Garment Cost Controller — Budget & Variance

PT Akarsa Garment Indonesia; Jakarta Barat; On-site; IDR 96,000,000 - 144,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PT Akarsa Garment Indonesia is seeking a Cost Controller to oversee cost accounting, budget monitoring, and variance analysis in a garment manufacturing environment.

You will verify cost documentation, input real costs, and reconcile data with the Accounting team while coordinating with Finance, Purchasing, Production, and PPIC to ensure accuracy and traceability of every transaction.

Qualifications

• Minimum D3/S1 qualification in Accounting, Financial Management, or related field.
• Minimum 2 years experience in Cost Accounting, Product Costing, or Accounting in manufacturing/garment companies.
• Understanding of COGS and production costs, including raw materials, labor, and production overhead.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PivotTable, SUMIFS, and XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP.
• ERP or accounting system experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Ensure completeness and accuracy of cost submission documents against budget, PO/contract, RAB/RAP, and supporting documents.
• Monitor budget usage and actual cost realization, ensuring expenditures align with established budget.
• Input and update actual cost realization based on verified transaction documents.
• Compare budget with actual costs and identify variances and potential cost overruns.
• Verify expenditures exceeding budget or inconsistent with documents and communicate findings.
• Reconcile cost data and realization with the Accounting team to ensure monitoring data accuracy.
• Ensure each transaction is traceable based on documents, PO, project, or cost center, and help prevent duplicate cost charges.
• Prepare budget, realization, and cost variance reports, and coordinate with Finance, Accounting, Purchasing, Production, PPIC, and Warehouse teams regarding document completeness and variance resolution.

Skills

Cost accounting

Product costing

Excel

ERP experience

Education

D3/S1 in Accounting

Tools

ERP system

Job description

PT Akarsa Garment Indonesia is seeking a Cost Controller to oversee cost accounting, budget monitoring, and variance analysis in a garment manufacturing environment.

You will verify cost documentation, input real costs, and reconcile data with the Accounting team while coordinating with Finance, Purchasing, Production, and PPIC to ensure accuracy and traceability of every transaction.