Cost Accountant at Tower Group

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 – 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.