Management Accountant
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Job Title: Management Accountant
Reports to: Finance Executive
Location: Johannesburg
Employment: Permanent
Purpose of the Role:
The Management Accountant plays a key role in managing Product Costing Pricing and Margin Analysis to support Commercial and Operational decision-making. This role ensures that accurate cost and pricing data is maintained supports budgeting drives collaboration across departments and provides critical financial insights to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
Qualifications and Experience:
- BCom Degree in Accounting / Finance or equivalent (required).
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in Management Accounting ideally in a Manufacturing or FMCG environment.
- CIMA qualified or actively working toward CIMA qualification (Preferred strongly advantageous)
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and manage costing files to support customer pricing decisions.
- Liaise with procurement to track and incorporate cost updates for timely pricing adjustments.
- Lead the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) meetings with procurement and other cross-functional teams.
- Work closely with production to understand material usage and ensure accurate cost.
- Develop a working knowledge of all production processes to improve costing accuracy.
- Assist in the preparation of annual and rolling budgets.
- Support financial managers by checking supplier and service provider payment documentation.
- Asset control and verification
- Capex control process administration
- Develop and maintain relevant reports to support sales and margin management.
- Coordinate and administer stock takes when required.
- Assist with ad-hoc finance tasks as requested by financial managers.
- Prepare procurement cost information to support price negotiations during pricing review windows.
- Maintain accurate records of all client pricing history and changes.
- Perform ad-hoc variance analysis across cost margin and operational performance.
- Review understand and verify standard cost information in the ERP system (Syspro preferred).
Key Skills and Competencies:
- Strong understanding of Product Costing and Margin Management.
- Ability to work collaboratively with Cross-functional teams including Procurement and Production.
- Effective communicator and team leader especially in cross-functional meetings.
- Strong attention to detail accuracy and analytical capability.
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
- Experience with ERP Systems (Syspro preferred).
- Strong organisational and reporting skills.
- Commercially minded with good business acumen.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.
Additional Information:
- Overtime may be required during Budgeting Pricing Reviews or Stock Take activities.
- Adherence to all Health Safety and Operational Procedures is mandatory.
Employment Type
Full Time
