Cost Accountant - Manufacturing

Dixie Recruitment; Pinetown; On-site; ZAR 450 000 - 650 000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing recruitment agency is searching for an experienced Cost & Management Accountant to join a project-driven manufacturer in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. The ideal candidate will hold an accounting degree and possess at least 5 years of experience in a busy factory environment. Responsibilities include preparing management accounts, reviewing sales orders, and managing stock reconciliations. A position with significant accountability, offering competitive remuneration and the opportunity to contribute to financial processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a busy factory setting.
• Ability to prepare and present management accounts.
• Experience with stock management and financial reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Review, correct and post sales invoices.
• Prepare work in progress schedule.
• Post all general journals.
• Prepare and present monthly management accounts.

Skills

Accounting

Management accounting

SAGE

Financial analysis

Education

Accounting degree

Job description

Looking for an experienced Cost & Management Accountant for a project-driven manufacturer:

Accounting degree + minimum 5 years' experience in a busy factory.

• Review, correct and post sales invoices
• Update sales order tracker for estimating team
• Review margins on sales orders and ensure correct project code allocation
• Create work orders
• Tracking of finished goods
• Closing work orders
• Sales deliveries on SAGE
• Project code creation
• Post all general journals
• Update fixed asset register for any capex
• Prepare work in progress schedule
• Review overtime schedule
• Analyse monthly expenses and ensure they are posted to correct GL accounts
• Post accruals
• Post miscellaneous issues & receipts
• Revise standard costs upon request
• Review and validate month-end stock report
• Prepare and present monthly management accounts
• Post year end journals
• Prepare Final TB & GL
• Supervise annual stock take
• Reconcile physical stock to final stock report
• Review actual costs against standard costs
• Reconcile job card pipeline report