Commercial Accountant - Plastics Industry - R650K - R500K

RPO Recruitment; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 650 000; Full time

Job summary

A Manufacturing Company in Pinetown, KZN, is seeking a skilled Commercial Accountant. Responsibilities include managing financial processes, analyzing financial data, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and over 5 years' experience in a manufacturing environment. This role offers a salary range of R500K to R650K per year and opportunities for training and development.

Benefits

Salary negotiable

Training & Development

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in a Manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in an accounting or production environment.
• Manufacturing cost accounting will be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assist with cost and sales analysis and reports.
• Prepare forecasting estimates and variance analysis.
• Analyze financial data for cost-saving initiatives.
• Maintain accurate gross margin records and reconcile monthly income statements.
• Prepare annual budgets and new product launch documents.

Skills

Financial analysis

Cost accounting

SAP

Advanced Excel

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or Finance

Tools

SAP

Job description

RPO Recruitment's client is a Manufacturing Company currently seeking a skilled and motivated Commercial Accountant to join their team in Pinetown, KZN. As a Commercial Accountant, the successful candidate will play a key role in managing financial processes and providing accurate financial information to support decision making within the organization. Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with accounting standards, analyzing financial data, and providing financial insights to stakeholders.

This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented accounting professional who is looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting Divisional Executive with cost and sales analysis and reports
• Preparing forecasting estimates and variance analysis
• Preparation and analysis of various monthly Sales Reports and Sales Estimates
• Preparation of Costings and Maintaining all costing data on the system
• Analyzing data and costings for cost saving initiatives
• To drive each change through to completion with the aid of the various departments
• Use knowledge and experience to challenge data where necessary
• Review costings of all products and be able to determine pricing for all Sales related queries
• Preparation and Analysis of quarterly pricing data bases
• Maintaining accurate gross margin records and reconciling to monthly income statements issued by the finance department
• Month end schedules and reports on various costs, margins etc
• Preparation of and continuous improvements on key management statistics in the business
• Preparation of annual budgets, ad hoc tenders and new product launch documents
• Helping the Divisional Executive and Financial Exec with ad hoc assignments

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• +5 years' experience in a Manufacturing environment
• Minimum 2 years' work experience in an accounting or production environment
• Manufacturing cost accounting will be advantageous
• SAP experience will be advantageous
• Advanced Excel and Microsoft office

Benefits:

• Salary: R500K/yr - 650K/yr, salary negotiable
• Training & Development
• Paid Time Off (PTO) (if applicable)

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. If you are a motivated and experienced accounting professional looking for a new challenge, please apply for this role today.