Management Accountant required in Johannesburg.
Are you a commercially minded finance professional who thrives on turning numbers into actionable business insights? We’re looking for a dynamic Management Accountant to join our team and take ownership of product costing, margin management, and cross-functional financial planning.
If you’re passionate about driving efficiency, improving accuracy, and partnering with teams across procurement, production, and sales, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a measurable impact in a fast-paced, manufacturing-focused environment.
Requirements:
- BCom in Accounting / Finance or equivalent qualification required.
- CIMA qualified or actively working towards a CIMA qualification preferred.
- 3–5 years of relevant experience in management accounting, ideally in a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
- Experience with ERP systems (Syspro preferred).
- Strong understanding of product costing and margin management.
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including procurement and production.
- Effective communicator and team leader, especially in cross-functional meetings.
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and analytical capability.
- Strong organisational and reporting skills.
- Commercially minded with good business acumen.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain and manage costing files to support customer pricing decisions.
- Liaise with procurement to track and incorporate cost updates for timely pricing adjustments.
- Lead the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) meetings with procurement and other cross-functional teams.
- Work closely with production to understand material usage and ensure accurate costing.
- Develop a working knowledge of all production processes to improve costing accuracy.
- Assist in the preparation of annual and rolling budgets.
- Support financial managers by checking supplier and service provider payment documentation.
- Asset control and verification
- Capex control process administration
- Develop and maintain relevant reports to support sales and margin management.
- Coordinate and administer stock takes when required.
- Assist with ad-hoc finance tasks as requested by financial managers.
- Prepare procurement cost information to support price negotiations during pricing review windows.
- Maintain accurate records of all client pricing history and changes.
- Perform ad-hoc variance analysis across cost, margin, and operational performance.
- Review, understand, and verify standard cost information in the ERP system (Syspro).