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

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.

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