Management Accountant - Meyerton at Unique Personnel

Job Description    

• 6 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Financial Policies and Procedures
• Compliance with Board approved Financial Governance and Accounting Policy
• Adherence to Company Procedures and Financial Systems and Controls
• Implementation and maintenance of Company Budget Process & Guidelines
• Budgeting & Reporting
• Coordination of the inputs to the Annual Strategic Planning - Budget
• Liaison with Cost Centre Managers for budgets inputs
• Preparation of the Operational Reports for the Management Accounts
• Perform Profitability Sensitivity Analysis Reports
• Preparation of Forecasts and Flash Reports
• Performing detailed Variance Analysis on Operational Costs Reports
• Preparation of Cost Reports for all Cost Centre Managers
• Any other ad-hoc reports
• Inventory Management
• Analysis of materials cost drivers
• Preparation and analysis of inventory aging
• Attendance at all types of inventory counts
• Performance of detailed reconciliation of Inventory GLs’
• Preparation of Monthly and Quarterly Cash Flows Projections
• Production Costs
• Providing accurate consistent unit costs of production per product
• Liaison with the production team
• Reporting one cost drivers of production inputs and analysing any noted discrepancies
• Project Accounting
• Preparation of the capex budgets
• Management and reconciliation of assets under construction
• Performance of capital projects evaluations
• Timeous capitalization of capital projects
• Preparation of Capex report Actual versus Budget
• Risk Management
• Assistance with the identification and management of financial risk assessment within the finance function.
• Assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of the financial controls
• Completion of applicable section in the Risk Register
• Finance Audits
• Liaison with internal and external audits.
• Implementing agreed and approved audit recommendations
• Addressing and closing all audit related queries within reasonable time.
• Staff Management
• Management and development of the Cost Accountant and other relevant Staff
• Other
• Liaison with other business units

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with JD Edwards system.
• Minimum 5 years post articles experience as a Management Accountant in mining and or manufacturing (including 2 years in middle management).
• Must have costing experience

ATTRIBUTES

• Management Accounting experience
• Attention to detail.
• Analytical skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Team player
• Self-driven
• Good people skills