Costing Specialist: Drive Profitability & Insights

Nestlé S.A.; Subang Jaya; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé S.A. is hiring a Costing Specialist in Subang Jaya, Malaysia to provide accurate costing analyses and financial insights. You will support budgeting, standard costing, and period-end close while ensuring cost transparency across Operations, Procurement and Supply Chain.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, data integrity in SAP, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive sustainable savings and better business decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics or related discipline.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in Finance, Costing, Manufacturing Finance or Financial Analysis.
• Experience in manufacturing costing, factory finance or supply chain finance is advantageous.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, standard costing and variance analysis skills.
• Proficiency in SAP and Excel with financial reporting experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Review, analyse and maintain product costing and standard costs for reporting accuracy.
• Monitor actual costs against budgets and forecasts; identify cost drivers and trends.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and standard costing with Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain and Finance.
• Ensure compliance with Nestlé accounting standards and internal controls.
• Conduct cost and profitability analyses to aid pricing and portfolio decisions.
• Analyse manufacturing variances and explain cost drivers to stakeholders.
• Provide insights on operational and financial performance to management.
• Maintain costing master data in SAP and other financial systems.
• Participate in cost optimisation projects to improve efficiency and savings.
• Support period-end closing activities and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide costing expertise.

Skills

Costing knowledge

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Stakeholder management

Communication

Process improvement

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Nestlé S.A. is hiring a Costing Specialist in Subang Jaya, Malaysia to provide accurate costing analyses and financial insights. You will support budgeting, standard costing, and period-end close while ensuring cost transparency across Operations, Procurement and Supply Chain.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, data integrity in SAP, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive sustainable savings and better business decisions.