Project Cost Accountant

SUMMARY:
Are you a skilled Cost Accountant looking for your next opportunity? Join a fast-growing, well-established South African company that offers long-term career growth, stability, and the chance to contribute to a high-performing business. Apply today!

POSITION INFO:

Job Description:
Your duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Develop, implement, and maintain policies, systems, internal controls, and procedures for the identification, recording, valuation, depreciation, accounting, and reporting of fixed assets and job costs
• Manage, review, and analyse costs allocated to projects, reconciling actual costs against approved Bills of Materials and comparable sites
• Investigate costing exceptions and resolve queries by collaborating with relevant departments to ensure accurate and timely capitalisation of qualifying costs
• Maintain a detailed fixed asset register and perform monthly reconciliations between the fixed asset register and the general ledger
• Ensure customer site and asset build histories are accurately maintained throughout all lifecycle activities, including RMAs, transfers, disposals, and decommissioning
• Calculate monthly depreciation and maintain depreciation schedules, useful life assessments, and impairment reviews
• Prepare cash flow forecasts, capital expenditure forecasts, and budgets, and analyse variances against actual performance
• Produce reports on project costs, asset performance, and capital expenditure to support operational and financial decision-making
• Support internal and external audits by preparing schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation
• Monitor compliance with relevant accounting standards, financial policies, and internal control requirements

• 5 year experience as a project cost accountant

• Matric and degree – non-negotiable
• CIMA – Beneficial
• Articles complete – Beneficial