Cost Accountant

Job title: Cost Accountant

Job Location: Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline: April 27, 2025

Job Description

1. 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.

Hello Future Cost Accountant II

1. Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of the people that make it happen.
2. As part of our Central Reporting talent team, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now’s the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change.

Are you someone who can: (Role Responsibilities)

1. Partner with stakeholders in the provision of financial insights and guidance into the operational and general decision making and debates.
2. Monitor and coach behaviours that ensure a service culture which builds rewarding relationships, proposes innovations and allows others to provide exceptional client service.
3. Manage and monitor the applications and effectiveness of the business's financial information systems.
4. Coordinate the budget preparation and manage the process throughout the budget period in accordance with guidelines and assumptions. Monitor and report variance analysis to support decision making and guide management in taking corrective action on budget variances.
5. Record, interrogate and manage costs with associated drivers in the production, analysis and use of information for decision-making in the business.
6. Plan and apply relevant principles to accurately record, adjust and reconcile financial transactions and events.
7. Maintain appropriate supporting documentation according to professional financial accounting and reporting standards.
8. Prepare and report on the business's operations and financial conditions. Manage the business unit reporting systems for management, project or performance reporting and implement optimal processes to deliver management information according to the reporting cycle.
9. Maximise productivity through efficient planning of people and processes to drive optimal utilisation of available resources; identify and implement improvements to accounting and reporting processes.
10. Manage the interrelationships between various systems, data and other resources to ensure effective project planning and delivery.
11. Review and prepare tax returns to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable tax legislation and regulation; provide advice and solutions to business tax matters.
12. Participate and contribute to a development culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared.
13. Plan and manage performance, skills development, succession and talent management and culture of the team in order to improve performance and competence.
14. Continuously assess own performance, seek timely and clear feedback and request training where appropriate.

You will be an ideal candidate if you possess:

1. Qualification - Qualified CA and/or CIMA.
2. Experience - 3 to 5 years of working experience in the financial field post qualification.
3. Additional Knowledge - Experience in the financial services industry.

You will have access to: (Benefits of the role)

1. Opportunities to network and collaborate.
2. Challenging working environment.
3. Opportunities to innovate.

We can be a match if you are: (Behavioural attributes)

1. Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough.
2. Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.