Cost Accountant

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain the integrity and accuracy of Bills of Materials (BOMs) within the ERP system.
• Analyse standard vs actual costs, investigate variances and identify root causes.
• Provide accurate revenue, cost of sales and profitability insights at product level.
• Perform detailed product and customer profitability analysis, considering raw materials, process costs, shrinkage and efficiency.
• Manage cost and selling price budgets, forecasts and financial models.
• Analyse margins and identify opportunities to improve profitability and cost efficiency.
• Work closely with Procurement on supplier pricing, cost risks and price sensitivity.
• Support the costing and processing of assemblies and manufacturing activities.
• Prepare and distribute daily sales reports and weekly/monthly cost analysis.
• Track and analyse key manufacturing KPIs, including OEE, scrap, waste, production uptime, cost per unit and margin trends.
• Identify cost reduction, automation and continuous improvement opportunities across the plant.
• Provide commercial analysis on trading terms, discounts, rebates and promotional agreements.
• Drive improvements in costing accuracy, ERP utilisation, reporting and financial processes.
• Provide financial modelling and analysis for ad-hoc projects and business initiatives.
• Partner with operational and commercial teams to translate financial and operational data into actionable insights.

• BCom Accounting / Finance or relevant tertiary qualification.
• CIMA or a Costing qualification will be advantageous.
• Minimum 3 years' commercial accounting / cost accounting experience.
• Report writing would be beneficial
• Experience within FMCG, manufacturing or a production environment is highly advantageous.
• Strong understanding of BOMs, raw materials, production costing and standard vs actual costing.
• Strong Excel and ERP skills.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, profitability modelling and variance analysis.
• BI/reporting experience will be advantageous.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Commercially minded with the ability to work across Finance, Procurement, Production and Commercial teams.

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Bhaviksha Manilall

Senior Recruitment Consultant

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