Cost Controller

Lonza; Hyderabad; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global exposure

Agile career culture

Excellent healthcare

Learning & development

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Lonza Hyderabad is seeking a SAR Cost Controller & Analyst to provide hands-on financial controlling and business partnering for SAR-supported functions. You will focus on cost control, analysis, and executing core finance processes to enable informed decision-making and cost discipline.

The role emphasizes variance analysis, capex support, and process improvements with AI-enabled analytics where available. A strong collaboration across teams and global benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial controlling and business partnering.
• Strong cost and variance analysis skills.
• Ability to provide actionable financial advice on costs and projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as a hands-on Finance Business Partner to Function Leads.
• Analyze cost drivers and explain results to non-finance stakeholders.
• Provide financial advice on costs, consulting spend, FTEs, Capex, and projects.
• Identify cost risks and optimization opportunities with corrective actions.
• Support Outlook, Target, and Budget cycles with variance analysis.

Skills

Financial controlling

Business partnering

Cost analysis

Variance analysis

Education

Bachelor's in Finance

Tools

Excel

Power BI

ERP systems

Job description

Hyderabad, India

India, Hyderabad

Drive the Numbers that Drive the Business: SAR Cost Controller & Analyst

Are you a finance professional who loves to get under the hood of a business and turn complex data into a clear roadmap? This role is a perfect blend of high-level business partnering and analytical precision, offering you the chance to be the financial compass for our key SAR-supported functions.

Job Summary

The SAR Cost Controller & Analyst provides hands‑on financial controlling and business partnering support to SAR-supported functions. The role focuses on cost control, analysis, and execution of core finance processes, ensuring accurate reporting, effective planning, and strong cost discipline. The position actively supports decision-making and drives continuous improvement in financial processes.

Financial Business Partnering & Analysis

• Act as a hands‑on Finance Business Partner to Function Leads.
• Analyze cost drivers at cost center and department level and explain results clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Provide practical financial advice on costs, consulting spend, FTEs, Capex, and projects.
• Identify cost risks and optimization opportunities and propose corrective actions.
• Support Outlook, Target, and Budget cycles, including variance analysis and financial commentary.
• Prepare proactive financial analyses to support management decision‑making.

Process & Cost Control

• Execute and control month‑end close activities (accruals, reclassifications, allocations, FTE postings).
• Review actuals vs. Target/Outlook, investigate variances, and communicate key drivers.
• Manage cost center and FTE planning during planning cycles.
• Support Capex controlling, business cases, and capitalization activities where required.
• Monitor data quality, identify issues and trends, and ensure timely corrections.
• Support audits, projects, and M&A/divestment activities as needed.
• Track project budgets, monitor spend, and ensure financial compliance.
• Contribute to process improvements and simplification initiatives.

Digitalization & Process Improvement

• Support digitalization and automation of controlling and reporting activities.
• Identify and implement simple process improvements to increase efficiency and data quality.
• Promote standardization and best practices across SAR finance processes.
• AI-affine: leverage AI-enabled tools and analytics (where available) to enhance insights, detect anomalies, and improve controlling efficiency.
• Actively support change initiatives, adopting new tools and ways of working.

What You Will Get

Our people sit at the heart of our business. They are critical to our ability to deliver and succeed. To ensure they feel valued, we have established a set of core benefits that serve as the foundation of our global employee support.

Our Core Benefits

• Global exposure
• An agile career and dynamic working culture.
• An inclusive and ethical workplace.
• Excellent healthcare and well being.
• Compensation programs that recognize high performance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Financial wellbeing, Global Recognition Program and Long Service Awards
• Learning & development and growth opportunities.
• A variety of other benefits.

The full list of our global benefits can be found here: https://www.lonza.com/careers/benefits.

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone's ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that's the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you're ready to help turn our customers' breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board.

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