Job Description    

• At RCL FOODS, we are driven by a purpose that goes beyond business. Our commitment to “We grow what matters” reflects our dedication to nourishing lives, communities, and the future.
• As a leading player in the Food Manufacturing industry, we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality products and making a positive impact.As we continue to grow, we are seeking a talented and motivated individual to join our team as a Management Accountant with our Beverages operating unit.

The purpose of the Role is to: 

• Compile and send out daily/weekly/monthly sales reports
• Yield variance reporting
• Stock take (analyze variance, monthly stock take meetings, implement controls if necessary)
• Product costings
• Material price variance analysis
• Stock re-valuation analysis
• Management account reporting
• Assist with the preparation of the Business Unit Deck slides
• Adhoc assistance to the plant 
• To maintain the MACS Product Costing, Cost Centre Accounting and Sales and Profit modules
• To provide commercial decision-making and MACS system maintenance support focused on product costing and cost center accounting 

Minimum Requirements    

• Preferably a CA(SA)
• Preferably 3 to 5 years management accounting experience, incorporating commercial costing and some exposure to processing or manufacturing environments 

Duties & Responsibilities    

Reporting

• Upload, correct, reconcile and balance weekly/monthly reports.
• Review daily and weekly product costing reports.
• Compile a weekly and monthly report of MACS actual raw material usage against standard and:
• Validate the logic of the MACS standard usage calculation against the actual usage.
• Engage QA and Processing in order to investigate variances between standard and actual consumption levels.
• Prepare a monthly product costing report together with appropriate explanations for the monthly management accounting pack.
• Review the monthly reconciliations in product costing and cost centre accounting to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Upload and reconcile the monthly general ledger.
• Generate the flexed budget report and conduct investigations to identify and address variances.

Product Costing 
Budgeting and Forecasting

• Calculate regional quarterly/budget standard and actual product costs in MACS.

Assist with to coordinate the budget and quarterly forecast costing process including:

• Uploading the general ledger
• Uploading production
• Uploading pricing
• Testing throughput
• Testing man loads
• Testing consumption rates
• Testing activity quantities

Product Cost Integrity

• Maintain Routings and the MACS product costing system.
• Develop, oversee and drive momentum of continuous BOM and routing audit processes to be conducted by Processing and QA resources.
• Coordinate investigations and audits with the MACS Management Accountant and Plant Managers to support initiatives designed to control costs and maximise profitability.
• Review and provide insight into proposed changes to product costs (as a result of trials or change in specifications) and new product proposals.
• Maintain the integrity and support proper execution of the NPD approval process.
• Load new BOM’s for trial codes requested from Master Data
• Calculate and implement any approved changes to product costing, clearly outlining the impact of such changes on the cost base and ultimately, profitability.
• Monitor, review and provide feedback on the actual impact of changes that have been made and new product costing as part of the “post launch” process. 

Project Coordination

• Assist in the compilation of Capex motivations and other irregular requirements.
• Conduct ad hoc projects and feasibility studies in respect of product profitability.

Information and Data Management

• Accurately and regularly capture data into the information system to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making.