Assistant Manager - Costing

Hartalega; Sepang; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Sepang, Selangor, is seeking a Cost Accountant to manage inventory and reconcile variances. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor Degree in Accounting or a professional qualification along with at least 5 years of experience in cost accounting, especially in a production environment. Responsibilities include mentoring junior staff, coordinating physical inventory counts, and ensuring data consistency across reports. This is a great opportunity to work in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• Must have a minimum of 5 years of cost accounting experience.
• Proficiency in FRS and costing methods is essential.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide mentoring and guidance to junior staff.
• Coordinate inventory counts and cycle counts.
• Investigate and resolve variances in inventory counts.

Skills

Cost accounting

Inventory management

ERP systems proficiency

Education

Bachelor Degree in Accounting or equivalent

Job description

Provide mentoring and guidance to manager and below in order for them to discharge their roles and responsibilities fully, timely and effectively.

Coordinate physical inventory counts and cycle counts.

Investigate & coordinate reconciliation of cycle counting variances and resolve issues with process owners.

Verification of Production batch order, staging table errors, cost roll up & etc.

Verifying the bill of material (BOM) performing validation and cost roll up where required.

Report and investigate on variances encountered on monthly basis for management action.

Inventory report validation to Manufacturing Account & Balance Sheet to ensure data consistency.

Simulate customer/product profitability with new product cost or changes to product cost or customer price.

Report on Inventory ageing, Inventory taking variances and etc. for management action.

Requirements

Bachelor Degree in Accounting or Professional qualification in accounting i.e. CPA, ACCA or CIMA or its equivalent.

Minimum 5 years cost accounting working experiences.

Working experiences in manufacturing outfit preferably fast moving products.

Proficient in the requirement of FRS and costing methods.

Working experiences in integrated real time ERP systems a must.

This role will be based at Sepang, Selangor.