the following e-mail address: centuryfood.ltd@gmail.com or career@centuryfood.rw
Done at Kigali on October 23rd, 2026
MUHATSI Cossam
Managing Director