Manager - Costing

Role & responsibilities

• Oversee and manage costing operations across all 8 manufacturing units.
• Ensure accurate and timely stock valuation in coordination with plant and inventory teams.
• Perform thorough material reconciliation to identify and address variances between input and output.
• Prepare and analyze contribution margins at product, customer, and plant levels.
• Carry out product cost analysis and profitability studies to aid pricing and commercial strategies.
• Monitor cost center-wise plant cost vs. actual cost and highlight significant deviations.
• Regularly track and resolve COGI (Controlling of Goods Issue) issues to ensure clean SAP data and postings.
• Analyze target vs. actual material consumption to identify improvement areas and reduce waste.
• Prepare comprehensive daily production reports with cost, output, and consumption insights.
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly costing closure in SAP, with appropriate documentation and reporting.
• Manage daily standard costing activities to support operational decision-making.
• Support budgeting and forecasting with relevant cost insights and variance reporting.
• Work closely with the SAP FICO team to ensure system accuracy in cost center accounting, material masters, and internal orders.
• Handling statutory, internal and Cost audits and ensure compliance with accounting standards and controls in place.

Preferred candidate profile

• ICWA qualified with 8+ years of experience in manufacturing costing.
• Strong hands-on experience with SAP FICO, especially in costing, material ledger and production modules.
• Proven expertise in standard costing, stock valuation, and contribution analysis.
• Prior experience in manufacturing domain, knowledge of Packaging Industry is an added advantage.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities across sites.