Senior Cost Accountant - Remuneration Report

All our Remuneration Reports are three pages in length and provide a brief position description covering the job purpose, main accountabilities and matching indicators. This is accompanied by remuneration information and common benefits displayed in a tablulated and graphical format. We also provide a guidline of how to interpret the Report and where an individual employee should be positioned. 

Senior Cost Accountant                                                            

Reports to:

Financial Controller or Chief Finance Officer

Primary Objectives:

Supervise and undertake cost accounting investigations to report on areas of the organisation’s operations.

Main Accountabilities:

• Compile data for use in development of operating budgets, and contracts with major suppliers.
• Improve methods for calculating and controlling budgets and developing product cost standards.
• Prepare profit and loss statements for individual products.
• Supervise cost control methods and direct audits and data interpretation.
• Supervise the maintenance of inventory records.

Matching Indicators:

Tertiary qualifications and at least eight years accounting experience, may have supervisory accountabilities.