Commercial Accountant

Company

RCL Foods

Functions

Finance

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Town / City

All Towns

Job Description

At RCL FOODS , we are driven by a purpose that goes beyond business. Our commitment to "We grow what matters" reflects our dedication to nourishing lives, communities, and the future. As a leading player in the Food Manufacturing industry, we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality products and making a positive impact. ARE YOU A COMMERCIALLY CURIOUS GOAL-GETTER? THIS COULD BE THE PERFECT POST-ARTICLE POSITION FOR YOU! Is it time to step away from auditing to spread your accounting wings into an exciting and fast-paced manufacturing environment? RCL FOODS has an exciting opportunity available to transition your technical skills and curious mindset into a commercially experienced business professional. The Commercial Accountant role will help you develop business, operational finance, and commercial acumen through practical experience in the organisation. This role will a cultivate a long-term Commercial Leadership pipeline from within, ensuring the availability of diverse, competent, and skilled Talent. The Commercial Accountant aims to develop an individuals’ commercial and leadership ability within 2-3 years through an aggressive fast track development programme aimed at enabling business decision making and technical skills. Coaching from the business and functional leaders to gain insights into commercial strategic thinking. Planned rotations to ensure you obtain the right combination of exposure to get you ready for a leadership role. Structured development plans that keep you clear on what preparation you need throughout your journey. The role will be based in either Randfortein & Centurion.

Minimum Requirements

Who we are looking for:

• Senior Associate (4th year)/Audit Manager at Audit Firm (1-2 years experience).
• Good academic results.
• Individual interested in gaining an in-depth understanding of the nuts and bolts of a manufacturing organization and how commercial insights supports financial performance, Possess a keen eye for detail and enjoys problem solving!
• A highly analytical and results-oriented individual, who is eager to learn and grow within a Food manufacturing organization, Needs to be resilient, agile and adapt to change in a fast-paced complex environment.
• Good interpersonal and intrapersonal skills to deal with multiple engagements, cross-functional and operational stakeholders, Excellent Written and Verbal skill

Duties & Responsibilities

The preferred candidate will gain experience in the following areas:

• Analysis of all levels of business performance including revenue, cost of sales, operational and overhead costs to provide relevant insights to the business,
• Short- and Longer-term business planning and forecasting skills,
• Management reporting and packaging of commercial insights for decision making purposes,
• In practice cost and management accounting skills including complex costing models to support product, category, channel and customer profitability,
• End-to-end supply chain and process exposure to support best in class initiatives and projects,
• Ability to harness data from multiple systems including ERP, Profitability, Operational and BI systems to provide necessary reports and package/present commercial insights,
• Influencing, collaborating and partnering in a matrix environment. #LI-AR1