Cost controller
Core
Act as a business partner to plant management, supporting strategic and operational decision-making, identifying profit improvement opportunities, and facilitating planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
Role type
Cost Controller
Builds
Monthly performance reports, investment requests, and accurate financial inputs for management decisions.
Domain
Manufacturing / Industrial Finance
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
SAP CO/FI modules, cost accounting standards, budgeting, forecasting, variation analysis, MS Excel, data analytics tools
Preferred skills
Project tracking, investment approval, capitalization, cost monitoring
Responsibilities
Monitor and control period expenses and variable costs against budget and forecast; Evaluate financial results and cost trends to identify issues and improvement opportunities; Consolidate and validate financial inputs from departments to ensure accurate reporting; Prepare concise monthly performance reports for local and central management; Support department leaders to manage department expenses; Control that accounting records are done accurately on the correct cost objects and in time
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC