Job title: Finance and Cost Specialist – Durban
Company: Professional Career Services
Job description: Employer DescriptionAutomotive Parts CompanyJob DescriptionEssential duties and responsibilitiesCustomer Support
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- Manage the customer satisfaction by maintaining a positive relationship and having a comprehensive understanding of customer process, products strategies, organization strategies and motivations/drivers.
- Primary contact person to customers purchasing department.
- Understand customer’s requirement on their projects and events / milestones. Then assist management to cascade those requirements to internal and external suppliers to prepare them to meet the requirements.
- Obtain documentation that assist management with quote responses and price change information for customers resulting from product changes, design changes, prototype development, forex & shipping cost changes etc.
- Analyze, investigate and report on the costs and variances of production and stock within the business to optimize profitability of the organization
- Support management with documentation for closure on pricing issues by obtaining customer pricing demands and/or criteria including tooling, current program impact and Annual Price Reviews.
- Update project timelines, minutes, project boards, etc.
- Support sales department to Co-ordinate and project manage localization programs including following up quotes & requesting details of quotations.
- Conduct customer presentations
- Access customer systems such as Portal etc. as necessary to obtain and/or submit information.
- Maintain BOM’s
- Updating ERP system with price changes (Cost & Sales prices)
- Assist in preparation of forecasts and budgets and variances to actual results.
- Responsible for APDP audits
Reporting * Submit Stats SA reports monthly
- Compile & Submit APDP & EU reports quarterly
- Assist with Calculations for 5 Year master Plan annually
- Assist with annual budget preparation
- Assist with monthly preparation of financial reports and record keeping for the company.
- Assist accountant with the preparation of management accounts (if required)
- Ad-hoc reporting as required by management
Management accounting & GL
- Analyze warrantee costs & chargeback to suppliers
- Assisting with Audit preparation
Function as Backup for Creditors, Debtors & Invoicing
- Assist in capturing of GRV’s & creditors invoices on the system
- Assist accountant with preparation of creditors’ reconciliations
- Capturing of sales orders on the system if required
- Backup for the preparation of electronic statement & submission to customer for upload by due date
- Capturing and allocation of customer payments
- Debtors’ reconciliation & Backdate calculations for Customer
- Assist with Reconcile and compare OE statement to Self billing statement values to ensure that no processing duplications or omissions
Sales Invoicing & Stock Receipts
- Prepare Customer ASN invoices for Service parts business
- Invoice & GRV samples for Japan
- Backup person OE Import Invoice process
- Aftermarket Invoicing & GRV
- RFQ
Other
- Liaison with IT department ensuring all IT security matters are dealt with by IT department within the required deadlines
- Support BBBEE process & Audit
- Assist with Implement and maintain internal controls for operations, sales, engineering and finance
- Monitor and oversee month end stock take
- Conduct fixed asset verification annually
- Assisting the General Manager & Assistant Manager with ad-hoc tasks.
Qualifications
- Matric
- BCom in Cost and Management Accounting or a National Diploma: Cost and Management Accounting
Skills
- 3 Years Experience in Manufacturing
- Pastel Evolution
- Costing and general ledger experience
- Advanced Excel
Salary / PackageR400K – R450K
Expected salary: R400000 – 450000 per year
Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Job date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 23:41:45 GMT
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