Senior Costing Manager

The Senior Costing Manager will prepare financial records and budgets of diverse account analysis. Most essential duties will also involve carrying out cost accounting, closing functions on a daily and weekly basis while developing and analyzing general ledger and statements of finances every month to name a few. He/she will also assist in organizing and analyzing accurate capital cost of expenditure as well as tracking of fixed assets.

Responsibilities include:
Running of monthly cost forecasts and ensuring that all targets are met within the stipulated time.
Ensuring accurate recording of expenditure in the appropriate journals and ledgers.
Providing assistance to the organization in preparing budget process by encouraging the budget holders to submit budgets at the expected time.
Apportion costs between manifold units of production and management.
Ensure the arrangement of cost of production to material costs, wages, and overhead costs.
Prepare estimates of costs for unique products in order to establish prices of products and to forecast production.
Consolidate cost of manufacturing for payroll and distribution of inventory accounts.
Contribute to discussions and reviews conducted during yearly audit meetings.
Formulate goals and assessments annually, in a timely manner.
Prepare, devise, and regulate procedures for establishing unit cost of services and products.
Bringing about suggestions in a bid to ameliorate accounting methods and processes.

Requirements:

Relevant tertiary Qualification (Degree)
CA or CIMA designation
8 to 10 years experience in a similar role and industry
ERP Systems experience

The above information is by no means comprehensive and further duties, responsibilities are included in the role.

Jevon Beukes
Senior Consultant: Finance