Cost Accountant - Sandton

Professional Career Services; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented Cost Analyst to manage and analyze product BOMs, ensuring pricing accuracy and profitability. This role involves investigating stock returns, implementing effective stock control procedures, and assisting with pricing adjustments in line with cost strategies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cost and management accounting, along with advanced Excel skills, to contribute to the company's financial health. Join a dynamic team and play a crucial role in optimizing product costing and enhancing operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in cost management and accounting is essential.
• Strong analytical skills for stock control and pricing adjustments.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and maintain BOM's for price correctness and profit margin.
• Implement stock control procedures to ensure accurate stock cost.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Manufacturing Sector Experience

Strong Costing Skills

Education

Cost and Management Accounting Diploma or Degree

Job description

Job Description

Analyze existing product BOM's for price correctness in line with actual expenditure incurred.

Maintain BOM's for price correctness in line with constant price increases to ensure profit margin per product is maintained.

Investigate, record, and analyze stock returns or remanufacture, either due to incorrect supply of orders, or incorrect ordering, and the cost thereof and reasoning thereof to the factory.

Implement effective and accurate stock control procedures to ensure stock cost is accurate and correctly accounted for - stock value R 25m.

Assist with adjusting sales prices in line with actual cost and inline with group pricing strategy and GP% per product line targets.

Assist in any ad-hoc supplier cost investigations and provide direction to procurement on when cost savings could be enjoyed based on direct supply chain - local and international.

Assist in any other ad-hoc unit costing projects from time to time to understand viability of product manufacturing going forward.

Assist team with stock count and correct valuation at month-end.

Qualifications

• Cost and Management Accounting Diploma or Degree

Skills

• Advanced Excel
• Manufacturing Sector Experience
• Strong Costing Skills

Salary/Package

R40K - R45K

Benefits

N/A

Job Post Expiration

2025-05-01