Senior Costing Specialist (m/f/d)

Job DescriptionLocation: Berlin, Amsterdam or Eppelheim/HeidelbergWe are looking for a Senior BU Costing & Business Process Specialist to strengthen our Controlling organization.This role is not designed as a purely operational costing position for one dedicated site. Instead, the position combines strong hands-on expertise in product costing, SAP/ERP processes, and inventory valuation with a broader focus on process improvement, digitalization, automation, reporting enhancement, and business partnering.The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert for costing and related SAP/ERP processes, provide operational backup support when required, and actively contribute to improvement initiatives, system rollouts, upgrades and cross-functional projects.Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level support for standard costing, product costing, inventory valuation, and COGS-related processes across the Business Unit.
• Act as a backup for operational costing activities in case of sickness, vacation, project assignments, or other absences within the team.
• Ensure continuity and quality of key costing processes, including SAP CO-PC month-end close activities, standard cost reviews, transfer price calculations and inventory valuation.
• Maintain and support standard Cost of Goods Sold processes within SAP workflows and ensure alignment with internal control and SOX requirements.
• Analyze standard price variances, production cost deviations and inventory valuation impacts, and determine required corrective actions.
• Review transfer price calculations according to existing guidelines, ensuring appropriate documentation, compliance and approval of exceptions.
• Support material master data and costing master data processes, ensuring data quality and consistency across SAP/ERP systems.
• Drive and support improvement initiatives related to costing processes, tools, reporting, automation and data transparency.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and digitalize existing finance and costing processes.
• Develop and enhance reporting solutions to improve cost transparency, product margin analysis, COGS reporting, and management decision-making.
• Act as a business partner and internal consultant for Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, IT and other functional areas on costing-related processes and SAP/ERP topics.
• Support the design and implementation of new business processes with strong SAP/ERP integration requirements.
• Participate in SAP/ERP release product teams, system rollouts, upgrades, implementations and process harmonization initiatives.
• Collaborate with Product Cost teams, business partners, leadership teams and IT to design and implement technical solutions that improve efficiency, data quality and reporting reliability.
• Lead or participate in special projects focused on business integration, digitalization, automation, and system transformation.
• Strengthen cross-functional collaboration and ensure that costing and controlling requirements are properly reflected in process and system changes.
• Deliver full cost transparency across relevant product groups and support pricing, costing and financial reporting processes in an efficient and reliable manner.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Controlling, Business Administration or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience within Finance, Controlling, Cost Accounting or Product Costing.
• Strong hands-on experience in product costing, standard costing, inventory valuation, and COGS-related processes.
• Experience in international and multi-site manufacturing or process-oriented environments.
• Broad financial expertise in: Controlling; Cost accounting; Product costing and pricing; Inventory valuation; Financial and operational processes; Month-end closing activities; Business process improvement.
• Strong SAP knowledge, particularly in: SAP CO / CO-PC – Controlling / Product Costing; SAP MM – Materials Management; SAP PP – Production Planning; SAP FI integration points; SAP Material Ledger / inventory valuation processes.
• Experience with SAP/ERP rollouts, system upgrades, process implementations or release/product teams is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of how SAP/ERP master data, workflows and system configuration impact costing, reporting and operational finance processes.
• Experience in process documentation, business requirements definition and collaboration with IT or ERP teams.
• Strong interest and capability in digitalization, automation, reporting improvement, and tool enhancement.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel. Experience with reporting or analytics tools is an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to translate complex SAP/ERP data into clear business insights.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to act as a trusted business partner and advisor to Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, IT and leadership teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and support both operational and project-related topics.
• Business fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships and collaborate cross-functionally across areas such as I2L, S2P, P2D, and PTC.

About ADM
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