DGM - System Cost Controller

• Ability to understand business processes and systems.


• Collecting and analyzing data related to expenses from each business / function


• Estimating costs and comparing budgets with actual expenses


• Monitoring costs in case of any significant changes in products or processes


• Gather and analyze financial data. Well-versed with SAP FI to extract data on a frequent basis and work on even minor details for identifying the alarming costs.


• Suggest cost-optimizing or profitable solutions


• Continuous churning of Data. Keen to dig and identify the variation in actuals and budgeted.


• Conduct detailed analysis of expense data, including but not limited to, operating expenses, capital expenditures, and discretionary spending.


• Keep a proper check on the increasing trend of expenses and sensitize the concern department to control the same


• Create and maintain reports & dashboards that visualizes key expense metrics, trends, and variances


• Present findings and insights to concern businesses/depts., making complex financial data accessible and actionable


• Compare forecasted and actual expenses, discuss with the department head, if the difference is alarming.


• Standardize processes and use learnings across businesses, benchmark external organizations and adhere to industry standards to develop a robust cost control system.


• Generate expense reports and work closely with the analytics team to represent exceptions, KPIs and trends analysis at AFS level.

10+ years

Automotive, Manufacturing, Heavy asset, Engineering industry, Management consulting firms dealing in similar industry.

CA

MBA - Finance (Reputed Institute)

• Experience in data, operational and financials


• Proven experience as a cost analyst, cost specialist or similar role of analysis


• Knowledge of accounting processes and software (SAP FI)


• Strong analytical skills


• Strong business acumen


• Attention to detail


• Excellent communication skills

• Assertive in approach


• Strong in Executive Presence


• Well versed in analytics


• Have experience in Cost/Expense analysis.


• Expert in identifying variation in expenses.


• Expert in Extracting Data from SAP FI and analyzing it for better governance, controls and cost optimization.


• Extremely good at communication & influencing skills.


• Very Assertive and eloquent in communicating with Sr. Management / leadership / stakeholders.