Process Specialist - Product Costing

Job Purpose and Impact

The Product Costing process specialist oversees the end-to-end Product Costing operations for the Food (NA or EMEA) business. This role is responsible for driving Material ledger close, problem-solving, fostering collaboration with key stakeholders to influence and implement change, monitoring, and analysing key performance indicators and metrics.

Key Accountabilities

• Decision Support: Provide deep-dive analysis on Process Order Variance, Purchase Price Variance, Periodic Unit price, Cost of goods manufactured (COGM).
• Lead the configuration, maintenance, and optimization of the SAP CO (Costing) module, covering product cost by Order, monitoring performance against established metrics, developing & implementing appropriate action plans when necessary, incorporating stakeholder feedback.
• Manage assessments and distributions, activity rate calculations, process order settlements, actual costing, and the Material Ledger close.
• Contribute and implement continuous process improvement, including simplifying and optimizing process, improving data integrity, and leveraging current technology.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with MSC, RTR, Controllership and other CFT's to ensure accurate master data, Process integration. Translate complex operational data into meaningful financial metrics for senior management.
• Lead process improvement projects, Oversee UAT cycles, Project Go-lives, and SAP migrations and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Fully Qualified CMA.
• 5 - 8 Years of total experience and minimum 3 years of Product Costing experience.
• Expert level knowledge of SAP controlling module (CO), strong understanding of Material Ledger and Inventory Valuation.
• Advanced data analytical skills for using spreadsheets, business intelligence tools.
• Experienced leveraging financial and business systems to monitor business activities and aid in decision making.
• Experienced working with multiple businesses or international business experience .
• Shift timings - 12:30 PM to 09:30 PM ( flexible to extend during month end)