Watershed Consulting Cost Accountant Germiston Jobs in South Africa

Watershed Consulting Cost Accountant Germiston Jobs in South Africa

Purpose of the Position:

The cost accountant position is accountable for the ongoing analysis of process constraints, costing projects, margin analysis, and tracing costs back to underlying activities.

The person is responsible for constructing and monitoring those cost-effective data accumulation systems needed to provide an appropriate level of costing information to management.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills:

National Diploma / CIMA qualification or Hons degree

4+ years of Cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.

Experience of Syspro

Affinity for figures

Excellent problem-solving skills

Strong administrative skills

Organised, neat and pays attention to detail.

Able to cope under pressure & work as part of a team.

Stock knowledge

Fluent in English and Afrikaans

Duties:

Labour and Overhead costing

Maintain the line items for direct materials, labour and overhead on the bill of material or recipe for each product.

Preparing standard cost budgets for manufacturing.

Calculate, analyse, account for, and report monthly cost variances for direct materials, direct labour, indirect labour and manufacturing overhead.

Assist sales with product pricing using an already defined methodology.

Inventory Transaction

Load new Raw Material and Spares stock codes.

Process scrap notes, concessions and adjustment.

Resolve stock related queries.

Maintain an accurate perpetual inventory.

Work with

other departments to conduct and reconcile physical inventory cycle counts and analyse and report variances.

Compliance/Policies and Procedures

Execute and maintain procedures accurately and consistently calculating production rates, downtime, and change-over times for department performance measures.

Developing a standardised policy and procedure of the standard costing system, such as inventory management, cost allocation and new product development (NPD) calculation.

Ensuring that cost accounting transactions align with GAAP, company policy and IFRS.

Reporting / Analysis

Variance analysis, sales reporting, balance sheet reconciliations and profit and loss.

Prepare monthly reporting and analysing actual versus budget/forecasts.

Proactively analysing costs and supporting relevant departmental managers.

Interpreting Cost of Sales

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Watershed Consulting Cost Accountant Germiston Jobs in South Africa

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