Finance Manager – Standard Costing Ops finance

In this vital role, you will own and lead standard costing activities within Ops Finance for designated manufacturing sites or regions. You will act as a subject‑matter expert for standard costing and inventory accounting and provide oversight, governance, and leadership across the process.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support the end‑to‑end annual standard costing process, including planning, execution, review, and governance. This includes updates to clinical costing and Raw Material costing.
• Oversees product-costing updates in SAP S/4Hana
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of material, BOM, routing, labor, and overhead standards in SAP
• Lead absorption costing, excess capacity analysis, and related accounting assessments
• Oversee inventory accounting and valuation, including monthly close, reconciliations, and roll‑forwards
• Perform and review detailed cost and inventory variance analysis, providing insights to global stakeholders
• Act as a key finance partner to Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Cost Accounting and Operations Finance teams
• Support S/4HANA implementation, enhancements, and global standardization of costing processes
• Drive process improvements, automation, and digital initiatives within standard costing and inventory accounting
• Manage and review work performed by junior team members or outsourced service providers, as applicable
• Assist to provide responses to internal and external audits related to inventory and costing
• Support strategic initiatives related to network optimization, new product introductions, and business expansions

What we expect of you

The professional we seek is a strong finance leader with deep technical expertise and a transformation mindset:

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in cost accounting, manufacturing finance, or inventory accounting
• Proven experience owning standard costing processes in a complex manufacturing environment
• Strong working knowledge of SAP / S/4HANA
• Fluency in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant / Certified Public Accountant or MBA (Finance)
• Audit or Big 4 Public Accounting experience
• Experience in pharmaceutical or biotech manufacturing environments
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP inventory accounting
• Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills
• Ability to operate effectively in a global, cross‑functional, matrixed organization
• Mindset to drive transformation and optimize processes
• Ability to take initiative and work with a minimum level of direction in a fast-paced environment