Strategic Cost & Management Accountant

Recruitpartners; KwaZulu-Natal; Presencial; ZAR 700.000 - 1.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Recruitpartners in Durban is seeking a seasoned Cost & Management Accountant who loves costing, systems, BI and turning data into insights to protect profitability. You’ll transform operational data into meaningful actions and help the business avoid profitability leakage.

You will build costing tools, maintain standard costs, analyse variances, and work with production, procurement and IT to improve data quality and reporting automation.

Formación

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or Management Accounting.
• CA(SA), CIMA or equivalent qualification advantageous.
• Experience in cost and management accounting in manufacturing/inventory environments.
• Strong Excel and MS Office skills; Power BI and SQL experience a plus.
• Ability to build reliable models and reconcile data sources.
• Independently deliver reporting and system improvements.
• Business acumen and customer-focused approach.

Responsabilidades

• Build and improve costing tools, dashboards, and controls.
• Develop costing models for materials, labour, overheads, yields and wastage.
• Analyse standard vs actual variances and validate assumptions.
• Analyse gross profit by SKU, customer, channel and production run.
• Investigate margin erosion, input cost changes, yield losses and stock allocation issues, and recommend actions.
• Ensure valuation of raw materials, WIP and finished goods.
• Support stock counts and reconcile ERP records with warehouse data.
• Collaborate with ERP, IT and ops to improve data quality and reporting automation.
• Partner with managers to translate data into business actions.
• Support budgets, forecasts and scenario modelling.
• Provide insights for pricing, promotions, and supplier negotiations.
• Identify risks and opportunities for informed decisions.

Conocimientos

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Power Query

SQL

Reporting automation

Costing

Data reconciliation

Inventory valuation

ERP systems

Business acumen

Problem solving

Educación

Degree in Accounting/Finance

CA(SA) / CIMA advantageous

Herramientas

Meat Matrix

Descripción del empleo

Recruitpartners in Durban is seeking a seasoned Cost & Management Accountant who loves costing, systems, BI and turning data into insights to protect profitability. You’ll transform operational data into meaningful actions and help the business avoid profitability leakage.

You will build costing tools, maintain standard costs, analyse variances, and work with production, procurement and IT to improve data quality and reporting automation.