Activity-based Costing (ABC)- Develop, implement and manage a fully costed, activity-based financial evaluation model to assess the profitability of products and services, and to perform target costing, product costing, service pricing and profitability analysis. Review and further develop the activity-based costing model to enable:

o   Costing of activities and processes

o   Process analysis – primary and secondary

o   Value analysis of processes

Ensure changes in business processes are integrated into the costing model. Ensure that the assumptions used in the tariff structure reflect revenue earned in activity-based costing results (ABC) results. Analyse cost expenditures and purchases within the organisation, and review goods and services, record data, and make recommendations about cost efficiency and financially feasible cost options. Assign overhead and indirect costs to products and services based on specific activities and cost drivers. Analyse development costs and prepare regular reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs. Provide estimates of new and proposed product costs. Provide management with reports that specify and compare factors that affect prices and the profitability of products and services. Produce and enhance costing and business reports that support optimal decision making which include the extraction, processing, manipulation and cleaning of data, to produce profitability by region, sector, and customer. Project profit margins for upcoming quarters and analyse trends of highs and lows. Prepare cost forecasts for monthly, quarterly and annual operating schedules.

  Maintenance of Costing Model- Perform financial evaluation modelling to provide accurate costing, and to assess the profitability of products and services. Preparing general ledger cost centers/departmental structure and resource drivers. Prepare and balance cost imports. Ensure correct allocation of new accounts/departments. Prepare activity structures, volumetric data and cost drivers for various views. Import required data and run the costing model.            Balance and test the costing model. Prepare monthly costing reports.

 Profitability Analysis and Research - Perform various profitability analyses and assessments:

·        Customer profitability

·        Channel profitability

·        Product/Service profitability

·        Conduct research of significant sites’ asset movements and costing methodology operational.

 Permission - Assist in the planning and preparation of the permission. Assist in preparation of the required reports.

 Internal and External Audits - Prepare audit requests and information required.   Assist with internal and external audit queries and clearance of audit findings.

 Management Reports - Address reporting requirements by developing report requirements, and ensure reports are developed in the applicable systems as required.

Investigate problematic areas in the monthly actual expenses and take corrective action

Analyse the Monthly Revenue Reports

Analyse Monthly Income Statement

Update quarterly financial information for internal and external stakeholders

Analyse and investigate problematic areas in the quarterly actual expenses

Coordinate and update the external stakeholders financial report

Ensure monthly financial reports tie/balance to the source (ERP) to enable effective financial reporting, including:

o          Income Statement

o          Balance Sheet

o          Cash Flow Statement.

 Assist in the Budgeting process - Participate in budget planning and prepare reports for various departments across ATNS. Assist to drive the annual budgeting process across the organisation, communicate the budgeting policies and guidelines to be followed by cost centre managers, and assist them in collating their budgets: Actively assist managers in using the budget system for developing budgets as well as monthly departmental expense reports, ensuring compliance with budgeting policies and procedures .Assist cost centre managers with budget queries and provide relevant advice. Assist in the capture and import of the approved budgets. Monitor and ensure the accuracy of the approved budget and the budget in the system

Minimum Qualifications 

• B. Com Accounting degree with cost accounting major

Years of Experience: 

•  Minimum 5 years’ experience in accounting, with direct exposure to all aspects of finance of which at least 3 years should be at a management level
• Expertise in activity-based costing in regard to fixed and variable costs