Financial Administrator - Manufacturing Job Durban area,South Africa,Finance & Banking

Join National Brands Limited (NBL) and be part of a legacy that has shaped South Africa’s biscuit tradition for over 170 years. With two iconic factories in Isando and Westmead
, we produce beloved brands like Bakers Tennis®, Blue Label Marie®, and Choice Assorted®, creating moments of joy for generations of South Africans. At NBL, you’ll work in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment where innovation, quality, and teamwork thrive.

Your Next Career Move Starts Here! Join our NBL Westmead Biscuits in Westmead, Durban as a Financial Administrator – Production and play a key role in ensuring that all data is captured on SAP and that it is accurately and timeously performed to consume all materials; capturing all brokens and rejects daily to ascertain performance; daily capturing and analyses of waste, including preparation of monthly waste files and trackers – cumulatively and by SKU.

High-volume Process Orders management, Financial Accounting journals and reconciliations, Time and Attendance administration on Bes Time.

Reporting Structure:

Reports to: Finance Manager
Direct Reports: 0

Key Areas of Impact:

Management of very-high volume Process Orders – Daily/Weekly/Monthly
- Analyse and Compute quantities of Raw Materials and Packaging, make decisions on usage and resource allocations and apply to final Production
- Daily clearing and release Goods from COGI- ensure that investigations are carried for any problematic materials. Make decisions for the allocation of the problematic materials. Important exercise to ensure no abnormal usage of materials.
- Correct all incorrect feedbacks and inform respective supervisors of any errors
Process Variance Analyses
- Prepare the Excel templates which allow for the execution of the weekly Cycle-Count vs SAP differences on the SAP system, including the investigation of significant variances (true-up process)
- Analyse, Investigate and Report abnormal usage of Raw Materials and Packaging and make calculated decisions on the allocation of True-Up Materials, by factoring in previous day Factory performances by Line with due consideration to abnormal Giveaways, Waste (includes B&R) and
- Minute Taking at Weekly Variance Meeting
True Up Process
- Manage the True Up Process by ensuring that other departments carry out their duties as expected of them
- Collect and Analyse Data (i.e. True Up Count Sheets)
- Request re-counts from Production Managers if there are any noticeable errors in Counts
- Assist the Cost Accountant in preparing documents for Auditors
Waste Register
- Effectively Manage and Maintain the Waste Register (Weekly, MTD, YTD)
- Collect, analyse and compute Waste Data and make calculated decisions for explanations of Waste where relevant, by comparing and contrasting Waste Variances to Process Variances.
- Prepare the Waste Register Spreadsheet on excel
- Upload Waste Reasons unto Shop Ware
- Assist in performing Waste Reconciliations
Inventory Control
- Arrange and co-ordinate the Preparation for Stock Counts and Month End
- Analyse and Investigate high Stock Count Variances
- Assist in arranging, coordinating and attendance of monthly stock counts and cycle counting - into SAP
- Prepare and co-ordinate yearly stock counts
- Assist in the distribution of stock results to the various persons responsible for investigation
Capturing of all relevant daily Manufacturing data and Stats, including Month-End SAP Production Stats and Reports
- Run Shopware reports – Finished goods; WIP and Scrap daily
- Update Labour efficiency file
- Extract daily; weekly and month to date figures –finished goods; work in progress; broken and rejects and percentages and email to all stakeholders
- Daily summary and B&R by shift and SKU sent to factory clerks
- Prepare files for standards review
Financial Accounting Reconciliations, Journals…