Cost Controller - Plant - ICWA/CA

Location : Pune, Ranjangaon plant

Qualification & Experience : ICWA/CA with 3 to 7 yrs exp.

As the Cost Controller, you will mainly be responsible for performing cost accounting, inventory control and cost control activities for the site's manufacturing & supply chain functions (Operations).

In this exciting role you will:

- Provide support to the Site Controller in other areas of manufacturing & supply chain management controlling

- Acts as a Business partner for Operations and Supply chain management to achieve their goals and making them aware of the financial risks and opportunities

- Ensure compliance with the Group policies and Statutory regulations

- Supporting requirements associated with the month-end financial close.

- Analyse and report on spending by accounts and cost centres for above mentioned functions; periodically meet with functional heads and cost centre managers, in order to ensure they have full transparency on spending, discuss variances and quantify cost saving opportunities

- Analysis of expenses by responsibilities, regularly meet with functional heads and cost centre managers, in order to ensure full transparency on spending, discuss variances and quantify cost saving opportunities

- For matters related to cost accounting and inventory control, act as an interface to Business Services and external auditors

- Analyse slow-moving and obsolete inventories, discards / write-offs; monitor completeness of the permanent cycle count and analyse inventory count results

- Provide support to the Site Controller in the update of standard costs at least once a year; analyse process orders and purchase price variances to standard on a monthly basis; ensure product costs are properly evaluated, both at standard and actual costs

- Participates to the maintenance of the financial performance KPIs for manufacturing activities (cost/kg, yield, discards, etc.) and to preparation of management information in all areas of manufacturing & supply chain management controlling

- Able to manage time to meet deadlines, whilst managing the time of others to ensure on time reporting

- Identify problem areas in processes and work with the teams to generate solutions

- Assist in ad-hoc problem resolution

General rules

- Comply with quality management and food safety regulations (HACCP) hygienic standards and internal regulations

- Comply with Health and Safety and Fire protection regulations and internal regulations

- Comply with management regulations and other directives and act accordingly

Your professional profile includes:

- CA or ICWA education background with 3+ years of experience in similar function(s) in small to middle-sized preferably international company(ies)

- Knowledge of SAP costing (CO, PM/PS.)

- Participation in ERP (SAP) developments

- Strong Ms knowledge Excel; PowerPoint; Word

- Good analytical and excellent communication skills with different levels within the organization

- Result oriented; likes to work in a proactive manner with the factory's operational management

- Communication skills - teamwork

- Developed management and organizational skills

- Ability to multitask and prioritise responsibilities