Industrial Cost Accounting & Market Price Intelligence Specialist

CHAMPOIL Indonesia; Jakarta Utara; On-site; IDR 150.000.000 - 250.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturer in Indonesia seeks a skilled professional to drive accurate product costing and market price intelligence for grease and lubricant manufacturing. The ideal candidate will manage cost calculations and variance analysis, develop cost models, and support negotiations with data-driven insights. With a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 3-5 years of experience in cost accounting within the chemical sector, you will work across production, engineering, and finance teams to ensure effective cost management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Accounting or Engineering.
• 3-5 years of experience in industrial costing or cost accounting.
• Experience with variance analysis and root cause identification.

Responsibilities

• Calculate costs for chemical processes like blending and distillation.
• Build and maintain standard and actual costs for various components.
• Prepare cost and price insight reports for management.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Experience in cost accounting

Understanding of process-based costing

Excel or Google Sheets proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Finance

Management

Industrial Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Job Summary

Drive accurate product costing and market price intelligence for grease and lubricant manufacturing to control cost, protect margin, and support sourcing decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Calculate cost per liter and cost per kilogram for chemical processes such as blending, grease making, and distillation.
• Build and maintain standard cost and actual cost for materials, labor, energy, and overhead.
• Perform variance analysis. Focus on yield loss, material deviation, and energy consumption.
• Develop cost models in Excel or Google Sheets. Include energy, consumables, and indirect cost allocation.
• Collect process data from production and engineering. Use cycle time, consumption rate, and mass balance.
• Review vendor quotations and invoices. Identify mark up, hidden cost, and abnormal unit price changes.
• Conduct vendor price benchmarking with at least three comparators. Cover materials, chemicals, spare parts, and engineering services.
• Evaluate vendor pricing using arm’s length principle and fair margin logic.
• Prepare cost and price insight reports for management and procurement.
• Support negotiation with data‑driven cost breakdown.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Management, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• Proven 3-5 years experience in industrial costing or cost accounting within chemical, grease, or lubricant manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of process‑based costing, not only general accounting.
• Proven skill in AP Journal, variance analysis and root cause identification.
• Hands‑on experience building cost models in Excel or Google Sheets.
• Experience working directly with production or engineering teams in a plant environment.
• Knowledge of vendor benchmarking and market price intelligence.
• Ability to review invoices and quotations with investigative mindset.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to numbers.
• Good communication skills to work across production, engineering, procurement, and finance.