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
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Provide expert-level support for standard costing, product costing, inventory valuation, and COGS-related processes across the Business Unit.
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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.
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Maintain and support standard Cost of Goods Sold processes within SAP workflows and ensure alignment with internal control and SOX requirements.
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Analyze standard price variances, production cost deviations and inventory valuation impacts, and determine required corrective actions.
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Review transfer price calculations according to existing guidelines, ensuring appropriate documentation, compliance and approval of exceptions.
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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.
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Drive and support improvement initiatives related to costing processes, tools, reporting, automation and data transparency.
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Develop and enhance reporting solutions to improve cost transparency, product margin analysis, COGS reporting, and management decision-making.
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Support the design and implementation of new business processes with strong SAP/ERP integration requirements.
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Participate in SAP/ERP release product teams, system rollouts, upgrades, implementations and process harmonization initiatives.
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Act as a backup for operational costing activities in case of sickness, vacation, project assignments, or other absences within the team.
