junior cost accountant - Johannesburg, South Africa - JABES CONSULTANTS

    JABES CONSULTANTS
    JABES CONSULTANTS Johannesburg, South Africa

    Found in: Job Placements ZA C2 - 1 week ago

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    JOB PURPOSE

    The Junior Cost Accountant will be primarily responsible for recording the movement of stock - this can be via backflushing on Syspro, stock adjustments or stock takes. In addition to this the Junior Cost Accountant will assist other stakeholders in managing the stock production on Syspro as well as being the 2IC for the Cost Accountant.

    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    Grade 12 or equivalent qualification

    ND / CMA degree / Advanced Diploma and 3+ years of accounting/finance experience

    Minumum 1 year Cost Accounting experience in manufacturing environment

    Advanced daily movement of stock

    Exposure to Syspro will be advantageous

    Advanced Excel Skills

    MINIMUM SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRES

    Excellent reporting skills

    Excellent communication skills

    Great attention to detail and accuracy

    Excellent numeric, oral and written language applications

    Excellent interpersonal skills (with internal and external stakeholders)

    Excellent organizational and follow-up skills

    Experience in a similar position in a manufacturing environment essential

    ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

    Maintaining of materials(BOM):

    Assisting in loading of new bill of materials on SharePoint workflow

    Assist Cost Accountant to investigate Bill of Material variences between actual manufacturing in the plant vs what is on syspro

    Controlling of stock:

    Co-ordinating monthly stock takes and ensuring accurate capturing thereof (this does occasionally occur on a Saturday)

    Analysing variences and implementing control measures]

    Balancing and checking warehouses

    Cycle counts

    Preparation and processing of Stock Adjustments

    Key performance Indicators / Key Performance Areas:

    Inventory Transaction

    Labour and Overhead costing (understanding)

    Compliance with Legislation

    Reporting / Analysis

    Assist in Stock Codes creation

    Backflushing and job receipting

    Receipting of Supply Chain Transfers

    Resolving daily Inventory /System Queries

    Analytical Reviews

    Other Ad hoc duties delegated by Cost Accountant

    Duties and responsibilities are, however, not limited to this, all reasonable and lawful requests within your scope of work/abilities given by management are to be followed whether this is inside or outside the factories.