Project Accountant

Recruiter:

Tower Group

Job Ref:

1193182635

Date posted:

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Location:

Durban, South Africa

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Our client, a leader in the automotive industry is seeking a Project Accountant to join their team based in Durban.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

B Com degree or equivalent diploma; and/or
3-5 years’ experience in a production accounting environment, specifically with the below-mentioned responsibilities.
Thorough understanding of profitability, costing and budgeting.
Good Computer skills, especially with MS Office (Excel) and D365
Good inter-personal skills and experience in dealing with people
Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines

MAIN JOB FUNCTIONS

Sales price maintenance – Ensure pricing is always at the correct levels and adhere to increase/decrease submissions based on Forex, raw materials and economic adjustments.
Standard cost maintenance – Ensure BOM’s are accurate for newly launched products. Review costing and judgement of price levels for the various input costs.
Compile project budgets – Understand profit and loss statements, cashflows and budgeting to ensure projects are profitable and financed correctly.
Customer RFQ submissions – Complete internal costing for RFQ’s received from customers, translate into customer formats.
Profitability studies – Ongoing studies on products to determine costing related problems and actions to rectify.
Project accounting – Ensure the project account (Ledger) is up to date and reconciled monthly with amortization tables.
Ensuring compliance with companies' internal controls
Interaction with plants to resolve queries

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