Management Accountant at Watershed Consulting

Purpose of the position:

• Operational commercial support including pricing, gross profit to sales and operations teams, business analytics, financial and commercial reporting by preparing and analysing profit and loss, gross profit, forecasts and budgets and balance sheet

Duties and Responsibilities 
Analysis and general accounting: 

• On monthly basis analysing COGS Expenses, EBITA, P&L results of the company
• Reporting on P&L to group as per group policy and procedure
• On monthly basis, preparing and analysing reconciliations of assigned GL accounts (Inventory)
• Backup for Monthly statutory submissions to SARS
• Responsible for the management of inventory (incl. stock count) on ERP system
• Liaising with external Auditor as required
• Perform GL entries when needed
• Monthly sales reports, dashboards and business dashboards
• Manage data integrity
• Manage order intake forecasting
• Margin management and OAS management for approval, Group Key Account Price management / increases
• Owner of pricing files
• New product costing, warranty costing
• Management of the commission targets
• Quarterly commission calculation for payments

Qualification, Knowledge and skills

• Degree in Accounting/Costing/Management accounting (CIMA advantageous)
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a challenging fast paced environment.
• Maturity, professionalism, and high level of discretion is required.
• Knowledge of procedural controls and data validation techniques required.
• Strong work ethic with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Independent worker and analytical thinker with ability to conduct research, data analysis and resolve complex problems.
• Strong presence with ability to interact with Senior Leadership.
• Financial modelling expertise a plus.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data.
• Excellent proficiency if financial accounting systems, preferably Accpac, Sage X3 and Cognos.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of pricing and costing.
• Must have extremely strong MS Excel skills and well-experienced with other Microsoft suite of products.