Cost Controller

Lonza Group Ltd.; Hyderabad; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global exposure

Dynamic culture

Inclusive workplace

Healthcare & wellbeing

Performance-based pay

Employee assistance

Financial wellbeing

Learning & development

Job summary

Lonza Group Ltd. in Hyderabad, India, seeks a SAR Cost Controller & Analyst to act as a hands-on Finance Business Partner for SAR-supported functions, focusing on cost control, analysis and execution of core financial processes.

You will support month-end close, variance analysis, budgeting, and cost optimization while ensuring data quality and compliant financial reporting. This role blends strategic partnering with detailed financial execution in a dynamic life sciences environment.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Job description

R75726 - SAR Cost Controller & Analyst Hyderabad, India

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.

Job Description

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 While specific offerings may vary depending on local regulations, business needs and practices, the following core benefits are a minimum standard that our employees can access globally:

• 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.

Ready to shape the future of life sciences?