GROUP COSTING ACCOUNTANT 1332 views

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining standard costs • Producing monthly management accounts including material costs• Producing monthly profit and loss statements• Conducting analysis of all costs• Managing the budgets around all costing issues and provide variance analysis• Developing and maintaining accurate costing systems in relation to labour, production methods and material supply• Ensuring all costs are identified and recorded accurately• Stock reconciliations and co-ordination of stocktakes and cycle counts• Analysing the P&L and balance sheet accounts to understand the main cost drivers of the business• Play an active role in costing new products• Partnering with the business to determine and implement process improvements• Educating the Operational and Production teams on the management of costs• Understand Operational and Production software to ensure that costs are recorded accurately

Qualifications & Experience: • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Equivalent• Must have a strong Cost systems background and have excellent analytical skills; sound understanding of accounting principles.• Computer Literate – Strong Excel skills and the ability to use Outlook and Word• Plan and record variable costs (e.g. purchases of raw material and operations costs)• Review standard and actual costs for inaccuracies• Prepare budgeting reports (for the company and for each department)• Analyze and report profit margins• Prepare (monthly, quarterly and annual) cost forecasts• Assisting in month-end and year-end closing• Identify and recommend cost-effective solutionsSend all correspondence to [email protected] or [email protected]