Product Cost Controller_PS

Job Summary

• Financial planning and analysis (e.g. P&L; result, yearly budget planning, internal & external reporting reconciliation)
• Close monitor financial target achievement with deep business understanding, provide timely reports and insights.
• Evaluate financial deviations vs. target (e.g. EBIT/APC), initiate measures to close potential gaps, track effectiveness of those measures, and develop strategies to address identified gaps in cost control workflows.
• Monitor and improve Plant Cost Control Sys. and Mechanism (Digitalization, Process Improvement)
Roles and Responsibilities

Roles:

• Controlling Business Partner
• Controlling Business Analyst
Responsibilities:

• Serve as Controlling Business Partner for the assigned manufacturing area, with shared KPIs with the respective area.
• Manage end-to-end project financial control, deeply involved from project initiation, R&D;, trial production, mass production to launch; ensure clear deliverables and financial support at each stage.
• Conduct stage-based cost management, understand product characteristics and cost logic at different phases, applying differentiated strategies (e.g., standard costing, PPC logic). Control and analyze cost deviations, ensuring all cost items are properly booked and correctly allocated; prepare detailed reports on cost estimates, variances, and optimization opportunities.
• Support business decisions, including make-or-buy analysis, investment calculation, profitability analysis, TCO calculation, quotation support, and RPP measure implementation.
• Evaluate financial deviations vs. targets, initiate measures to close potential gaps, track effectiveness of those measures, and drive end-to-end process automation – embed controls into IT systems and eliminate manual work.

Function: Finance
Experience Level: Associate