Manufacturing Finance & Project Costing Manager

Headhunters; Benoni; On-site; ZAR 1,004,000 - 1,339,000; Full time

Job summary

Headhunters in Gauteng, Benoni is seeking a senior finance professional to own job costing and management accounts in a growing manufacturing business. You’ll manage material, labour and overhead allocations and deliver month-end reporting.

The role requires CA(SA), CIMA(CGMA) or SAIPA, 5+ years in a senior finance post, and ERP experience (Palladium, Sage, SYSPRO). Salary is monthly and negotiable.

Qualifications

• CA(SA), CIMA(CGMA) or SAIPA; CIMA is a strong advantage for costing.
• A degree in accounting or finance.
• At least 5 years in a senior finance role in manufacturing.
• Exposure to trade finance, customs duty drawback or export VAT.
• Exposure to brewery or food-grade stainless steel equipment.
• Job costing in project-based, make-to-order or engineer-to-order environments; metal fabrication/engineering equipment preferred.
• Inventory and WIP valuation, stock counts and reconciliations.
• Imported materials, landed costs and foreign currency transactions.
• Producing month-end management accounts and managing an audit.
• Managing at least one direct report.
• Standard and actual costing, overhead absorption and variance analysis.
• IFRS for SMEs or full IFRS, including IAS 2 and IFRS 15.
• Experience with mid-market ERP (Palladium, Sage, SYSPRO or similar) with costing module.

Responsibilities

• Own the job costing model across all projects: material, labour, subcontract and overhead allocation per job.
• Set and maintain labour and overhead recovery rates, and review them against actuals.
• Compare quoted cost and margin with actual cost per project.
• Explain variances to the MD and the project team.
• Work with Sales and Projects on cost estimates so quotes reflect real cost.
• Track buy-outs and supplier costs against project budgets as projects progress.
• Value raw materials, WIP and finished goods accurately at each month-end.
• Run stock counts and investigate variances.
• Keep the stock ledger reconciled to the general ledger.
• Manage imported stock costing, including landed cost and FX.
• Deliver the monthly management accounts to an agreed timetable, including project margin reporting.
• Keep balance sheet reconciliations current; clear suspense and control accounts monthly.
• Apply revenue recognition policy consistently at project level.
• Prepare for and manage the annual audit.
• Maintain purchase, payment and stock controls appropriate to a growing manufacturer.
• Oversee VAT, payroll taxes and customs compliance, including duty drawback claims.
• Maintain the weekly rolling cash flow forecast.
• Manage trade finance drawdowns and settlements and the facility's borrowing base reporting.
• Own the Palladium finance and costing modules after go-live; drive data accuracy.
• Manage, develop and review the work of the Accountant.

Skills

CA(SA)

CIMA/CGMA

SAIPA

Cost accounting

Manufacturing

Financial reporting

Education

Accounting degree

Tools

Palladium

Sage

SYSPRO

Job description

Headhunters in Gauteng, Benoni is seeking a senior finance professional to own job costing and management accounts in a growing manufacturing business. You’ll manage material, labour and overhead allocations and deliver month-end reporting.

The role requires CA(SA), CIMA(CGMA) or SAIPA, 5+ years in a senior finance post, and ERP experience (Palladium, Sage, SYSPRO). Salary is monthly and negotiable.