Johannesburg: Plant Controller posted by Hire Resolve
Posted on 2025-04-30 00:00:00
| Employer | Hire Resolve |
|---|---|
| Category | Other Finance/Accounting |
| Location | Gauteng / Johannesburg |
Job Summary
Location: Brakpan, Gauteng
Reporting to: Financial Controller
Job Summary:
The Plant Controller (PC) is the finance business partner to the Plant Manager providing finance and
accounting leadership to the Plant Executive Committee and is responsible for managing all financial &
management accounting activities of the plant. The PC is responsible for planning and coordinating the
plant budget and business planning activities in alignment with corporate policies and practices. The PC
Monitors plant operations results against annual operating plans and forecast, and prepares or directs the
preparation of reports used to monitor and measure performance. The PC leads the plant financial and
capital budgeting process and recommends and implements programs to improve productivity, increase
efficiencies and reduce costs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide management reports to Management with recommendations on a monthly basis in order for the
- business management team to make relevant and pro-active adjustments to reduce costs.
- Define and develop reports for the reporting on plant performance.
- Co-ordination and collection of annual cost centre budgets, including SAP models to calculate budgeted unit costs.
- Preparation of Rolling Forecast and month estimated costs.
- Ownership of the World Class Manufacturing Cost Deployment Pillar.
- Monitor, manage and accurately report on Product Costing (Standard Costs & Actual Costs) to support business decisions.
- Perform cost simulations and provide unit costs for new products in order for the product team to make accurate decisions around pricing.
- Ensure annual standard costs for all products are set up.
- Application of cost accounting systems and procedures.
- Conduct cost analysis and production variance analysis in order to identify and address anomalies.
- Standardisation of costing processes and procedures in Gyproc to achieve efficiency and consistency.
- Drive costs down by continuously reviewing costs and identifying opportunities for savings.
- Ensure accurate K2 Financial Data Reporting for benchmarking with other SG entities.
- Co-ordinate the preparation of the Cost of Factors file monthly to enable the proactive management of costs in the plants.
- Attendance and active participation at Operations Management meetings.
- Drive compliance of business controls with the plant leadership team.
- Participation in inventory counts, review inventory scrapping and adjustments in order to ensure compliance with business controls as well as to influence the minimisation of such activities.
- Co-ordinate SAP CO month end closure.
- Revaluation of Finished Goods inventory to actual.
- Adhoc exercises as and when required by management.
- Ensure adherence to Quality, Environmental Health and Safety requirements of the Organization
Qualifications:
- Honours Degree in Management Accounting / Finance or equivalent
- CIMA or CA(SA) qualified preferred
- 5+ years of management accounting with strong costing experience in a manufacturing environment
- SAP knowledge is a pre requisite
- Advanced computer Literacy (MS Office)
- Strong analytical skills
If you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by either filling in the online application form or emailing your CV to Hire Resolve at *****@*****.co.za
You are also welcome to contact Michaela Boustred on LinkedIn or call her on (***)***-****.
Please note that correspondence will only be conducted with shortlisted candidates for this position. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful
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