Cost and Management Accountant (Port Elizabeth) - Aspen Pharma Group

eg. Accountant or Accounting or Kempinski



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Description

  • Assist Finance Lead: Costing and Management Accounts in preparing final costs for tenders and budgets.
  • Prepare preliminary costs and commercial evaluations for various business decisions.
  • Prepare standard cost variance analysis on reporting variances.

Requirements

Cost Accounting

  • Assist with budgets, tenders, and reviews.
  • Prepare product and preliminary costings, specific cost impacts and carry out associated procedures.
  • Record cost information for use in expenditure control
  • Maintain financial system integrity, including checking signal codes are applied correctly and product costs are complete and accurate.
  • Maintain costing database.
  • Implement and review changes to the item master.
  • Applied marginal costing where applicable for transfer pricing.
  • Ensure all transfer pricing markups are adhered to.
  • Roll up new products.
  • Assist in month-end closure of the General Ledger and other reconciliations, as required.

Analysis and Reporting

  • Perform and report on feasibility studies.
  • Analyse and report on changes in products, materials, and methods to determine effects on cost (commercial evaluations)
  • Conduct and report on cost review and analysis and on benchmarking and trend analysis
  • Analyse and advise on factors affecting prices and profitability.
  • Prepare and provide reports on standard cost variances.


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Operational Input

  • Provide technical and operational input on the operational planning of the unit and on the prioritization of objectives.
  • Indicate required changes in resources to enable the achievement of work objectives.
  • Monitor and control the use of assets and resources within the area of responsibility.
  • Apply advanced understanding of the area of specialization.
  • Analyse concepts and suggest streamlined procedures.
  • Provide information for reports, as required by the Supervisor.
  • Compile standardized reports and consolidate documents.
  • Comply with document filing requirements and maintain and update records and systems as required.
  • Update SOPs on a continual basis
  • Undertake IT improvement projects, where required.

Skills Required

Background/experience

  • 4 to 6 years’ experience in an accounting role in a manufacturing organization
  • BCom Degree in Financial Field or equivalent

Specific job skills

  • Computer literacy: proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and a fully integrated ERP system

Competencies

  • Offering Insights
  • Maintaining Accuracy
  • Managing Performance
  • Interrogating Information


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