Junior Cost Accountant: Manufacturing Cost & Reporting

SA Metal Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Provident fund

Medical aid

Life cover

Funeral cover

15 x paid leave days per annum

Long service leave

Job summary

SA Metal Group in Cape Town invites applications for a Junior Cost Accountant to join the Finance team at Head Office in Epping. The role reports to the Cost Accountant and focuses on cost allocation, data integrity and monthly cost reporting.

The successful candidate will contribute to operational costing, transport and tender costing, and profitability analysis for manufacturing divisions, with exposure to AccPac, TM1 Cognos and Fraxion advantageous.

Qualifications

• National Diploma in Cost Accounting majoring in Costing.
• Previous experience in a Costing environment is essential.
• Knowledge and/or experience working on AccPac, TM1 Cognos and Fraxion advantageous.
• Advanced computer literacy – MS Office, high proficiency in MS Excel.
• Manufacturing and/or Logistics background advantageous.
• Emotionally matured and dynamic individual.
• Ability to multi-task and pay attention to detail.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to collaborate with a multi-department team.
• Must have clear credit and criminal clearance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an integrated costing system / report with specified primary and secondary cost centres.
• Review and maintain data accumulation systems and controls needed for the cost accounting system and reporting within an accounting framework on a monthly basis.
• Analysis of expenses and ensure allocation to correct primary and secondary cost centres.
• Report on periodic variances and their causes, focusing in particular on spending variances.
• Provide reports and explanations to line management.
• Reviewing overhead costs to ensure correct allocation and reporting.
• Produce operational costing calculations – i.e. transport job costing and tender costing.
• Produce profitability calculation for manufacturing divisions.
• Capital project cost tracking.

Skills

Cost accounting

MS Excel

Analytical thinking

Education

National Diploma in Cost Accounting

Tools

AccPac

TM1 Cognos

Fraxion

Job description

SA Metal Group in Cape Town invites applications for a Junior Cost Accountant to join the Finance team at Head Office in Epping. The role reports to the Cost Accountant and focuses on cost allocation, data integrity and monthly cost reporting.

The successful candidate will contribute to operational costing, transport and tender costing, and profitability analysis for manufacturing divisions, with exposure to AccPac, TM1 Cognos and Fraxion advantageous.