Cost Controller
SET Recruitment Consultants
- R45,000 - R50,000 per month
- Permanent Intermediate position
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Ezibeleni
- Posted 18 May 2024 by SET Recruitment Consultants
- Expires in 24 days
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Job 2567825
About the position
Cost Controller
R540k - R600k per annum
Queenstown
A leading FMCG company in the Eastern Cape has an excellent opportunity for a Cost Controller. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will be responsible for maximising business profitability through comprehensive financial analysis and effective cost-control measures. Facilitate daily reporting of production efficiencies, analyse sales profitability and implement strategies to optimize overall business costs.
Key Performance Areas
Reporting
- Review expense reports to ensure that expenses are reasonable and appropriate.
- Prepare reports for management regarding costs and expenses.
- Conduct financial analysis and report on production.
- Conduct product profit margin analysis (sales revenue vs. cost of sales, variable costs, and fixed costs).
- Prepare daily reports for internal stakeholders.
Cost management
- Coordinate with other departments to ensure that all costs are accurately tracked.
- Conduct cost analysis to identify areas where costs can be reduced or eliminated
- Collect cost data from suppliers to track material costs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and maintain the cost forecast.
- Analyse and attribute variable and fixed costs to the respective cost accounts.
- Ensure the accuracy of plant product cost criteria (i.e., material, labour, factory overhead, etc.).
Stock admin, inventory and account reconciliation
- Capture production transactions daily.
- Participate in the annual physical inventory reconciliation and provide analysis and explanation for fluctuations in inventory balances.
- Perform inventory and/or cost of sales account reconciliation.
Qualifications and Experience
- B Com Accounting plus Articles
- 2 - 3 Years of relevant working experience
- 2 – 3 years experience in finance/administrative and/or similar ERP systems
- Computer literate (MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
Desired Skills:
- Account Reconciliation
- Cost Controlling
- Cost Management
- Costing
- ERP systems
- Financial Analysis
- Forecasts
About The Employer:
A Leading FMCG company.
SET Recruitment Consultants
About the agency
SET Recruitment Consultants, established in 2003, is a specialist agency focused on placing Financial, Accounting and IT professionals within five niche sectors:
Financial services
Professional services
Commerce
IT
The public sector
We have worked extensively in the 'big four' audit space; commerce and industry; and with South Africa’s major banks over the past decade. We are well-positioned to partner with clients and candidates operating and working in these markets.
SET is a future-forward company firmly rooted in SA with more than 85 years’ cumulative local and international industry experience.
We are a Platinum Supplier on the career management portal, CareerSuite offered by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). Through this relationship we have access to around 34,500 CA(SA) members that are already active in the employment market.
SET is headquartered in Johannesburg, with offices in Cape Town and places professionals nationally and throughout Africa.
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