Cost Controller

Job Description

Job Function

Control costs via preferential contracts with suppliers, monitoring contract rates vs actual costs, evaluating suppliers, preparing RFQs, assist in designing process flows and workflow requests on Prisma.

Key performance areas

Set budgets for assigned sites / operations based on current RFQs.

Review operational performance, and adherence to budgets of assigned sites / operations.

Analyse operational costs and variances to budgets, and report on that monthly in a meeting with the assigned site / operation management and finance clerks

Build and maintain cost trackers for specific costs, to be used by the company for future RFQs.

Liase with the finance clerks of the assigned sites to ensure that purchases are approved and within set budgetary costs.

Prepare the billing to assigned customers and send to Customers on time.

Maintain the payment schedule of assigned customers and ensure that payment is made on time by the customers.

Review creditors reconciliations & creditors queries & preparing lists for the operations (Monthly)

Assist with monthly accruals.

Follow up with finance clerks to ensure that accrued cost is processed timeously.

Source suppliers and evaluate against actual performance.

Maintain preferred supplier list.

Create a standard cost list for RFQs to be updated every 6 months.

Prepare and present any requested changes to RFQs.

Asset register administration (Monthly)

Develop workflow processes and requests on Prisma.

Requirements

Qualifications required

Bachelor’s degree (3 years) / NQF level 7

Minimum of 2 years’ Experience

Requirements

Qualification required, Bachelor’s degree , Minimum of 2 years’ Experience