Management Accountant & Commercial Manager

SUMMARY:
Are you a Management Accountant with experience in manufacturing and production with experience performing a commercial function integrating pricing, costs, efficiencies and profitability internationally with factories worldwide.

Our International Client requires a new member to join their team who will be at group level leveraging costing, accounting, and commercial functions to evaluate group performance and identify opportunities for business improvement.

POSITION INFO:
REQUIREMENTS

• Matric, Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
• Strong management accountant skills, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a senior accounting role for a manufacturing business, including prior experience in activity-based costing
• Excellent project management skills & experience managing complex projects
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modelling
• Proven experience in tender management and preparation, demonstrating great attention to detail and accuracy in all tasks and deliverables
• Good practical business and financial decision-making skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritise tasks effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• IT proficiency in Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Willingness to develop a deep understanding of our product offering
• Excellent organisational skills to meet goals and set priorities, including the ability to work under pressure and in new environments
• Ability to deal with operations across the globe in different languages with different cultures and time zones
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and lead a small team

• Team Management: Lead and manage and provide guidance for a team of two to ensure objectives are met effectively.
• Tender Management: Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail in coordinating and completing global tenders for apparel retailers.

• Ensure the upkeep of essential input cost metrics across all production facilities.
• Validate adherence to Group frameworks for overhead cost allocation across all global operations.
• Update raw material costs, labour, and overhead recovery rates annually based on approved expense budgets and capacity plans for all production facilities.
• Quarterly review of performance against the recovery rates, based on actual quarter-end results, to evaluate the necessity for recovery rate adjustments.
• Oversee the preparation of quarterly cost driver schedules, encompassing both macro and local economic impacts, to be presented for:
• Incorporation into all bi-annual and annual contract price adjustments.
• Consideration by senior management in Group forecasting.

• Manage RFID and Variable Data programme roll-outs, ensuring successful implementation and timely delivery.
• Manage the development and deployment of new costing modules across the group.

• Ensure tender award pricing is adhered to in respective supply regions, with any deviations falling within specified mandates.
• Estimate Forward Exchange Contract requirements for RFID inlay purchases on a quarterly basis.