Junior Cost & Management Accountant (Cima):

Bridgena Barnard Personnel Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridgena Barnard Personnel Group is recruiting a Junior Cost Accountant for a large manufacturing business in Cape Town. The role focuses on developing costing models, analysing production costs and supporting financial decision making.

You will work with standard costing, BOM checks, variance analysis and cost recovery workflows, using Syspro and Excel-based modelling. Public practice exposure or articles are advantageous for progression.

Qualifications

• Grade 12, accounting qualification completed and progressing with CIMA.
• Completed articles would be advantageous for practical accounting grounding.
• Experience in public practice or audit adds value for the role.
• Manufacturing costing exposure and ERP familiarity preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support costing processes and maintain accurate costing models.
• Analyse production costs and provide actionable insights for decision making.
• Monitor variances in material, labour, overhead and throughput.
• Manage inventory variances and stock counts with routine ERP data reviews.
• Assist in cost recovery and WIP/OEE reporting where applicable.

Skills

Standard Costing

Variance Analysis

Cost Recovery

Inventory Control

ERP Master Data

Excel Modelling

Education

Grade 12

Accounting qualification

CIMA in progress

Articles completed advantageous

Tools

Syspro ERP

Excel

Power Query

Job description

OUT CLIENT IS HIRING | JUNIOR COST ACCOUNTANT

Ready to build your career in manufacturing finance?

A large, established manufacturing business is looking for a motivated and analytical Junior Cost Accountant to join its finance team.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to develop their expertise in cost accounting, manufacturing finance, financial modelling and business performance analysis.

You will play an important role in supporting costing processes, analysing production costs, maintaining accurate costing models and providing insights that support sound business decisions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Grade 12.
• Completed accounting qualification.
• Good progress towards CIMA.
• Completed articles would be a distinct advantage.

Experience

• Commercial experience in an accounting or finance role is essential.
• Experience in public practice (audit or accounting firm) would be advantageous.
• Manufacturing industry experience is beneficial.
• Exposure to stock counts, inventory management or costing is advantageous.
• Experience with Syspro or another ERP system would be beneficial.

Key Skills & Technical Exposure

• Standard Costing: Cost roll-ups, Bill of Materials (BOM) and routing checks.
• Variance Analysis: Material, labour, overhead and throughput variances.
• Cost Recovery: Labour and overhead recovery, including time and attendance and overtime analysis.
• Inventory Control: Cycle counts, stock counts and inventory variances.
• ERP Systems: Syspro financial and inventory modules, including master data management such as stock codes and BOMs.
• Excel & Financial Modelling: Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables and Power Query.
• Manufacturing Data: Shop-floor scanning, Work in Progress (WIP) and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) reporting.

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