Cost & Management Accountant

1 month ago


Durban, South Africa SHARON NUROCK RECRUITMENT CC Full time
Minimum Job Requirements:
  • Matric essential.
  • B.Com or Diploma in Financial Accounting, a must.
  • Minimum 2 to 3 years experience in management accounting role within the Automotive Industry or Manufacturing environment
Key Performance Areas:
Report to the Finance & Commercial Manager:
  • Cost Accounting:
    • Prepare and review details product costing analysis.
    • Analysis all current products and make recommendations for financial recovery.
    • Calculate and propose potential price increases
    • Review GP percentage of individual BOMs and identify distress products.
    • Participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Costing:
    • Provide indicative "what-if" costings and impact on profitability.
    • Worked closely with:
      • Technical team to ensure integrity of the control sheet;
      • Factory Accountants to facilitate an understanding of and ensure that most current costs (both production and distribution) are used when calculating the profitability.
    • Effectively communicate and present findings as well as recommendations to Management.
  • Costing Analysis:
    • Provide meaningful profitability information and recommend ways to optimise profitability and project profitability for new business.
    • Recover margin in underperforming categories by highlighting commercial impact (margin enhancement vs volume opportunity) and assist in strategic decision-making.
    • Support the Business Development Managers in the use of system tools regarding costing and profitability.
    • Support Commercial Manager in considering product rationalisation, mix comparisons and other business improvement opportunities.
    • Attend customer and commercial meetings to provide insight to ongoing projects and commercial items.
  • Financial Strategy:
    • Participate in organisational strategy management from a financial management perspective.
  • General Financial:
    • Provide financial analysis and support to Management and all operational areas.
    • Maintain and update accounting system.
    • Ensure compliance with internal control.
  • Reporting:
    • Create a platform within quarterly profitability review to evaluate the success of project post launch review, providing insight and learnings.
    • Develop suitable standard of commercial reports that will provide insight, stimulate further discussion, and assist in decision-making.
    • Work closely with IT to automate reporting where possible.
    • Weekly tracking of costings done to create visibility of projects, manage workload with project and customer team.
Competencies:
  • Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities.
  • Demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritising, and self-development.
  • Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
  • Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met, the potential risks thereof and provided appropriate resolution.
  • Demonstrate willingness to help others and "go the extra mile" to meet team targets and objectives.
  • Participate and drive regular performance appraisals and ensure that own targets and goals are clear and achievable.
  • Maintain a basic appreciation and awareness of employee relations climate and ensure corrective action is taken where required in line with relevant legislation and company policy.

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