Manager - Costing - Navi Mumbai

Role & responsibilities

• Manage standard costing, cost roll-ups, product costing, and cost sheet maintenance.
• Review and validate BOMs, routings, and costing master data.
• Perform cost variance analysis and provide actionable recommendations for cost optimization.
• Lead monthly inventory valuation, reconciliations, inventory provisioning, and inventory analytics.
• Monitor slow-moving, non-moving, and obsolete inventory.
• Execute and govern SAP CO, Product Costing (PC), and Material Ledger (ML) month-end closing activities.
• Ensure reconciliation between FI, CO, MM, and Material Ledger modules.
• Support statutory audits, internal audits, cost audits, and compliance requirements.
• Develop Inventory & cost reports & dashboards, and MIS for leadership reviews.
• Lead automation, standardization, and process improvement initiatives across plants.
• Collaborate with Operations, Manufacturing, and Finance teams to improve processes.

Desired Skills & Expertise

• SAP CO, Material Ledger (ML), Product Costing (PC)
• Standard Costing & Inventory Valuation
• Manufacturing Cost Analysis & Variance Reporting
• SAP FI-MM-CO Integration
• Cost Audit & Financial Controls
• Advanced Excel, Power Query, Power BI
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Industry ExperienceSteel, Metals, Cement, Chemicals, Automotive, Engineering, or other Process Manufacturing industries.