Costing Manager

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Job Description

We are looking for a talented Costing Manager to join our team specializing in Finance for our Europe Finance Department in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Ownership of all end-to-end costing activities for DBU Europe, including maintenance of standard and actual costing, material variance analysis, BOM reviews and investigations into low margin products.
• Financial Costing Modelling: Analyse, evaluate, and develop costing models to support financial appraisals for strategic decision-making and identify opportunities and risks.
• Business Partnering: Collaborate with business teams to provide key insights into relevant costing areas.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Liaise with key stakeholders in sales, supply chain, and item master teams to review bills of material (BOM) and support pricing decisions.
• ERP Implementation Support: Provide key support for costing in the implementation of a new ERP system, ensuring smooth transitions and accurate financial data integration.
• Month end activities including J/E's, material variance analysis and support to operational teams.

Responsibilities

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Strong Business Partnering Skills: Collaborate effectively with stakeholders, develop partnerships to drive performance, and influence decision-making by demonstrating deep business knowledge. Evaluate the business environment to mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities.
• Expertise in Financial Analysis: Interpret financial data by analyzing trends, variances, opportunities, and risks. Provide insights to stakeholders regarding financial impacts, ensure data integrity, and take corrective actions to resolve issues.
• Competence in Financial Reporting: Analyze financial data to support business decisions, prepare and present financial information, and ensure compliance with regulations. Communicate effectively to drive financial performance aligned with organizational goals.
• Manage ambiguity - Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear.
• Manage complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

Qualifications

Education/ Experience:

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting or related field required. Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Chartered Accountant or similar certification required.
• Significant experience required, including some costing experience.

About Us

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Visit EEOC.gov to know your rights on workplace discrimination.