Cost Accountant

Job Profile Summary

The Cost Accountant in the FP&A( Financial Planning and Analysis) team  is the entry-level position in the Management Accountants job family dealing with medium complexity accounting and reporting functions.

Their primary objective is assist with budget creation and forecasting. This includes the compilation of financial and accounting information and the analysis of the information to be used in the compilation of the forecast and the budget. The FP&A cost accountant will interact with various stakeholders in the business on a national basis.

The FP&A accountant will also assist in the orders reporting and the checking and reconciliation of commissions.

Job Description

Produce reports

The FP&A cost accountant will produce the various schedules  of accounting and financial information to be used as part of the financial forecast and budget .

Co-ordinate information for forecasts and budgets

The FP&A cost accountant will co-ordinate the collection of financial and accounting information to be used in building out the monthly financial forecast. Examples of financial and accounting information to collected are the backorders order the relevant business units, the annuity revenue schedules, project revenues schedules. Examples of costs schedues to be collected is back to back support costs, subcontractor costs, employee costs etc. Not only does the cost account have to coordinate the collections of this accounring and financial information, but the accountant also need to analsze and valdidate the accuracy of the information.  New forecasted revenues and margins needs to be downloaded from Salesforce and verified for accuracy with the relevant sales people and sales managers.

Financial analysis and reporting

The FP&A costs accountant assist in the analysis and preparation of several financial reports and ensures the distribution and presentation of this information at the relevant forums.

The FP&A costs accountant check the orders reporting and do the reconciliation of the commission reports.

Behavioural skills
The Cost Accountant displays good planning and organizational abilities and demonstrates good attention to detail. They have the ability to self-manage and are deadline driven individuals who contribute to the success of the team.

Required Experience:

2 – 3 years’ working experience,
At least 3 years’ working experience in a related environment

Strong excel skills

Tertiary accounting education will be beneficial.

Reporting Responsibilities

Working under the guidance of the relevant manager within the FP&Ateam, but may also take guidance from Finance Operations and Conssilidation and reporting teams.