Cost Accounting Process Design Manager

Job Description

Cost Accounting Process Design ManagerAn opportunity has arisen for a Cost Accounting Manager to join a multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company.This role supports the Cost Accounting Process Design Lead and Business Process Lead for a global manufacturing accounting project where the key objective is to improve and standardise the end-to-end manufacturing accounting processes, delivering more granularcost performance reporting and insights to enable better decision-making. The full set of processes covered within this project are Standard Product Costing, Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting and Performance Measurement, split across SPC (Standard ProductCosting) and APC (Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting and Performance Measurement).Location: Remote working with 3-4 days in the Luton office per monthPay rate: 400 - 550 per day LTD companyDuration: 12 monthsRole Summary:Support in the development and implementation of standardised best practise global cost accounting processes delivering efficiency and effectiveness, including defining and running workshops, capturing outputs and interpreting to ensure clear requirementsare definedSupport GFS (finance shared services) in adapting globally standardised cost accounting processes & policies to ensure regional complianceSupport the Business Process Lead and Process Design Lead in defending and driving the adoption of the solution, analysing deviations or localisation to determine where there is valid justification driven by business criticality or statutory requirementsProvide analysis to support the definition of the SAP ECC and SAP BW solutions, based on defined requirements ensuring the end deliverable meets the requirements laid out by the Design teamSupport in the development and implementation of global cost accounting policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), KPIs and month-end-close processesSupport the development of global standardised inventory accounting reports (identifying standard SAP ECC reports, defining SAP BW reports, Fiori and 3rd party tooling reports populated through SAP data) and providing knowledge transfer and training to endusers on interpreting reportsSupport the development of process and systems roles according to segregation of dutiesContribute into required master data definitions, usage and policies including analysis of business scenarios and their impact on master dataSupport UAT and validation of test results, including analysis to support defect resolutionSupport the production of communications and training materialsBe the change champion and assisting in the governance of change managementExperience/ Qualifications Required:Fully qualified accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA or CIMA)Candidates must have recent experience of working on SAP finance transformation projectsCandidates must have strong working knowledge with global manufacturing (cost accounting, inventory reporting, operational costing etc)Pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred if not then other FMCG will be considered.Some knowledge of cost accounting process design and relevant controlsAble to support Leads in client workshops to drive design decisions, solutioning and system demonstration, including defining, drafting, facilitating and gathering outputs for workshopsStrong Excel modelling and analytical skillsHands on experience of SAP ECC and BW systems including providing functional expertise, hands-on delivery, customization, guidance, presentation, and instructionExperience of at least 1 SAP full implementation project lifecycle (from a functional perspective), preferably from scoping and planning through to post go live supportExperience of working in large projects with a multivendor environmentExperience of developing project plans and project managementPossess and apply strong written and oral communication skills together with effective negotiation, influencing and presentation skillsProven ability to understand, prioritise and execute multiple projects/tasks effectivelyExperience of change management and change management processesProcess design experiencePlease apply by sending your CVs to