Junior Cost Accountant at Hire Power

ROLE:

• The daily maintenance and control of the costing system to ensure proper costing of all products and to ensure accurate valuations and profitability analysis.
• To professionally manage the costing and stock functions and provide dedicated support to the financials functions.
• Assist the Admin Department forward through applying a culture of "Customer First" and "can Do", continuous improvement and profit orientation.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
Maintain the Costing System:

• Pricing: Maintain accurate product costing to provide supporting information for pricing decisions.
• Stock Valuations: Maintain accurate product costing to ensure proper stock valuations.
• Costing Factors: Maintain up to date and accurate costing factors for Waste, Labour, Overheads, Commission, Freight {Local and Export), Operating Costs.
• Bill of Materials: Ensure up to date and accurate bills of materials for all products maintain within costing system.
• Reporting: Ensure all required reports completed and submitted per the advised deadlines.
• Variance Analysis: Analysis and correct variances between the costing system and actual monthly results.

Stock & Stock Controls:

• Ensure all stock codes loaded on System:
• Random testing of material stores to verify accurate of stock system.
• Resolve all stock queries on timeous basis.
• Complete all landed cost calculations for imported raw materials.
• Ensure returnable containers maintained at minimum levels.
• Ensure stock levels are maintained within budgeted levels.
• Obsolete and slow-moving stocks to be cleared regular.
• Investigate negative stock figures.
• Ensure GRN suspense clear on monthly basis.
• Ensure all monthly stock take processes completed accurately.
• Maintain monthly stock comparatives.

COMPETENCIES AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES

• Matric, with Maths/Accounting.
• Related Tertiary qualification.
• Excellent communication skills (written, spoken and electronic).
• Alert and adaptable to change.
• Pay attention to detail and deadline conscious.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word) and SAGE or similar (highly advantageous).
• Clean credit and criminal history.
• Ownership mentality and a can-do attitude.