Assistant Manager-Costing
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Full timeOn-site
Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and maintain product-wise and customer-wise costing for flexible packaging products.
- Calculate standard and actual costs covering raw materials, direct labour, manufacturing overheads, utilities, wastage, and other production costs.
- Prepare costing for products such as printed films, laminated films, pouches, bags, and other flexible packaging products.
- Analyze material consumption, production yield, wastage, scrap, labour, machine hours, and overhead costs.
- Conduct actual vs. standard cost variance analysis and identify key reasons for deviations.
- Support the Sales team in preparing product quotations and pricing based on accurate cost calculations and required margins.
- Review and update BOMs (Bill of Materials), standard costs, and manufacturing cost structures.
- Monitor and analyze raw material price fluctuations and their impact on product costs and margins.
- Coordinate with Procurement to ensure updated raw material prices are incorporated into costing.
- Work closely with Production and Operations teams to understand manufacturing processes and cost drivers.
- Prepare monthly costing reports, margin analysis, and management reports.
- Assist in annual budgeting, forecasting, and cost-control initiatives.
- Monitor manufacturing overheads and identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement.
- Analyze inventory valuation and production-related costs and coordinate with the Finance team for accurate accounting.
- Review production orders and ensure costs are correctly captured in the ERP system.
- Support month-end closing activities related to inventory, production costs, WIP, finished goods, and cost of sales.
- Develop and maintain costing models and MIS reports using Excel and ERP systems.
- Provide costing insights to management for pricing, profitability, product mix, and business decisions.
- Ensure costing procedures comply with company policies and accounting principles.
- Perform other costing and financial analysis activities as assigned by management.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Cost Accounting, or a related field.
- CA / CMA / ACCA professional qualification will be an advantage.
- Strong knowledge of cost accounting and manufacturing costing principles.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, and financial modelling.
- Experience working with ERP systems and manufacturing modules.
Experience
- 6-12 years of relevant experience in costing within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience inflexible packaging, plastics, printing, FMCG packaging, or a similar manufacturing industry is highly preferred.
- Strong hands-on experience in product costing, BOM costing, variance analysis, inventory costing, and margin analysis.
- UAE experience will be an added advantage.
Key Skills
- Product & Manufacturing Costing
- Cost Accounting
- Standard & Actual Costing
- Variance Analysis
- Product Profitability Analysis
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Inventory Valuation
- Cost Control
- Pricing & Margin Analysis
- BOM & Production Costing
- Advanced MS Excel
- ERP / Manufacturing Systems
- Financial Analysis & MIS
- Strong Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills
- Attention to Detail