Service Cost Controller: Financial Insight & Optimization

Daikin Europe NV; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (Daikin)”},{

Life and Disability Insurance

Sports and culture card

Group travel insurance

Training platform access

Discount on Daikin products

Job summary

Daikin Europe NV in Warsaw is seeking a Cost Controller to ensure financial transparency, cost governance, and operational efficiency across Daikin's EMEA service organization. You monitor service costs, analyze performance, and support budgeting and financial controls.

You will work with service operations, warranty, finance, and affiliates to improve cost visibility and governance, delivering business insights for strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in controlling, financial analysis, or a similar finance role.
• Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
• Experience with ERP systems, BI tools, and international/matrix organizations is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and analyzing service-related operational costs, including labor, warranty, travel, training, subcontracting, technical support activities, and service program expenditures.
• Preparing periodic cost reports, dashboards, forecasts, and performance analyses for management review.
• Supporting the annual budgeting process, periodic forecasting activities, and performing variance analysis between budget, forecast, and actual spending.
• Identifying cost deviations, trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement, and proposing corrective actions.
• Collaborating with affiliates to improve the quality of financial data, reporting consistency, and cost allocation methods, as well as developing KPI dashboards and financial performance indicators.
• Supporting business case evaluations, investment proposals, cost-benefit analyses, and process improvement initiatives aimed at increasing efficiency and reducing operational costs.
• Coordinating financial reviews with stakeholders, ensuring compliance with internal financial controls and audit requirements, and supporting digitalization and automation initiatives to improve reporting efficiency and financial insights.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication of financial information

Multitasking

Education

Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration

Tools

Power BI

SAP

ERP systems

Job description

Daikin Europe NV in Warsaw is seeking a Cost Controller to ensure financial transparency, cost governance, and operational efficiency across Daikin's EMEA service organization. You monitor service costs, analyze performance, and support budgeting and financial controls.

You will work with service operations, warranty, finance, and affiliates to improve cost visibility and governance, delivering business insights for strategic decisions.