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Cost / Management Accountant

Cost / Management Accountant

Rite RecruitmentJohannesburg, South Africa
1 day ago
Job description

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain and manage costing files to support customer pricing decisions.
  • Liaise with procurement to track and incorporate cost updates for timely pricing adjustments.
  • Lead the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) meetings with procurement and other cross-functional teams.
  • Work closely with production to understand material usage and ensure accurate costing.
  • Develop a working knowledge of all production processes to improve costing accuracy.
  • Assist in the preparation of annual and rolling budgets.
  • Support financial managers by checking supplier and service provider payment documentation.
  • Asset control and verification
  • Capex control process administration
  • Develop and maintain relevant reports to support sales and margin management.
  • Coordinate and administer stock takes when required.
  • Assist with ad-hoc finance tasks as requested by financial managers.
  • Prepare procurement cost information to support price negotiations during pricing review windows.
  • Maintain accurate records of all client pricing history and changes.
  • Perform ad-hoc variance analysis across cost, margin, and operational performance.
  • Review, understand, and verify standard cost information in the ERP system (Syspro preferred).

Key Skills and Competencies

  • Strong understanding of product costing and margin management.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including procurement and production.
  • Effective communicator and team leader, especially in cross-functional meetings.
  • Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and analytical capability.
  • Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
  • Experience with ERP systems (Syspro preferred).
  • Strong organisational and reporting skills.
  • Commercially minded with good business acumen.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.
  • Qualifications and Experience

  • BCom in Accounting / Finance or equivalent (required).
  • CIMA qualified or actively working toward CIMA qualification (preferred and strongly advantageous).
  • 35 years of relevant experience in management accounting, ideally in a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
  • Application Process :

    Interested candidates should submit the following documentation :

  • CV
  • Qualifications
  • 2 x most recent payslips
  • Only candidates meeting the specified criteria will be considered

    If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of submitting your application, please consider your application unsuccessful . We thank all applicants for their interest.

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