NPI Costing & Program Finance Manager

Edge Group; Abu Dhabi; In loco; AED 300.000 - 500.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Family visa

Annual flight tickets

Medical insurance for you and depend.

Education allowance

Descrizione del lavoro

EDGE Group is seeking a Manager – Product Development Costing to own NRE and NPI costing, govern budgets and IAS 38 capitalization across drone development programs, including UAV platforms. You will partner with Engineering, Program Management and FP&A to ensure accurate cost capture.

You will lead a team of costing analysts, drive stage-gate cost targets, and provide financial rigor for design-to-cost decisions while supporting audits and board reviews.

Competenze

• 8–12 years cost accounting with NPI/R&D finance.
• Qualified accountant; IAS 38 knowledge essential.
• Experience in stage-gate product development and design-to-cost.
• SAP CO experience; familiar with development order and WBS settlement.
• Engineering or technical degree advantageous.
• Experience in cost architectures for complex, large-scale engineered systems (aerospace/defense).

Mansioni

• Own end-to-end tracking of all NRE and NPI costs across drone development Programs, including large UAV and HALE platforms.
• Prepare robust cost business cases for each R&D stage-gate (concept, PDR, CDR, production release).
• Drive design-to-cost discipline with Engineering; set, track cost targets at each stage-gate.
• Lead month-end settlement of development and prototype production orders in EBS/SAP CO; allocate NPI actuals to the right Program and cost object.
• Coordinate with FP&A to feed development costs into cash flow, month-end close and project settlements.
• Manage IAS 38 R&D cost capitalization end-to-end; maintain asset schedules and amortization profiles.
• Model cost structures for new manufacturing processes at development stage (automation, composites).
• Conduct make-vs-buy analyses for major subsystems.
• Develop cost learning-curve models to support UAV scale-up and ramp planning.
• Lead, mentor and develop a costing analytics team; build capability as the function evolves.
• Partner with Engineering leadership on all development cost matters; present at reviews.
• Support audits related to R&D capitalization and government/customer cost audits.

Conoscenze

Cost accounting

NPI finance

IAS 38

SAP CO

Engineering background

Stage-gate cost

Formazione

CIMA / ACA qualification

Strumenti

WBS settlement

Descrizione del lavoro

EDGE Group is seeking a Manager – Product Development Costing to own NRE and NPI costing, govern budgets and IAS 38 capitalization across drone development programs, including UAV platforms. You will partner with Engineering, Program Management and FP&A to ensure accurate cost capture.

You will lead a team of costing analysts, drive stage-gate cost targets, and provide financial rigor for design-to-cost decisions while supporting audits and board reviews.