Costing Analyst-mission

**POSITION VACANCY**

**Costing Analyst**

**POSITION SNAPSHOT**

Location: Giza 6th of October - Egypt

Company: Nestlé Business Services

Full-time

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Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage company in the world. At our very core, we are a human company driven by our purpose to improve the quality of life and contribute to a healthier future.

Provide support and expertise in the area of cost/costing analysis. Undertake complex and critical research, interpret the results of analysis and provide alternatives / recommendations for further consideration.

**A DAY IN THE LIFE **

**Cost Savings Initiatives & Continuous Improvement**
- Seek and support cost improvement opportunities, be an active contributor to improvement projects and initiatives. Participate on project teams to ensure validation, review and proposed savings are accurately tracked. Involved in daily activities associated with NCE in the factory environment and participation in NCE Pillar meetings.

**Reporting and Analytics**
- Review and validate factory reporting of monthly actuals, including providing of this data for factory operations meetings to ensure transparency of information. Review and validate period end and year end close reports for the factory ensuring Nestlé financial policies, **Accounting Standards and Costing Standards are followed**:

- Review daily, weekly and monthly variances; analyze and investigate background.
- Ensure data accuracy with regular health checks; follow up with stakeholders to ensure correction of errors. Discuss issues with operations department as necessary.

**Strategic Evaluations**
- Perform financial/Cost simulations, product costing & estimates and CAPEX evaluations as required ensuring full transparency of costs.
- Coordinate and provide inputs for budgeting, planning, and for the dynamic forecast.
- Active participation in Standard Cost Budget, Revision and Replacement Cost calculations.
- Ad hoc cost analysis for the needs of the business/factory/functional controllers.
- Fixed Assets - support E2E Project Team to control and tracking AUC, WBS, invoices posting and Depreciation forecast
- Ensuring all processes and analysis relating to costing master data, actual activities for Period End Close, and quarterly transfer price are completed accurately and on time, first time right.
- Follow costing guidelines and associated standard operating procedures when generating financial documents and performing daily activities.
- Perform routine audit activities within the factory, in line with best practices, to ensure compliance on critical areas eg) stock taking.
- Appropriately escalate business risks.
- Prepare and publish financial KPI data on a regular basis; perform analysis of KPI data and transfer this knowledge of the key figures to the relevant stakeholders in order to promote understanding.
- Perform accounting and costing knowledge transfer to shop floor and production supervisors.

**What will make you successful**
- University Degree in Business/Finance
- Prior experience in Accounting or Costing, ideally within a factory or supply chain
- Proficiency in English and language of the market (where applicable)
- Basic knowledge of the 10 Corporate Business Principles
- Good knowledge of product composition
- Good knowledge and understanding of the manufacturing conversion process, and physical / technical aspects of a factory
- Good understanding of business processes, internal controls, the GLOBE best practices & systems supporting these E2E processes and functional best practices (particularly Finance & Control and Operations - Manufacturing)
- Good knowledge of Nestlé Costing Standards for Manufacturing
- Awareness of Nestlé Accounting Standards (NAS), and able to access
- Understanding of the Factory functions (Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement) and their primary activities
- NCE literate with good understanding of NCE methodologies and supporting tools
- SAP Knowledge of all costing related modules
- Advanced knowledge of all MS Office programs, especially MS Excel"