Our client in the Manufacturing and Engineering Industry is seeking to employ a Financial Manager / Senior Financial Accountant to join their team based in Benoni, Gauteng.

Exciting Opportunity:
Join a dynamic and forward-thinking team where your skills will make an immediate impact and your career can thrive.

Requirements:

• CA(SA), CIMA (CGMA) or SAIPA professional accountant; CIMA is a strong advantage given the costing focus.

• A degree in accounting or finance.

• At least 5 years in a senior finance role (financial manager, senior financial accountant or cost accountant) in a manufacturing business.

• Exposure to trade finance, customs duty drawback or export VAT.

• Exposure to brewery or food-grade stainless steel equipment.

• Job costing in a project-based, make-to-order or engineer-to-order environment; metal fabrication, engineering or process equipment preferred.

• Inventory and WIP valuation, stock counts and stock reconciliations.

• Imported materials, landed costs and foreign currency transactions.

• Producing month-end management accounts and managing an audit.

• Managing at least one direct report.

• Standard and actual costing, overhead absorption and variance analysis.

• IFRS for SMEs or full IFRS, including IAS 2 inventory and IFRS 15 revenue from contracts.

• Experience with a mid-market ERP (Investment, Sage, SYSPRO or similar), ideally including a costing or manufacturing module.

Responsibilities:

• Own the job costing model across all projects: material, labour, subcontract and overhead allocation per job.

• Set and maintain labour and overhead recovery rates, and review them against actuals.

• Compare quoted cost and margin with actual cost per project.

• Explain variances to the MD and the project team.

• Work with Sales and Projects on cost estimates so quotes reflect real cost.

• Track buy-outs and supplier costs against project budgets as projects progress.

• Value raw materials, WIP and finished goods accurately at each month-end.

• Run stock counts and investigate variances.

• Keep the stock ledger reconciled to the general ledger.

• Manage imported stock costing, including landed cost (freight, duty, clearing) and foreign exchange.

• Deliver the monthly management accounts to an agreed timetable, including project margin reporting.

• Keep balance sheet reconciliations current; clear suspense and control accounts monthly.

• Apply revenue recognition policy consistently at project level.

• Prepare for and manage the annual audit.

• Maintain purchase, payment and stock controls appropriate to a growing manufacturer.

• Oversee VAT, payroll taxes and customs compliance, including duty drawback claims.

• Maintain the weekly rolling cash flow forecast.

• Manage trade finance drawdowns and settlements and the facility's borrowing base reporting.

• Own the finance and costing modules in Investment after go-live; drive process improvement and data accuracy.

• Manage, develop and review the work of the Accountant.

Please note that if you do not receive a response within 2 weeks, your application has been unsuccessful.