Factory Accountant

SUMMARY:
JOYA BRANDS has a great opportunity for a young recently qualified CA who wants to make a mark in the manufacturing environment and get an opportunity of a lifetime to learn the ropes to becoming a financial executive.
Location: Atlantis – Western Cape
Reporting to: Finance Executive

Requirements of the Role: Main responsibilities of Focus Area
Overall Responsibility:

• Safeguard integrity of financial data processed
• Inventory Management of FG, raw and packaging materials at all Warehouses and the Factory
• Assisting with the annual Audit within a specific timeframe
• Maintain the BOM costings on Evolution.

• Monthly stock counts & cycle counts:
• Ensure all stock movements on Evolution up to date
• Capture Inventory counts in Evolution
• Investigate count variances
• Calculating WIP
• Conversion cost calculation perform and journalise
• Correction inventory journals (exceptions)
• Customer profitability report
• Product profitability - PY & Budget
• Inventory and ad hoc reconciliations

• Inventory valuation report - reason for variance
• Reporting of month-end stock variances
• Purchase price variances
• FIFO FG inventory analysis - All warehouses
• Factory usage, waste and efficiencies

• Review and analyse the STD cost of inventory and FG margin reports
• Calculate and upload inventory STD costing in Sage Evolution

• BOM maintenance: Excel and Evolution
• Impact on product profitability
• Maintaining BOM standards (weights/yields)
• Quarterly review reporting of impact of BOM changes on prime margin.

• New product development costing and support
• Inventory maintenance on Evolution
• Assisting warehouse to investigate and resolve incorrect transactions. E.g. GRV, WHTR, IBT, MFP
• Mass balance - measuring stock usage compared to BOM requirements
• Waste recording and reporting per production run
• Assisting with Food Safety Traceability when required - QC support
• Agreed ad hoc projects

• Qualified CA (finished Articles)
• Wants to work in manufacturing environment

• 1-4 years' FMCG work experience
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Advanced excel skills.
• Sound knowledge of accounting principles

• Able to thrive in fast paced FMCG environment
• Managing conflict in the team and building a team spirit
• Strong interpersonal communication
• Good time management skills
• Strong analytical and investigative abilities
• Adaptable and not adverse to changes
• Strong excel capabilities
• Attention to detail

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