Costing Analyst

Role summary:

The Costing Analyst is responsible for forecasting, analyzing, and reporting crop-level and hybrid-level costs for the Seed Production and Supply Chain (SPSC) function. The role supports operational decision-making, marketing pricing strategies and financial control by delivering accurate, timely, and analytically robust cost information.

Core responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly crop-level cost projections for field and plant operations of Seed Production and Supply Chain (SPSC) function on excel spreadsheets, following FIFO costing
• Validate volumes forecasts for field and plant activity received from operations team – to ensure appropriate assumptions supporting cost projections
• Maintain documentation of key assumptions, models, and methodologies to support audit and review requirements
• Prepare worksheets to provide the hybrid-wise cost to support marketing team on pricing decisions
• Provide quick simulations of cost forecast based on marketing team’s request
• Understand the grower payments process and support the validation/ review of payment requests
• Validate the year-to-date actuals with outlook projections and provide analytics for variances noted
• Ensure integrity of cost data by aligning projections with actuals and approved operational assumptions
• Support monthly/ quarterly flux variances on relevant line items like inventory, grower advances, grower payable accruals
• Coordinate with internal and statutory auditors on financial statement schedules and audit testing, relevant to seed operations

Systems & Tools:

• Strong hands-on exposure to Advanced Excel (required)
• Exposure to ERP systems (SAP or similar) preferred
• Experience working with large datasets, reconciliations, and forecast models

Soft skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Attention to detail with ability to work under tight timelines
• Stakeholder management in translating complex cost data into meaningful insights for stakeholders

Key stakeholders:

• Operations / Field teams (volume forecasts, assumptions)
• Marketing team (pricing support, simulations)
• Regional Operations Finance and Commercial Finance
• Accounts Payable
• Corporate Finance

Job location:

• Primarily in Service center, Wave rock (Nanakramguda). Travel to plant and corporate offices will be planned based on business requirements and stakeholder needs.
• 3-4 days a month in Corporate office (Ascendas IT park, Madhapur) for meetings with stakeholders
• Good to visit Medchal plant 3-4 days in a month
• Minimum 12 days presence in office every month (including all locations)