Cost Accountant II - First National Bank

purpose

To model, interrogate and provide insights on detailed cost and profitability information in support of both current operational management decisions and planning for the future

responsibilities

• Prevent wastage and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs
• Provide input into costing projects involving a segment, business unit, function or country/region (as applicable)
• Influence creative business solutions, optimise processes and inform strategic decisions through cost modelling and data analysis
• Build, run and execute profitability models and provide required reports for business
• Provide feedback to the business on monthly and ad hoc analysis and reports to support decision making
• Build and calculate cost models and work within established work and service processes
• Conduct review and scenario planning to provide guidance on budgetary process in terms of spend and forecast adjustments
• Develop new insights into situations and apply innovative solutions to make organisational improvements
• Provide input into the development of the tactical strategy, and develop and implement a supporting operational strategy
• Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation
• Deliver internal and external customer service excellence through adherence to quality service standards
• Continuously assess own performance through seeking timely, and clear feedback and request training where appropriate

experience and qualifications

• Minimum Qualification - Relevant Diploma/ Undergraduate Degree in Finance, Costing, Mathematics or similar
• Preferred Qualification - Relevant postgraduate degree, Financial or analytical modelling, qualifications, CIMA or ACCA
• Experience - 3 to 5 years experience in costing/commercial/ finance/pricing, of which 1 to 2 years ideally at a junior specialist level
• Knowledge and experience in Analytics Costing/Pricing principles
• CIMA/Associate General Accounting (SA)/ACCA or SAIPA

additional requirements

• In accordance with National Credit Act (NCA) candidates applying for this role will require a credit record check.
• Costing experience/management accounting experience
• Experience in activity-based costing.
• Run month-end costing models and budget models.
• Ability to work with large sets of data
• Ability to work in a high-pressure environment with tight deadlines.
• Ability to understand budget movements and communicate with impacted stakeholders.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Attention to detail is required.
• SQL is an advance
• No Referral plan is assigned to this job