Finance Manager - Product Costing

ABB Inc; United States; Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

ABB seeks a Finance Manager - Product Costing to define and govern standard costing frameworks across the ABB Electrification Smart Power division globally. You will ensure transparent production costs, drive variance analysis, and lead costing implementations across Make to Stock, Make to Order, CTO, and ETO models.

The role requires 7–10 years of costing and SAP CO-PC expertise, with strong English communication and cross-functional collaboration across global teams.

Formación

• Minimum 7–10 years in product costing or related finance roles.
• Experience in global industrial manufacturing.
• Strong SAP CO-PC and ERP costing knowledge.
• Fluent English and stakeholder advisory skills.
• Experience with ABB tools and DSM/finance transformation helpful.

Responsabilidades

• Define and govern standard product costing frameworks.
• Ensure transparency of production costs and variances.
• Lead global costing guidance across ABB ELSP.
• Drive variance analysis and margin management.
• Coordinate design efforts across ABB EL and other divisions during DSM.
• Train local controllers on standard costing practices.
• Support ERP costing configurations (SAP CO-PC) across locations.

Conocimientos

Product costing

SAP CO-PC

Material ledger

Variance analysis

Costing governance

Power BI

Stakeholder communication

Change management

Cross-cultural teamwork

Educación

Finance degree

Accounting degree

Industrial Engineering

Herramientas

SAP CO-PC

Material master costing

BOM/Routing

SAP BW

Power BI

CFIN

SAC

ABACUS

ATLAS

Descripción del empleo

Описание:

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world. This position reports to: Finance Transformation Manager, ELSP __ We are seeking a highly motivated Finance Manager - Product Costing. The Product Costing Manager defines, implements, and governs standard product costing frameworks across the ABB Electrification Smart Power (ABB ELSP) Division globally. This role ensures consistent costing methodology across diverse operational models, including Make to Stock (MTS), Make to Order (MTO), Configure to Order (CTO), and Engineer to Order (ETO). The role acts as the global costing authority, driving alignment across local units and supporting local and division teams through the design and implementation journey. The successful candidate might also be required to coordinate and support the design efforts across other ABB Electrification (ABB EL) as part of the DSM journey. The work model for the role is: hybrid. This is a global position with preference for candidates in Europe.

Задачи:

• Ensuring transparency in production costs, costs of goods sold and production variances.
• Serve as the global owner for ELSP product costing guidelines, policies, and master data costing governance.
• Drive variance analysis standards (purchase price variance, production variances, capacity utilization) to support operational decision-making and margin management.
• Lead implementation of the defined product costing principles, structures, and calculation methodologies across all ELSP locations, business lines and related ERP environments.
• Partner with local operating units and finance teams to align local costing practices with divisional standards during the implementation phase (also where needed are aligned via DSM timeline).
• Provide subject matter expertise on ERP product costing configurations (SAP CO-PC / material ledger) and harmonize costing runs across entities.
• Train, coach, and guide local controllers and plant finance teams to ensure adoption and continuous compliance with standard costing practices.
• The selected candidate may also be required to partner with EL Divisions to support design and implementation journey of product costing during the DSM journey.

Требования:

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline.
• Professional certification (CIMA, CMA, CPA) is an advantage.
• Minimum 7 to 10 years of experience in product costing, manufacturing controlling, or operations finance within a global industrial manufacturing environment.
• ABB experience is preferred.
• In-depth understanding of diverse manufacturing archetypes: MTS, MTO, CTO, and ETO, including project-based costing mechanics.
• Strong practical knowledge of SAP CO-PC, material master costing views, BOM/routing integration, and overhead allocation logic.
• Working experience with CFIN, SAC, SAP BW, ABACUS, ATLAS, Power BI within ABB or similar environments.
• Ability in managing mass data by using ABB tools and methodology Experience in finance transformation, process standardization, and change management across cross-cultural global teams is preferred Great team player with level up thinking / collaboration spirit.
• Fluent in English, with strong stakeholder communication, influencing, and advisory skills.
• Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.