Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Costing Analyst to join our Finance team and lead product costing, budgeting, and financial control activities. This role plays a critical part in ensuring accurate cost structures, supporting strategic pricing and profitability decisions, and driving cost efficiency across manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical expertise, deep understanding of manufacturing cost drivers, and solid hands-on experience with ERP systems (preferably SAP), with the ability to influence stakeholders and support management decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and lead end-to-end product costing for manufacturing operations, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with costing standards.
- Prepare, review, and analyze detailed manufacturing cost reports, including materials, labor, overhead, and variances versus standards.
- Lead costing and P&L analysis for new product launches, promotions, and business initiatives, providing clear profitability insights and recommendations.
- Partner with commercial and operations teams to support pricing strategies and margin optimization initiatives.
- Drive budgeting and forecasting activities related to cost of goods sold, analyzing trends, identifying risks and opportunities, and explaining variances.
- Perform monthly gross profit analysis, cost updates, and bridge analyses, highlighting key drivers for management.
- Proactively identify cost optimization and process improvement opportunities, and work cross-functionally to implement improvements.
- Support senior finance leadership with management reports, dashboards, and presentations for performance reviews and strategic discussions.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 46 years of experience in costing, preferably within a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
- Strong command of cost accounting methodologies, variance analysis, and financial modeling.
- Hands-on experience with SAP.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; Power BI or similar reporting tools is a strong plus.
