Specialist - Costing

Purpose & Overall Relevance For The Organisation

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure timely and accurate entry and maintenance of product cost prices in costing systems
• Maintain and update standard cost estimates for materials across plants and company codes
• Identify root causes of cost deviations and collaborate with relevant departments to resolve discrepancies.
• Perform and review tasks handled by team members, e.g. Daily, weekly, Half yearly & Yearly activities
• Provide accurate and up-to-date product cost data to the Treasury team to assist in forecasting
• Perform, coordinate and review audit tasks, reviewing the quality results within team
• Create and maintain desktop procedures, checking for inconsistencies and improvement opportunities
• Handling of internal and external customer queries on complex cases
• Support team lead on project delivery, e.g. efficiency improvement, retail system upgrade
• Identify opportunities to improve and streamline cost price maintenance processes
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Solid Accounting knowledge
• Experience with SAP / S4 Hana is an advantage
• Experience in a Shared Service environment is an advantage
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting
• Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Self-motivated and self-directed individual
  

Qualifications

• 6 + years relevant work experience in the accounting / business area
• Masters in Accounting, Business Management, Economics or related areas
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Fluent in English, spoken and written