Product Costing Process Specialist

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) Experience Level Mid Level