Senior Analyst Global Costing

Job Title: Senior Analyst Global Costing

Location: Kaiseraugst, Maastricht and Barcelona

This role covers a wide scope of dsm-firmenich products mainly related to the Human Nutrition and Care Business Unit manufactured globally: over 1000+ own produced materials, across 10+ manufacturing sites, in 6 SAP systems as well as non-SAP environment. The controller must have good understanding of manufacturing, procurement, internal supply chain network and business, in order to master global product costing, create transparency and support business decision making.

Your key responsibilities:

• Overseeing Global Costing for a significant portion of dsm-firmenich own produced materials mainly in the Human Nutrition and Care space, serving as the link between commercial and production teams
• Business partner with Commercial Teams to explain Unit Cost evolutions to support pricing decisions
• Ownership of the Global Product Cost Consolidation Tool (customized SAP solution)
• Continuous improvement of global product costing procedures and tools with a strong customer focus and lean mindset
• Focal point for costing processes of monthly close and planning cycles
• Prepare quarterly forecasts on global unit cost by incorporating developments in procurement, manufacturing and category management
• Lead the budget process on global unit cost in collaboration with the production site controllers and FP&A
• Ad hoc support in various projects and business cases
• Support Finance transition, participate in system rollouts

We offer:

• A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset;
• The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose;
• A flexible work environment that empowers people to take accountability for their work and own the outcome.
• An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future.

You bring:

• Degree in Finance and/or ACCA, CPA or any other financial certification
• Minimum 5 years’ professional experience; experience in manufacturing sites OR in product costing would be considered as an advantage
• Process oriented mindset, strong internal drive for continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to work precisely with large datasets and interlinked IT systems
• Ability to effectively operate in virtual teams across the region and worldwide
• Able to cope with strict deadlines and time schedules
• Strong interpersonal communications, can express her/his ideas with ease and flair
• Drive for results, pro-active attitude with “can-do” mentality
• High level of conceptual and analytical skills
• Excellent level of Microsoft Office knowledge
• English language is a must