KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
PRODUCT COSTING AND STANDARD SETTING
COST ACCOUNTS, PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING
- Compile monthly costaccounts
- Analyse, investigate and report on variances against standard
- Generate recommendations to line management on suggested measures to improve operational performance.
STOCK CONTROL
- Reconcile and review all stock movement on a monthly basis.
- Monitor slow moving stock
- Plan, schedule and control physical stock taking activities.
- Investigate stock variances
ASSET MANAGEMENT
- Maintain Fixed Assets Register
- Check accuracy of depreciation, wear and tear allowance calculations.
- Oversee that assets are periodically verified to register.
BUDGETING
- Prepare Forecast for current year, i.e. taking Actual Year to Date results and forecasting the rest of the year
- Analyse Variances between Forecast and Budget per line item
- Final Budget to be presented
- Schedule budget and forecast tasks/activities within the broad plan as determined by the Financial Manager.
- Co-ordinates and controls budget and forecast tasks to ensure that the pre-determined deadlines are met.
- Advise and assist Line and Departmental Management in adhering to their budget/forecast responsibilities.
- Check to ensure that operational and departmental budget/forecasts adhere to the prescribed targets.
- Investigating and obtaining reasons for any major variances.
- On a monthly basis report to management on such variances.
- Distributing budget variance reports to the applicable line/staff managers.
AD HOC PROJECTS
- Continuously review, re-design and improve management information and performance measurements systems.
- Conduct any projects as may be required by Management
REQUIREMENT AND SKILLS
- 3 – 5 years work experience as a Cost and Management Accountant in manufacturing
- Thorough knowledge of accounting procedures
- Excellent Excel skills (familiarity with VLOOKUPs and pivot tables)
- Excellent analytical skills with an attention to detail
- Strong time management skills
- Integrity, with an ability to handle confidential information
- Ability to work under pressure
- Experience in Stock system implementation beneficial
- Minimum requirement of Bachelors Degree: Cost and Management Accounting
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: R35 000,00 - R45 000,00 per month
Application Deadline: 2024/07/30
