Lead Product Cost Controller

GE Vernova; Monterrey; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova is seeking a Product Cost Controller in Monterrey to oversee financial integrity of standard costing for manufacturing operations. You will drive annual cost-setting, validate data, and ensure SOX compliance, partnering with site leadership to support governance and quarterly corrections.

You will lead cost simulations, manage material and subcontracting cost allocation, and ensure data accuracy across BOMs and ERP systems while coordinating with global accounting policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business.
• Finance experience in manufacturing or supply chain.
• Knowledge of US GAAP and inventory processes.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle).
• Familiarity with data analytics tools (Tableau, Power BI).
• Strong attention to detail; able to present results to leadership.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end annual standard cost lifecycle and governance.
• Run cost simulations and analyze YoY variances.
• Manage cost quantification for subcontracting and materials.
• Ensure master data accuracy for BOMs and standard prices.
• Maintain SOX compliance and lead validation reviews.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finan

Finance experience

GAAP knowledge

ERP systems (SAP/Oracle)

Tableau/Power BI

Attention to detail

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/business

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Product Cost Controller is responsible for the financial integrity and strategic governance of standard costing for the Greenville and Forrester manufacturing operations. This role serves as a key financial partner, driving the annual cost-setting process through rigorous data validation, variance analysis, and internal control oversight. The successful candidate will ensure that all product costing activities align with global accounting policies, SOX compliance requirements, and business strategy, providing critical financial insights to leadership during the annual standards setting and quarterly correction cycles.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Strategic Financial Planning & Governance: Lead the end-to-end annual standard cost lifecycle, ensuring alignment with corporate financial planning, COE guidance, and controllership directives. Establish clear roles, responsibilities (RACI), and timelines.
• Cost Simulation & Analytics: Execute iterative simulations of material and labor roll-ups. Analyze YoY variances and identify drivers of cost fluctuations, ensuring data integrity in the ERP environment.
• Cost Quantification: Manage the quantification of mixed-source materials (Internal purchase vs. 3rd Party-subcontracting), ensuring accurate cost assignment for subcontracted service.
• Master Data Governance: Oversee the integrity of critical part lists, ensuring that internal feeds, Bill of Materials, and data inputs for calculation proposed new standard prices are properly mapped and reconciled.
• Internal Controls (SOX): Maintain strict adherence to SOX requirements; schedule and lead formal validation reviews with site leadership to ensure the validity of final published standards.
• Audit Readiness: Act as the financial point of contact for internal/external audits, providing documentation and facilitating annual reviews.
• Quarterly Performance Management: Conduct 1Q deep-dives and post-cycle corrections; maintain the financial integrity of the system through structured workflows. Validate financial impact of Standard Cost update booked by ERP.
• Operational Analytics & Reporting: Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in key supply chain and financial processes related to smaller sites' inventory and standard costing, closing, and reporting. Lead obsolescence inventory and FIFO revaluation planning and pacing, presenting results to the site finance leader.
• Virtual Support for Physical Operations: Provide remote or optional in-person financial oversight and analytical support for physical inventory cycles, ensuring that local counts reconcile accurately with system data and that adjustments are processed in alignment with corporate financial standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or Business
• Relevant finance experience, preferably within manufacturing or supply chain environments
• Knowledge of accounting principles and inventory-related processes (US GAAP preferred)
• Experience using ERP systems (SAP, Oracle or similar)
• Familiarity with digital analytics or automation tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage deliverables independently, ability to present results and escalati ve issues to leadership
• Fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal

Desired Characteristics

• Prior experience in inventory or supply chain finance
• Ability to identify process inefficiencies and suggest improvements
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration within global organizations
• Project management skills

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.