Lead Product Cost Controller

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Hungary, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Lead the comprehensive annual standard cost lifecycle, ensuring alignment with corporate financial planning, COE guidance, and controllership directives.

• Define clear roles, responsibilities (RACI), and timelines.

• Implement iterative simulations of material and labor roll-ups.

• Analyze year-over-year variances and pinpoint the causes of cost fluctuations.

• Ensure data integrity within the ERP environment.

• Oversee the quantification of mixed-source materials and ensure accurate cost assignment for subcontracted services.

• Maintain the integrity of critical part lists, internal feeds, Bills of Materials, and calculation inputs for proposed new standard prices.

• Ensure compliance with SOX requirements and lead formal validation reviews alongside site leadership.

• Serve as the financial point of contact for internal and external audits.

• Conduct in-depth reviews in Q1 and implement post-cycle corrections.

• Validate the financial impact of Standard Cost updates recorded by the ERP system.

• Act as a subject matter expert in supply chain and financial processes concerning inventory, standard costing, closing, and reporting.

• Lead planning and pacing for obsolescence inventory and FIFO revaluation.

• Present findings to the site finance leader.

• Provide remote or optional in-person financial oversight and analytical support during physical inventory cycles.

• Reconcile local physical counts with system data and process adjustments in accordance with corporate financial standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business.

• Relevant finance experience, ideally within manufacturing or supply chain sectors.

• Knowledge of accounting principles and inventory-related processes (US GAAP preferred).

• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms).

• Familiarity with digital analytics or automation tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

• Strong attention to detail and capability to manage deliverables independently.

• Ability to present findings and escalate issues to leadership.

• Fluent in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Prior experience in inventory or supply chain finance.

• Capability to identify process inefficiencies and propose improvements.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication abilities.

• Experience in cross-functional collaboration within global organizations.

• Project management skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided: No