Cost Accountant at Pumpkin Patch Foods

Role Description

• This Full-Time, on-site Cost Accountant role is responsible for providing cost analyses for processes and products, developing and managing budgets, and providing recommendations to ensure cost effectiveness for Pumpkin Patch Foods. The successful candidate will form a part of a growing managerial team of both young and experienced individuals.

Responsibilities

• Full bookkeeping and accounting function up to trial balance, including debtors, creditors, bank, petty cash, journals, etc. 
• Performing bank reconciliations
• Monthly journal entries
• VAT calculations and VAT201 submissions
• VAT reconciliations
• Assistance with income tax and provisional tax submissions
• Responsible for calculating VAT, PAYE, and other necessary SARS requirements
• Maintenance of SARS accounts
• Payroll preparation (currently outsourced)
• IRP5 calculations, reconciliations, and submissions
• PAYE/UIF/SDL calculations and EMP201 submissions
• Liaison with customers
• Administrative duties
• Cashflow management
• Create ad-hoc reports for various business needs
• Prepare tax documents
• Analyse business performance and management accounts
• Financial management for profit optimisation
• Monitor and manage product pricing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in cost accounting, accounting, finance, or a related field
• 3+ years of cost accounting experience in manufacturing and packaging
• Knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills
• Strong knowledge of MS Excel and financial software systems
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to understand and comply with cost accounting standards, policies, and procedures
• Attention to detail, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Experience with SAP or a similar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a plus
• VAT submissions
• Product pricing updates
• Experience in Pastel Sage One
• Debtor/Creditor Management