Assistant Manager

Job Purpose

The Assistant Manager MIS & Costing will design, execute, and manage data frameworks that drive corporate decision-making. This professional will oversee product costing systems, analyze budget variances, and generate standard operating reports. The position bridges the gap between raw plant/operational data and strategic financial planning.

Key Responsibilities

1. Costing & Variance Analysis

• Formulate and maintain standard costing models for existing products and new launches.
• Track and report daily, weekly, and monthly raw material yields and conversion costs.
• Analyze variance reporting (material price, usage, labor, and overhead absorption factors).

2. Management Information Systems (MIS) & Reporting

• Own end-to-end delivery of automated dashboards and monthly MIS report packages.
• Consolidate operational metrics from sales, supply chain, and production verticals.
• Provide granular profitability analyses broken down by product, client, and geographic region.
• Deliver accurate financial insights to internal executive leadership teams on demand.
• Guarantee strict data hygiene, timeliness, and accuracy across all distributed metrics.

3. Budgeting & Financial Control

• Support senior management in constructing annual corporate budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Monitor departmental spending patterns to catch budget overruns before they materialize.
• Implement automated visual reports leveraging Power BI or Tableau platforms.
• Design sophisticated validation tools via advanced Excel (Macros, Power Query, complex nested logic).

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Reporting Accuracy: Zero critical data errors in published monthly executive MIS decks.
• Delivery Timeline: Consistently distributing reporting templates within targeted cutoff dates.
• Variance Resolution: Maintaining less than a 2% gap between projected standard costs and actuals.
• Process Automation: Migrating repetitive manual sheets into dynamic automated dashboards.