Cost Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provide monthly transaction inputs to close process orders.
• Responsible for the monthly closing of plant ledgers
• Building and validating total product cost by SKU, developing cost standards, participating in the standards cost revaluation process and effectively linking this information to the outlook and PO processes
• Works with various accounting and reporting systems, such as SAP, BI and Business Warehouse to accomplish tasks and must be able to manipulate and organize data for effective presentation
• Analyzes data and translates into meaningful information. Provides management and financial statement users with relevant, comparable, and accurate data for decision making.
• Provides support to Operations, including cost analysis, inventory control, product unit cost reporting, identification and tracking of cost savings initiatives and financial reporting for special projects
• Responding to questions on Operations spending, product cost, period expense and proper cost/capital investment project accounting.
• Participates on projects and team initiatives that improve the manufacturing cost accounting practices and procedures
• Adheres to internal control policies and procedures

Qualification & Skills Required

• Qualified CMA
• Bachelor’s Degree – preferred in Accounting / Auditing / Finance / Economics / Business
• Domestic accounting education (bachelor) with well-known Finance & Economics college
• 3~5 years cost accounting or general ledger accounting experience in manufacturing environment, preferred in foreign invested companies
• Good language skill in English, both speaking and writing
• Knowledgeable of variance analysis and management reporting, Budgeting.
• Expertise in SAP and Excel preferred
• Regular communication, collaboration, and engagement with all members of the plant and peers
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to take pressure
• Must be able to operate within a team environment
• Should be comfortable to work in shifts (5:30 PM to 2:30 AM IST) for at least 1st year
• Should be comfortable to work in Hybrid work environment (3 days from office, 2 days remote)