Production Cost Accountant

SUMMARY:
Fully manage product costing, materials, materials cost management and variance analysis

POSITION INFO:

Bcom/CIMA. 

MUST come from Manufacturing or FMCG background. MUST understand the accounting behind the manufacturing processes.

Product Costing and Pricing updates:
Review pricing from procurement, challenge and validate by comparisons and sense checks.
Sense check and validate Boms
Update and maintain Fixed Cost rates.
Upload pricing into JDE.
Create Costing’s, execute, manage errors and validate.
Produce final Product cost estimates.
Manage daily costing requests.
Produce PCE’s for new and innovation packs.
Update Sales pricing in JDE, work closely with the Sales team on the updating of Sales pricing.
Materials Management :
Fully manage and lead the cost and control environment with regard to materials management.
Fully management declarations of Resin usage to 3rd party customers.
Provide weekly recons of receipts, consumption and wastage of Resin (Mass Balance / MUC reporting)
Be the control lead and manage all stock counts ensuring all locations are fully counted each month.
Work closely with the Logistics and Materials management teams on variance analysis.
Management of returnable packaging, cages, pallets and scrap.
Work closely with the QC, Sales and Logistics teams on returns and credits.
Ensure all variances are signed of per Schedule of authority.
Ensure all negative stocks are cleared prior to month end close.
Ensure all processing is fully completed prior to month end including grns, manuals and all other document processing relating to materials management.

Reporting and Analysis:
Prepare reporting packs giving site management visibility of: material usages, consumption and scrap usage.
Prepare reporting packs giving site management visibility of Stock Count and Price Variances.
Prepare analysis of Production activities in line with Standard and Activity based Costing methodology.
Support the team in the preparation of annual budgets, monthly forecasting and Management packs.
Prepare monthly schedules required for reporting to Head Office.
Control & Governance :
Ensure control environment is maintained and correct processes are followed as detailed per SOPs.
Ensure schedule of authority is maintain and signed of at correct authority levels.
Review SOPs and ensure process flow is in line with actual processes.
Be the first point of contact with regard to all material management processing queries.
Perform audits and maintain control of all Books used on site, including manuals and gate passes.
Lead the materials management and costing environment ensuring the highest standards are maintained at all times.

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