Active Jobs at Acumen Group

Summary: 

• Our client, a leading company in the manufacturing sector, is seeking a dynamic and highly skilled Senior Cost Accountant to join their team. This position is ideal for CIMA candidates with at least five years of experience in a similar role. 

Responsibilities: 

• Implement a costing system
• Review and closure of jobs, investigating variances and driving corrective actions
• Review and update of BOM’s as required
• Review and monitor labour and overhead allocations to products
• Review and monitor labour and overhead rates used for recovery
• Review and update standard cost for raw materials in the accounting system to ensure inventory valuation is accurate including landed cost calculations for imported raw materials
• Analyse material usage and waste and drive corrective actions
• Review inventory count results for approval
• Review the accuracy of inventory-related transactions and assist with queries
• Ensure strong inventory controls are in place to safeguard inventory and drive accuracy
• Perform product and customer costings
• Compile costing information and perform ad-hoc costings as required
• Analyse margin and costs and identify where improvements can be made to profitability
• Building and maintaining reports to assist product mix decision-making
• Performing financial modelling to inform decision-making for strategic objectives
• Preparing information and reports for business presentations
• Assist with compiling annual budgets and rolling forecasts
• Providing systems support to users and maintaining master data
• Identify and drive system improvements and assist with special projects
• Prepare SOP documentation and provide training to staff on systems implemented

Experience: 

• CIMA
• At least 5 years experience in a cost accounting role
• Experience working within a manufacturing environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Good attention to detail and organisational skills

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• Our client, a leading player in the manufacturing industry, is seeking a dynamic and highly skilled Financial Manager (CA(SA)) to join their team. This role is ideal for a qualified Chartered Accountant with two years post-article experience, a strong technical foundation, and a passion for driving financial excellence. 

Duties for the role: 

• Financial accounting and reporting 
• Financial planning and analysis 
• Financial operations 
• Management of the auditing process 
• Daily processing of transactions 
• Budgeting and forecasting 
• Variance analysis 

Qualifications and experience required: 

• CA(SA) with a minimum of 2 years of post-article experience 
• Manufacturing experience 
• Technical knowledge 
• People management experience 
• Analytical thinker 
• Experience in stock management and costing. 

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Summary: 

• Our client, a leading company in the manufacturing sector, is seeking a dynamic and highly skilled Finance Manager to join their team. This position is ideal for a qualified CA(SA) with at least two years of post-article experience, a strong technical background and a passion for driving financial excellence. 

Responsibilities:

• Financial accounting and reporting 
• Financial planning and analysis 
• Management of financial operations 
• Oversight of the auditing process 
• Daily transaction processing 
• Budgeting and forecasting 
• Variance analysis 

Experience: 

• CA(SA) 
• 2 + years of post-article experience 
• Experience in the manufacturing industry 
• Strong technical knowledge 
• People management experience 
• Analytical thinker 
• Familiarity with stock management and costing