Cost Accountant

Recruiter:

Pollock & Associates

Job Ref:

P24211T

Date posted:

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Location:

West Rand, South Africa

Salary:

CTC package offered based on level of skill and experience

JOB SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Head of Finance our client is seeking a CIMA qualified Cost Accountant.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

You will have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a Supply Chain environment with Cost Accounting as a core focus. Strong Supply Chain finance management experience (Inventory management, Standard costing experience is essential.

Minimum Requirements

BCom Accounting/Finance degree (Advantageous)
CIMA qualification is mandatory
Min 3 years’ in a senior financial role
Min 3 years’ experience in a Supply Chain environment with Cost Accounting as a core focus
Strong Supply Chain finance management experience (Inventory management, Standard costing)
Strong Computer Literacy, Full MS Office package – Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
Thorough grounding of accounting principles and procedures
Attention to detail
Good communication (both written and verbal)
Project Management skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders
Problem Solving Skills in a difficult operating environment (Resilience)
Deadline driven

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Assist with budgets/ quarterly and rolling forecasts from a Cost of Goods Sold point of view
Prepare product and preliminary costings, specific cost impacts and conduct associated procedures.
Maintain costing database.
Applied marginal costing where applicable for transfer pricing.
Responsible for the annual Standard Cost roll-up process in SAP and Roll-up of new products.
Manage month-end closure of the financial system (SAP) and perform all Inventory related balance sheet reconciliations
Monthly management of company COGS including Purchase price variance including Fx impact), Freight variances, and Inventory adjustments.
All aspects of inventory management including the annual stock counts and recons of variances.
Monthly monitoring of obsolescent and slow-moving stock provision in line with the Company.
Monthly tracking of all supply chain-related costs
Play an active role in improving internal control processes within the Supply Chain environment.
Monthly balance sheet responsibility of all Inventory accounts including sub-ledger and recons.
Monthly reporting for Supply Chain related reporting (Inventory/ Freight/ Warehousing).

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