NAM 415468 - Finance and Cost Specialist - Durban - - Durban

Employer Description

Automotive Parts Company

Job Description

Essential duties and responsibilities

Customer Support

Manage the customer satisfaction by maintaining a positive relationship and having a comprehensive understanding of customer process, products strategies, organization strategies and motivations/drivers.
Primary contact person to customers purchasing department.
Understand customers requirement on their projects and events / milestones. Then assist management to cascade those requirements to internal and external suppliers to prepare them to meet the requirements.
Obtain documentation that assist management with quote responses and price change information for customers resulting from product changes, design changes, prototype development, forex & shipping cost changes etc.
Analyze, investigate and report on the costs and variances of production and stock within the business to optimize profitability of the organization
Support management with documentation for closure on pricing issues by obtaining customer pricing demands and/or criteria including tooling, current program impact and Annual Price Reviews.
Update project timelines, minutes, project boards, etc.
Support sales department to Co-ordinate and project manage localization programs including following up quotes & requesting details of quotations.
Conduct customer presentations
Access customer systems such as Portal etc. as necessary to obtain and/or submit information.
Maintain BOMs
Updating ERP system with price changes (Cost & Sales prices)
Assist in preparation of forecasts and budgets and variances to actual results.
Responsible for APDP audits
Reporting
Submit Stats SA reports monthly
Compile & Submit APDP & EU reports quarterly
Assist with Calculations for 5 Year master Plan annually
Assist with annual budget preparation
Assist with monthly preparation of financial reports and record keeping for the company.
Assist accountant with the preparation of management accounts (if required)
Ad-hoc reporting as required by management

Management accounting & GL

Analyze warrantee costs & chargeback to suppliers
Assisting with Audit preparation

Function as Backup for Creditors, Debtors & Invoicing

Assist in capturing of GRVs & creditors invoices on the system
Assist accountant with preparation of creditors reconciliations
Capturing of sales orders on the system if required
Backup for the preparation of electronic statement & submission to customer for upload by due date
Capturing and allocation of customer payments
Debtors reconciliation & Backdate calculations for Customer
Assist with Reconcile and compare OE statement to Self billing statement values to ensure that no processing duplications or omissions

Sales Invoicing & Stock Receipts

Prepare Customer ASN invoices for Service parts business
Invoice & GRV samples for Japan
Backup person OE Import Invoice process
Aftermarket Invoicing & GRV
RFQ

Other

Liaison with IT department ensuring all IT security matters are dealt with by IT department within the required deadlines
Support BBBEE process & Audit
Assist with Implement and maintain internal controls for operations, sales, engineering and finance
Monitor and oversee month end stock take
Conduct fixed asset verification annually
Assisting the General Manager & Assistant Manager with ad-hoc tasks.

Qualifications