Cost Controller - Szigetszentmiklós

• Main responsibilities:

  Product Costing

  • Calculate standard costs for products
  • Determine labor rates and overhead absorption rates
  • Maintain costing sheets and databases (including costing for new products or product pricing quotes)
  • Perform standard cost update every 3 months (cost roll)

  Cost Analysis

  • Analyze and explain variances (purchase price, material usage, labor and machine hour rate and usage, efficiency and overhead)
  • Compare actual costs to standard costs
  • Investigate significant cost deviations and identify causes
  • Analyze cost trends over time
  • Evaluate cost behavior patterns (fixed vs. variable)

  Month-End Activities

  • Support month-end close with cost accounting entries
  • Prepare journal entries and ensure supporting documentation is maintained
  • Ensure accurate COGS calculations reported in P&L
  • Reconciliation of GLs to subledgers

  Budgeting and Forecasting Support

  • Assist in preparing cost budgets for operations or production
  • Provide historical cost data for budget planning
  • Calculate standard costs for budget models
  • Monitor actual performance against budget
  • Support forecast updates with cost projections

  Cost Improvement Support and Collaboration

  • Identify cost reduction opportunities through analysis
  • Track savings from cost improvement projects
  • Work with procurement on material cost updates
  • Coordinate with production on labor and overhead rates
  • Support operations with cost information for decision-making

  There is a company bus from Bikás park and Szent Imre tér - Csepel.

• Requirements:

  • Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics
  • Strong understanding of cost accounting principles and methods
  • Minimum 3 years of costing experience
  • Excellent English written and oral communication skills.
  • Experience within a manufacturing environment, product costing, standard cost
  • Experience with integrated system implementation (SAP) and Visual basic, Power BI knowledge is an advantage

• Benefits:

  • 1 Home office / week
  • 37 000 HUF / month cafeteria
  • bonus
  • life and health insurance
  • language and professional training
  • team building and family events
  • supportive finance team

This is an excellent opportunity to work as a COST CONTROLLER at a well-established international manufacturing company.

The Cost Controller will have responsibility for collecting, analyzing, and reporting cost data to help the company manage and optimize their expenses. This role is hands-on and analytical, focusing on the detailed mechanics of cost tracking and analysis.