Location: Berlin, Amsterdam or Eppelheim/Heidelberg
We are looking for a Senior BU Costing & Business Process Specialist to strengthen our Controlling organization.
This role is not designed as a purely operational costing position for one dedicated site. Instead, the position combines strong hands-on expertise in product costing, SAP/ERP processes, and inventory valuation with a broader focus on process improvement, digitalization, automation, reporting enhancement, and business partnering.
The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert for costing and related SAP/ERP processes, provide operational backup support when required, and actively contribute to improvement initiatives, system rollouts, upgrades and cross-functional projects.
Key Responsibilities
Provide expert-level support for standard costing, product costing, inventory valuation, and COGS-related processes across the Business Unit.
Ensure continuity and quality of key costing processes, including SAP CO-PC month-end close activities, standard cost reviews, transfer price calculations and inventory valuation.
Maintain and support standard Cost of Goods Sold processes within SAP workflows and ensure alignment with internal control and SOX requirements.
Analyze standard price variances, production cost deviations and inventory valuation impacts, and determine required corrective actions.
Review transfer price calculations according to existing guidelines, ensuring appropriate documentation, compliance and approval of exceptions.
Act as a business partner and internal consultant for Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, IT and other functional areas on costing-related processes and SAP/ERP topics.
Drive and support improvement initiatives related to costing processes, tools, reporting, automation and data transparency.
Develop and enhance reporting solutions to improve cost transparency, product margin analysis, COGS reporting, and management decision-making.
Support the design and implementation of new business processes with strong SAP/ERP integration requirements.
Participate in SAP/ERP release product teams, system rollouts, upgrades, implementations and process harmonization initiatives.
Act as a backup for operational costing activities in case of sickness, vacation, project assignments, or other absences within the team.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Controlling, Business Administration or related field.
Minimum 5 years of professional experience within Finance, Controlling, Cost Accounting or Product Costing.
Strong hands-on experience in product costing, standard costing, inventory valuation, and COGS-related processes.
Experience in international and multi-site manufacturing or process-oriented environments.
Advanced Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel. Experience with reporting or analytics tools is an advantage.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to translate complex SAP/ERP data into clear business insights.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Business fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.
Broad financial expertise in: Controlling; Cost accounting; Product costing and pricing; Inventory valuation; Financial and operational processes; Month-end closing activities; Business process improvement.
Strong SAP knowledge, particularly in: SAP CO / CO-PC - Controlling / Product Costing; SAP MM - Materials Management; SAP PP - Production Planning; SAP FI integration points; SAP Material Ledger / inventory valuation processes.
Experience with SAP/ERP rollouts, system upgrades, process implementations or release/product teams is highly desirable.
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Job Post Date: 05/30/26
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