Senior Analyst, Product Configuration & Costing

Hershey Company; Hershey (PA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hershey Company is seeking an Associate Manager, Product Configuration & Costing to ensure accurate manufacturing cost data and timely insights. You will analyze SAP Material Ledger actual costing, uncover trends, and communicate findings to Finance, Supply Chain, and IT partners.

You will also support budgeting in SAP, strengthening data quality and controls to improve financial decisions across plants and materials.

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 is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Strong analytical abilities, cost-accounting skills, and clear written/verbal communication.
• Experience in a manufacturing or consumer packaged goods environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Advanced analytical

Cost accounting

Attention to detail

Written and verbal communication

Recurring cycles & ad hoc analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Supply Chain

Tools

SAP Material Ledger

Actual Costing

CO (Cost Object)

SAP S/4HANA

Excel

Alteryx

Power BI

Job description

The Hershey Company is seeking an Associate Manager, Product Configuration & Costing to ensure accurate manufacturing cost data and timely insights. You will analyze SAP Material Ledger actual costing, uncover trends, and communicate findings to Finance, Supply Chain, and IT partners.

You will also support budgeting in SAP, strengthening data quality and controls to improve financial decisions across plants and materials.