Management Accountant
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
The Management Accountant provides high-quality financial insight analysis and reporting to support strategic and operational decision-making across the organisation with a specific focus on Digital and IT the solutions and services providers in order to optimise the value of this function to the organisation. The role partners with departmental leaders to strengthen financial understanding improve performance and promote accountability.
Duties & Responsibilities
Management Accounting & Financial Analysis
- Prepare monthly management accounts and financial reports.
- Perform variance analysis and highlight risks opportunities and trends.
- Develop and maintain financial models for planning forecasting and scenario analysis.
- Communicate financial insights in a clear practical and business-aligned manner.
- Digital and IT solutions and services costing
- Digital and IT solutions usage audits
Business Partnering
- Collaborate with senior leaders to support strategic and operational objectives specifically around on Digital and IT solutions requirements
- Provide financial insights that guide decision-making and resource allocation.
- Build strong trusted relationships with non-financial stakeholders.
- Enhance financial understanding across the function
Strengthening Financial Decision-Making
- Evaluate budget assumptions forecasts and cost drivers objectively.
- Engage in constructive discussions to clarify risks assumptions and financial inputs.
- Highlight gaps or inconsistencies and help refine plans where needed.
- Support a culture of transparency accountability and financial discipline.
Budgeting Forecasting & Planning
- Lead or support the budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Ensure accuracy completeness and strategic alignment of submissions.
- Maintain rolling forecasts to reflect changing business conditions.
- Provide insights on cost efficiency resource use and priority investments.
Project & Investment Finance
- Develop and evaluate financial business cases for proposed initiatives.
- Track project expenditure and perform benefit realisation reviews.
- Provide financial support to project managers throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure proper cost allocation and accurate monitoring of performance.
Supplier Contract & Cost Management
- Monitor supplier-related costs and evaluate contract terms from a financial perspective.
- Provide cost-benefit insights for renewals new contracts or service changes.
- Highlight cost-saving opportunities or compliance concerns.
- Strengthen financial oversight related to procurement and supplier spend.
Process Systems & Performance Improvement
- Identify inefficiencies within financial and operational processes.
- Identify inefficiencies in the usage (over and under) in the Digital and IT solutions
- Recommend improvements that enhance accuracy efficiency and reporting.
- Support automation and digital tools for better financial visibility.
- Strengthen financial controls frameworks and performance metrics.
Minimum Requirements
Qualifications / Experience
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting or a related field.
- Professional qualification (CIMA ACCA SAICA/SAIPA) advantageous.
- Minimum of 35 years experience in management accounting business partnering or financial analysis.
- Strong Excel skills and experience with financial systems and reporting tools.
- Experience in a medium to large organisation beneficial.
Competencies
- Strong management accounting and financial analysis skills.
- Expertise in budgeting forecasting and financial modelling.
- Proficiency with ERP systems BI tools and financial reporting platforms.
- Good understanding of organisational operations cost drivers and strategic priorities.
- Ability to connect financial insights to operational performance.
- Strong data interpretation skills and the ability to generate meaningful insights.
- Objective and structured problem-solving approach.
- Communicates financial matters clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
- Builds trust and positively influences decisions.
- Demonstrates ethical behaviour confidentiality and sound judgement.
- Digital and IT experience
Key Skills
- Accounting Software
- Account Analysis
- QuickBooks
- Accounting
- IFRS
- Asset Management
- Business Management
- Cash Management
- Sage
- Microsoft Excel
- E-Commerce
- Systems Analysis
About Company
Unitrans offers innovative logistics and supply chain solutions across Africa. With over 100 years of experience in agriculture, mining, petrochemical, food & consumer, transport and industrial.
