Functional Cost Accountant - BFSI

Key Responsibilities:

Cost accounting for various functions in APAC, including:

- Organize and execute the Cost Center Budgeting process.

- Review of cost center spending to ensure accuracy and understand cost drivers.

- Review variances in spending vs budget and comparison periods and analyze root causes.

- Meet with functional leaders to explain cost center spending and convey opportunism for savings

- Satisfy various reporting requests and analysis for function

- Challenge second level leaders on spending

- Liaise between functional leaders and finance function

- Record and monitor certain accounting entries during the monthly closing.

- Facilitate the inter-company rebilling process.

- Facilitate SOX compliance for Cost Accounting activities.

- Monitor and maintain work processes to ensure internal controls in data integrity.

- Provide training/backup support within the area based cost team.

- Provide determinations between Capital and Expense

- Execute cost center recoveries and analyze residuals

Competencies:

- Proficient accountant - highly proficient cost accountant

- Highly motivated with strong aspirations to achieve and develop

- Interest in a broad array of finance disciplines

- Detailed and analytical thinker

- Proficient in SAP finance - cost accounting module

- Good communication skills

- Fluent in English (written and verbal)

Experience:

- Corporate/public accounting (5-10 years)

- US Manufacturing MNC (3-6)

- Cost Accounting (0-5 years)

- Accounting center (0-5 years)

Education:

- BCom

- ICWA

- MBA a plus