Product Configuration & Costing Analyst

Hershey Company

Hershey, Northern (PA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

The Hershey Company is seeking a Senior Analyst of Product Configuration & Costing to ensure accurate manufacturing-cost data across Hershey’s network. You will analyze SAP Material Ledger Actual Costing results, identify key cost drivers, and turn data into actionable insights for Finance, Supply Chain, and IT partners.

You will also support SAP budgeting loading, improve data quality, and help refine repeatable processes for better financial decisions.

Qualifications

3–5 years of experience in product costing, supply chain finance, or manufacturing finance.
Hands-on SAP experience with Material Ledger, Actual Costing, and CO.
Experience with SAP S/4HANA, manufacturing plant budgeting, advanced Excel, Alteryx, or Power BI preferred.

Responsibilities

Analyze monthly SAP Material Ledger Actual Costing results across the supply chain network and compare results with prior periods, budget, and plan.
Identify, explain, and document significant variances, trends, and cost drivers, and communicate insights clearly to finance and non-finance partners.
Partner with Accounting and Supply Chain Finance during period-end close, review, reconciliation, and inventory valuation activities.
Facilitate the technical loading of manufacturing plant budget data into SAP and validate alignment across plants, materials, and cost components.
Perform data-quality checks across SAP, planning tools, and financial expectations; investigate and resolve costing, quantity, and valuation inconsistencies.
Serve as a subject-matter resource for Material Ledger and Actual Costing processes, and support system enhancements, testing, controls, documentation, and continuous improvement.