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 controlsInteraction with plants to resolve queries