Senior Costing Executive

Prayagh Consumer Care; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 420,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

Prayagh Consumer Care in Hyderabad seeks a Costing Executive / Senior Executive to join the costings team in a fast-moving FMCG context. You will work on product costing, inventory monitoring, sales MIS and budgeting support, partnering with multiple functions to drive accurate insights.

The role emphasizes SAP, Power BI and automation to deliver timely reports and smarter decision-making. Freshers and experienced CMA/MBA finance candidates are welcome, with strong Excel skills and a data-driven

Qualifications

• CMA or MBA (Finance) qualifications preferred; freshers or experienced candidates welcome.
• Solid understanding of product costing and cost accounting concepts.
• Strong analytical mindset with passion for working with data and numbers.

Responsibilities

• Prepare product costing workings and maintain records.
• Monitor gross margins and flag deviations to management.
• Track inventory ageing and coordinate with departments for corrective action.
• Analyse procurement trends and impact on margins.
• Release standard costs in SAP and ensure data accuracy (BOMs, recipes, material master).
• Prepare ad-hoc reports and data analyses for senior management.
• Review sales reports to identify trends and insights.
• Enable data sharing via visualization tools (Power BI).
• Identify repetitive tasks and develop automation to improve reporting speed.

Skills

Costing

Cost accounting

MS Excel

Power BI

SAP-CO

Data analysis

Education

CMA / MBA (Finance)

Tools

SAP-CO

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Job Title : Costing Executive / Senior Executive

Join Us in Turning Numbers into Business Insights!

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and curious professional to join our Costing team in a fast-growing FMCG environment.

This is a role for someone who believes that costing is more than just preparing numbers in Excel. You will get an opportunity to work closely with multiple business functions, understand how products are made and priced, analyse business performance, work with SAP and data visualization tools, and build solutions that make decision-making faster and smarter. If you enjoy working with numbers and finding better ways of doing things, you may be the person we are looking for!

About the Role:

As a Costing Executive / Senior Executive, you will be responsible for product costing, inventory monitoring, sales MIS and analysis, procurement analysis and budgeting support.

Reporting to the Costing Manager, you will act as an important link between the Costing function and various user departments, ensuring accurate information, timely support and effective communication.

The role provides excellent exposure to Cost Accounting, SAP, Business Analytics, Power BI and Process Automation.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Prepare,maintain and periodically review product costing workings and records.
• Monitor gross margins, identify deviations and proactively raise red flags for management attention.
• Track inventory ageing, highlight potential risks and coordinate with respective departments for corrective action.
• Analyse procurement trends, identify key movements and deviations from projections, and assess their potential impact on gross margins.
• Release and maintain standard costs in SAP and ensure the accuracy of material master data, BOMs, recipes and other relevant material information.
• Prepare ad-hoc reports, analysis and data as required by senior management.
• Review and analyse sales reports, identify trends and provide meaningful business insights.
• Enable seamless and effective data sharing through visualization and reporting tools, preferably Power BI.
• Identify repetitive/manual activities and develop automation and improved reporting solutions to provide faster and more reliable insights to management.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into meaningful costing and analytical outputs.

What You'll Need:

• CMA / MBA (Finance) Freshers and experienced candidates are welcome.
• Good understanding of Product Costing and Cost Accounting concepts.
• Strong analytical mindset with a genuine interest in working with data and numbers.
• Good working knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word; knowledge of Power BI is an advantage.
• Ability to adapt to changing business requirements and learn quickly.
• Good communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively with multiple departments.

Nice to Have:

• Advanced Excel skills.
• Power Query / Macros / VBA knowledge.
• Experience in developing Excel or Power BI dashboards.
• Exposure to SAP-CO module.
• Interest or experience in process automation and digitalization.

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to build a career beyond conventional costing. You will get hands-on exposure to costing, margins, inventory, procurement, sales analytics, SAP, management reporting, visualization and automationall within a dynamic FMCG business.

You will have the opportunity to learn, analyse, question, improve and automateand see your work directly contribute to better business decisions.

If you are someone who enjoys numbers but doesn't want your career to stop at numbers, we'd love to hear from you.