Cost Accountant

Main Duties:

• Generate and provide insights for decision making around infrastructure projects by preparing and maintaining accurate financial records and reports on all infrastructure and donor-funded projects run by the Mater Misericordiae Hospital.
• Contribute to optimal project costing by coordinating with the accounts payables functions to plan for all payments for efficient liquidity management, financing costs management, budget adherence and to prevent unnecessary project delays that would have cost implications to the Hospital
• Directly inform the delivery of affordable care by the Hospital by actively tracking all input costs (direct and indirect) associated with inpatient and outpatient service delivery within the hospital and generate insights on potential areas of improvement in the hospital considering observed trends
• Drive affordability and market competitiveness of the care packages offered by the Hospital by periodically collecting and reviewing the feedback from patients, caregivers, payers, and relevant
• Hospital staff on the structure of existing care packages, to improve the offerings and remain competitive in the market.
• Responsible for the (re)design and costing of proposed care packages in consultation with relevant stakeholders and compliance with legal & quality standards for the hospital.
• Maintaining accurate and up to date financial records on all infrastructure projects;
• Tracking the associated cost of care and generating relevant insights
• Conducting periodic reviews of service packages offered by the Hospital, relative to the market and patient needs.
• Designing proposed packages to drive responsiveness and competitiveness of the hospital.
• Assisting in preparation of annual budgets as may be required.
• Assisting in preparation of audit schedules as may be assigned.
• Any other related duties assigned from time to time.

Required Qualifications for the Position

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.
• CPA section IV/ ACCA part II.
• 2 years of relevant working experience.

Skills and Competencies:

• High level of Integrity.
• Strong working knowledge of Accounting reconciliation Processes & cash Management function.
• Analytical thinker.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills