Plant Cost Analyst

ROLE DEFINITION: We are looking for new resources for Plant Cost Analyst team within Financial Shared Service Center (FSSC) at Hyderabad location. This will support our strategy of centering plant cost accounting and providing standard financial service to business partners. RESPONSIBILITIES DESCRIPTION: Your key responsibilities will be: Provide monthly transaction inputs to close process orders. Responsible for the monthly closing of plant ledgers Building and validating total product cost by SKU, developing cost standards, participating in the standards cost revaluation process and effectively linking this information to the outlook and PO processes. Works with various accounting and reporting systems, such as SAP, BI and Business Warehouse to accomplish tasks and must be able to manipulate and organize data for effective presentation. Analyzes data and translates into meaningful information. Provides management and financial statement users with relevant, comparable, and accurate data for decision making. Provides support to Operations, including cost analysis, inventory control, product unit cost reporting, identification and tracking of cost savings initiatives and financial reporting for special projects. Responding to questions on Operations spending, product cost, period expense and proper cost/capital investment project accounting. Participates on projects and team initiatives that improve the manufacturing cost accounting practices and procedures. Adheres to internal control policies and procedures. JOB QUALIFICATIONS Requirements: Qualified CMA Bachelor's Degree - preferred in Accounting / Auditing / Finance / Economics / Business Domestic accounting education (bachelor) with well-known Finance & Economics college 35 years cost accounting or general ledger accounting experience in manufacturing environment, preferred in foreign invested companies. Good language skill in English, both speaking and writing. Knowledgeable of variance analysis and management reporting, Budgeting. Expertise in SAP and Excel preferred. Regular communication, collaboration, and engagement with all members of the plant and peers Self-motivated, proactive, and able to take pressure. Must be able to operate within a team environment. Should be comfortable to work in shifts (5:30 PM to 2:30 AM IST) for at least 1st year Should be comfortable to work in Hybrid work environment (3 days from office, 2 days remote)