COST ACCOUNTANT (BANKING)

Recruiter:

Stratlab Consulting (Pty) Ltd

Job Ref:

PTA000010/Strat

Date posted:

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

R750 000 Annually

SUMMARY:
Stratlab – Where Talent Meets Its People.
We connect brilliant minds with companies that actually get them. Serious about growth, light on the drama.

We’re currently looking for a Cost Accountant (Banking) – a role for someone who thrives in Banking, Costing, Financial Analysis, and strategic thinking, and wants to make a real difference. At Stratlab, we focus on culture fit, long-term impact, and building relationships that last – because great work happens when people belong.
Think this is you? Let’s make it happen.

POSITION INFO:

COST ACCOUNTANT (BANKING)

This isn’t manufacturing costing. This isn’t standard “count-the-nuts-and-bolts” costing.
This is banking costing — where the products are invisible, the stakeholders are many, and the numbers move faster than a debit order you forgot about.

You’ll be the financial detective who:
- Hunts down cost drivers with scientific precision
- Breaks down allocations like a DJ dropping beats at Konka
- Runs budgeting, modelling, and forecasting that makes execs say “wow, finally someone gets it”
- Investigates variances like they personally offended you
- Turns insights into decisions that actually shift the bottom line

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

CIMA qualified or studying towards

- Real, lived, earned costing experience in a banking environment
- Excel skills strong enough to make pivot tables fear you
- A brain that enjoys patterns and a personality that enjoys people
- The ability to simplify complexity without creating a 42-slide PowerPoint

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE

- Experience with BI tools
- Exposure to digital banking or fintech
- A healthy relationship with spreadsheets

WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS

Because it’s real influence. Real visibility. Real banking.
You’re not just filling in templates — you’re shaping decisions in one of Joburg’s biggest institutions (and yes, they actually listen).

READY TO LEVEL UP?

If you’ve got the costing chops, banking battle scars, and CIMA badge of honour, send your CV to Stratlab.
Let’s get you in the room where the numbers happen.

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