Compile data, compute fees and charges, and prepare invoices for billing purposes. Duties include computing costs and calculating rates for goods, services, and shipment of goods; posting data; and keeping other relevant records. May involve use of computer or typewriter, calculator, and adding and bookkeeping machines.
Costing Clerk Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Costing Clerk to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Update calculation spreadsheets when new or improved manufacturing processes are established;
- industry standard and updating these costs on the database to enable estimation of costs for tender;
- and actual labour times;
- Update reports when necessary;
- manufacture of an item;
- Conduct variance analysis when a variance is reported by a relevant stakeholder;
- sales personnel to be included in the tender before the tender deadline closes;
- Estimate manufacturing methods/times and material costs using the relevant database and send to;
- Maintain database of costs for various types of raw materials by benchmarking costs of items to;
- Submit accurate prices on time to Proposals department;
- Calculate selling price using the agreed mark up as per the Sales Budget;
- purposes to be within 5% of actual costs if order is received;
- Run reports as per departmental procedure;
- Set up costing reports and send to managers for approval as per departmental procedure;
- in order to maintain accurate costs on the system.
Requirements:
- Follow up;
- decision making;
- Quality orientation;
- Problem solving;
- Relevant costing/financial qualification advantageous;
- Grade 12 with Mathematics / N3;
- 2 years relevant estimating/costing experience in a technical environment;
- Manufacturing/Mining industry experience required;
- Computer literacy;
- Invoicing;
- Following up on Debtors / outstanding monies;
- Statements;
- Matric;
- Able to work from 07h00 – 17h00 Mondays to Fridays;
- Final Costings.