Description:
My client, an established fruit exporter has an excellent opportunity for a Cost Accountant to join their dynamic team.The successful candidate must have B.Com Finance / Supply Chain Management qualification. If you have industry knowledge this will not be a requirement. Requirements- B.Comm Finance / Supply Chain Management
- Two years of experience in a similar position
- Supply chain experience will be beneficial
- Strong understanding of cost allocation
- Ability to analyse financial data, generate reports, and provide insights into cost performance and profitability.
- Advanced Excel skills to manage and analyse cost data efficiently.
- Understanding of the end-to-end supply chain, including procurement, production, logistics, and distribution in the fruit export sector.
- Precision in calculating and tracking costs, ensuring accuracy in reporting and budgeting.
- Strong analytical skills to identify inefficiencies in cost processes and propose actionable solutions.
- Ability to communicate cost-related insights clearly with other departments
Cost Management:
- Maintain directory of service provider agreements and rate schedules
- Draft customer cost estimates/quotes.
- Updated cost estimates for current season to customers
- Draft and maintain pricing guidelines for key services as discussed / agreed with Cost Account Manager.
- Attend to customer queries
- Attend to creditor invoice queries.
- Full understanding of actual costs for all supply chain cost items
- Maintain directory to reflect current status/version control
- Quote to reflect correct values & margins
- Quotes must cover all the valid options/routes to enable customers to optimize their supply chain decision-making
- No losses due to incorrect application/calculation of cost recoveries
- Customer service
- Prepare and capture costing for customer invoices.
- Check estimated cost vs actual cost to establish margins / losses
- Costing eight (8) days after sailing
- Correct recovery of cost
- Proactive response to any major cost deviations to correct and prevent further occurrences
- Development & Testing of ERP system cost management module
Requirements:
- B.Comm Finance / Supply Chain Management
- Two years of experience in a similar position
- Supply chain experience will be beneficial
- Strong understanding of cost allocation
- Ability to analyse financial data, generate reports, and provide insights into cost performance and profitability.
- Advanced Excel skills to manage and analyse cost data efficiently.
- Understanding of the end-to-end supply chain, including procurement, production, logistics, and distribution in the fruit export sector.
- Precision in calculating and tracking costs, ensuring accuracy in reporting and budgeting.
- Strong analytical skills to identify inefficiencies in cost processes and propose actionable solutions.
- Ability to communicate cost-related insights clearly with other departments
- Maintain directory of service provider agreements and rate schedules
- Draft customer cost estimates/quotes.
- Updated cost estimates for current season to customers
- Draft and maintain pricing guidelines for key services as discussed / agreed with Cost Account Manager.
- Attend to customer queries
- Attend to creditor invoice queries.
- Full understanding of actual costs for all supply chain cost items
- Maintain directory to reflect current status/version control
- Quote to reflect correct values & margins
- Quotes must cover all the valid options/routes to enable customers to optimize their supply chain decision-making
- No losses due to incorrect application/calculation of cost recoveries
- Customer service
- Prepare and capture costing for customer invoices.
- Check estimated cost vs actual cost to establish margins / losses
- Costing eight (8) days after sailing
- Correct recovery of cost
- Proactive response to any major cost deviations to correct and prevent further occurrences
- Development & Testing of ERP system cost management module
13 May 2025;
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