Management Accountant

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Description

Our leading manufacturing client in the upper highway area is lookiing for a senior Cost and Management Accountant to report directly through to the Financial Manager.

Responsibilities

• Manage the costing function for all new Bill of Materials (BOMs)
• Continuously analyze and verify current BOM costings in line with recipe changes and raw material availability
• Report on BOM adherence and the impact on cost of sales, including identifying actions to reduce substitution costs
• Investigate Work-In-Progress (WIP) variances to identify BOM deviations and measure their effect on cost of sales
• Provide operational support on the production floor to ensure recipe adherence, BOM accuracy, and consistency in kit issuing
• Conduct physical testing and verification of inputs and BOM costing directly on the production floor
• Implement process improvements to reduce kit issue failures and ensure BOM accuracy
• Maintain and enhance internal controls and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Track factory performance against technical KPIs and develop production efficiency and value-add metrics
• Compile and review daily margin analyses, including channel service costs, to ensure pricing stability and contract margin adherence
• Provide daily exception reporting to Sales and Production teams
• Manage customer growth incentive calculations and monthly provisions
• Support Management Accounting (Man Acc) projects during scoping, testing, implementation, and post-project reviews
• Provide operational and floor-based insights to improve systems and production knowledge
• Maintain and improve labor and overhead costings on Syspro
• Monitor and report on over/under-recoveries monthly, identifying inefficiencies and productivity opportunities
• Lead implementation of overhead allocations, including department- and product-specific breakdowns
• Backup support for raw material price uploads (weekly ZBC and monthly standard costs)
• Investigate and report on daily/monthly PPVs and standard cost variances
• Recommend standard cost adjustments when PPVs are exceptional
• Monitor internal stock movements and warehouse stock controls affecting Cost of Sales (COS)
• Support and facilitate month-end stock takes, including weekend activities
• Perform stock and WIP variance analysis as needed

Qualifications

• CIMA qualified
• Minimum 5 years in a large manufacturing plant
• Proficient in Syspro ERP

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