Commercial & Cost Accountant

EnableSA; Kariega; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

EnableSA in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, is seeking an experienced Commercial & Cost Accountant to join the team. You will monitor raw material and component pricing, maintain standard costing, perform activity-based costing, and report on cost variances and budgets.

You will also oversee overheads, freight costs, and supplier evaluations, develop annual budgets, and support RFQs across cost elements. The role requires IFRS knowledge and manufacturing experience.

Qualifications

• IFRS knowledge, auditing and internal control principles
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• 2-3 years of relevant experience
• Grade12

Responsibilities

• Monitors system prices for raw materials and components
• Continuously monitor material price changes and identify potential risks that could impact the achievement of cost targets
• Maintain and update standard costing for inventory
• Perform activity-based costing and review the allocation of overhead costs
• Monitor and control overhead expenditure against budget
• Monitor freight costs against agreed rates with freight forwarders and report deviations
• Review and monitor price variances and explain discrepancies
• Prepare monthly reports and KPIs relating to cost variances, focusing on inventory
• Review and allocate cost centres for purchases and employee-related costs
• Prepare and implement annual budgets
• Monitor performance against budgets and RFQs for existing contracts across all cost elements
• Assist with the preparation of RFQs focusing on raw material, labour, and machine-related costs
• Maintain MHE and lease schedules
• Evaluate suppliers to ensure competitiveness
• Maintain the preferred supplier list
• Review supplier invoices against contractual rates
• Develop and improve workflow processes and approval requests
• Assist with ad hoc financial duties as required

Job description

Uitenhage, South Africa | Posted on 10/13/2026

• Original Job Title Commercial & Cost Accountant
• Date Opened 10/13/2026
• Job Type Full time
• Work Experience 1-3 years
• State/Province Eastern Cape
• Country South Africa

Job Description

Our client is seeking an experienced Commercial & Cost Accountant to join their Uitenhage team,

• Monitorsystem prices for raw materials and components
• Continuouslymonitor material price changes and identify potential risks that could impactthe achievement of cost targets
• Maintainand update standard costing for inventory
• Performactivity-based costing and review the allocation of overhead costs
• Monitor andcontrol overhead expenditure against budget
• Monitorfreight costs against agreed rates with freight forwarders and investigate andreport any deviations
• Review andmonitor price variances and ensure that any discrepancies are valid andadequately explained
• Preparemonthly reports and KPIs relating to cost variances, with a specific focus oninventory
• Review andallocate cost centres for all purchases and employee-related costs
• Prepare andimplement annual budgets
• Monitorperformance against budgets and RFQs for existing contracts across all costelements
• Assist withthe preparation of RFQs, focusing on raw material, labour, and machine-relatedcosts
• MaintainMHE and lease schedules
• Evaluatesuppliers to ensure they remain competitive
• Maintainthe preferred supplier list
• Reviewsupplier invoices and compare them against agreed contractual rates
• Develop andimprove workflow processes and approval requests
• Assist withad hoc financial duties as required
  

Requirements

• Grade12
• Minimum of2-3 years' relevant experience
• Knowledgeof IFRS, auditing, and internal control principles
• Experiencein a manufacturing environment (automotive manufacturing experience preferred)