Job Description

My client within the Hospitality industry is currently looking for a Management/ Cost Accountant. Reporting to the Financial Director, the ideal candidate be analytical and have the below listed experience and qualification.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

• Tertiary qualification xe2x80x93 minimum a BCom.
• Registration with a professional body preferable: CIMA, SAICA, SAIPA.
• Manufacturing experience
• Stock control experience
• Oversight of costing. Working with production staff to create bill of materials/recipes and overseeing correct programming of ERP system to capture this data.
• Acting as a go-between with sales/marketing and production staff to ensure pricing is accurate.
• Hospitality experiences an advantage but not essential
• Strong excel a non-negotiable (complex formulas and pivot table analysis)
• Oversight of stock audits
• Stock variance analysis and reporting across multiple locations
• Analytical

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Reporting of variances, capturing of production and recording of waste.
• Management Accounts for factory/ distribution centre.
• Product Profitability analysis.
• Analysis, management and improvement of systems and controls. Training staff regarding this.
• Facility administration, oversight of factory/ distribution centre administrative functions including admin, invoicing and payroll clerks.
• Oversight of costings, creation of bill of materials/ recipes.
• Market comparisons of product pricing.
• Oversight of stock audits, working with production staff to ensure audits are conducted, feedback and corrective action is taken.
• Assist in cost saving initiatives.

PLEASE NOTE THAT PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO CANDIDATES FROM A PREVIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND, IN TERMS OF OUR COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYMENT EQUITY.

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