Job title : Cost and Management Accountant
Job Location : Western Cape,
Deadline : October 11, 2024
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Requirements:
- Minimum requirement of Bachelors Degree: Cost and Management Accounting
- 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
Duties will include but not limited to:
Product Costing and Standard Setting
- Existing/new products
Cost Accounts, Performance Measurement and Reporting
- Compile monthly cost accounts
- 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
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