Cost & Management Accountant Cape Town

Location: Cape Town On-site

Overview

This role suits a commercially minded finance professional who can turn financial and operational data into meaningful business insight. You will be responsible for management reporting, costing, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and divisional reporting in a fast-paced, export-focused environment.

Strong experience in manufacturing costing, multi-currency reporting, and business partnering is essential.

• Prepare monthly management accounts with commentary and variance analysis
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and reforecasting cycles
• Analyse product, customer, and divisional profitability
• Manage costing, overhead recovery, and margin integrity
• Support foreign entities with reporting, allocations, and multi-currency analysis
• Partner with operations and commercial teams to support decision-making
• Improve reporting processes and leverage data tools for efficiency

• CA(SA) or CIMA (Completed)
• 5+ years management accounting experience in manufacturing
• Strong costing, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis experience
• Exposure to export or multi-entity environments advantageous
• ERP experience (Syspro / Dynamics 365 BC or similar)
• Advanced Excel skills (Power BI advantageous)

• Commercial and solutions-focused
• Strong communicator and business partner
• Analytical, accurate, and detail-driven
• Able to perform in a fast-paced environment

Why this role

Join a respected manufacturing business with international exposure, where finance plays a key role in driving performance, profitability, and continuous improvement.