Labour Cost Manager

IntroductionA leading well-established security services company based in Centurion is looking for a experienced Labour Cost Manager to join their team. The key purpose of the role is workforce capacity management and labour cost management (specifically but not limited to overtime) which involves the dynamic and strategic management of future labour capacity requirements and costs. Duties & ResponsibilitiesThe role will be required to:Interact with Operations, Sales and Human Resources departments to plan for future capacity requirements;Streamline business processes between various departments to facilitate the production of coherent management information relating to direct labour;Review and analyse direct costs, with specific focus on direct labour cost by applying analysis and critical thinking to identify cost savings opportunities;Provide cost information to assist management with the calculation of costs for tenders and quotes.KPA's1. Headcount managementStrategic planning of headcount requirement: interact with Operations, Sales and Human Resources departments to identify future capacity requirementsAnalysing actual headcount in relation to required headcount and deriving action plans for headcount managementSpecifically where surplus of shortages in manpower has been identified, communicate to Human Resources to enable them to start retrenchment or recruitment processes when necessary2.Process improvementImplementation of process improvements for leave and reserve management and disciplinary actionsInteracting with Human Resources to enable them to take the necessary action relating to leave and disciplinary actionsStreamlining of business processes between Sales Operations and Human Resources specifically relating to job grades and job titles.3.Labour cost managementManagement of overtime cost and deriving plans to minimise and limit overtime expenses to operational minimumsCalculating the optimal wage cost for the businessPerforming a monthly wage cost analysis to identify reasons for variances between optimal and actual costDistributing wage cost analysis to Operations, Sales, Finance and Human ResourcesDeriving action plans for wage cost managementCommunicating plans to various stakeholders and tracking the implementation of these plans and actionsUpdating 'live' wage models to always be able to compare optimal wages with budget & actualScheduling of leave for direct labour force in accordance with available leave balances4.Quotations & costingsMaintaining and providing cost information to the Sales and Commercial departments for use in bids and quotes5.Price increasesProviding cost information to the sales teams for PI calculationsAssisting with calculation of optimal price increases (PIs)6.Commercial customer filesMaintenance and distribution of the master operational contract data7.Generating financial data / reports at month endGenerating financial packs and analytical reports relating to direct labour information only8. Triangle balancingResponsible for the production of the monthly reconciliation of revenue, operations (Nimbus) and payroll (triangle balancing) to meet GFC standards9. Assist with budget and forecast processCompare actual results to budget / forecast for direct labour costs and identify reasons for variancesProvide budget input for direct labour costs10. OthersAssistance with bid costing & mobilization cost trackingAssistance with business plans and models Desired Experience & QualificationMinimum qualification & experienceMinimum B. Com degree in Finance / Cost Accounting / Management Accounting2 to 5 years financial management and/or cost accounting experience would be deemed suitable for the level of the positionKnowledgeKnowledge of Financial principles and practicesKnowledge of financial controls and audit standardsDeep understanding of accounting and ERP systemsKnowledge of how to perform reconciliationsKnowledge and/or understanding of different costing principlesWorking knowledge around direct labour management preferredSkillsMS Office Computer skills (Excel Advanced)Analytical skillsWorking with complexity and large volumes of dataPlanning and CoordinationManaging conflictDelivering efficiencyDelivering performanceManaging professionallyTime managementAttributesAwareness of the market environmentActing professionallyDriving changeLeading peopleCustomer thinkingCollaborating and coo-operatingWorking across functions Package & RemunerationR 750 000 - R 1000 000 CTC per annum. Interested?Please send your CV to hr1@peopledimension.co.za