Queenstown: Cost Controller posted by Green Marble Recruitment Consultants

• Diploma/Degree in Cost & Management Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3–5 years’ experience in cost accounting or management accounting within the Dairy industry.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, BOMs, and manufacturing cost structures.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Sage, Syspro, or similar).
• Excellent analytical ability, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Comfortable engaging with operational teams and interpreting financial data for non-financial stakeholders.
• Ability to manage deadlines in a fast-moving production environment.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Reporting & Financial Insight:

• Prepare accurate cost and expense reports for management.
• Analyse production performance and highlight key trends and variances.
• Monitor and report daily gross profit and margin performance across product categories.
• Conduct product profit margin analysis, including variable and fixed cost structures.Issue daily operational and financial reports to internal stakeholders.

Control, Standard Costing & Process Improvement:

• Maintain and update product costing, including materials, labour, and overhead allocations.
• Monitor and track BOM accuracy, standard costing, and actual vs standard cost performance.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement across operations.
• Work with procurement, supply chain, and production teams to ensure all costs are accurately captured.
• Analyse cost movements, material prices, and consumption trends.
• Support the development and maintenance of cost forecasts.
• Allocate variable and fixed costs to correct cost centres.

Stock Administration, Inventory & Reconciliation:

• Capture daily production transactions and ensure cost data is accurate and up to date.
• Participate in annual physical inventory counts and provide variance analysis.
• Perform monthly inventory and cost of sales reconciliations.
• Investigate unusual fluctuations in stock or cost balances.