Process Specialist - Product Costing

Cargill · Bengaluru

  • Experience5–8 yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeonsite
  • Posted29 Sept 2026
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About Cargill

Cargill is hiring in Bengaluru in agriculture food. This role looks for around 5+ years of experience.

Skills

  • SAP CO
  • Material Ledger
  • Inventory Valuation
  • Product Costing
  • Process Order Variance
  • Purchase Price Variance
  • Periodic Unit Price
  • Cost of Goods Manufactured
  • Actual Costing
  • Financial Analysis
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Business Intelligence
  • SAP Migrations
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Continuous Process Improvement

The role

A product costing specialist at an agricultural and food company manages SAP CO and Material Ledger for product cost and inventory valuation, analyzes process order variance, purchase price variance, and actual costing, and supports financial decision-making. CMA-qualified practitioners also oversee SAP migrations, UAT cycles, and continuous process improvement.

Full job description

Job Purpose and Impact

The Product Costing process specialist oversees the end-to-end Product Costing operations for the Food (NA or EMEA) business. This role is responsible for driving Material ledger close, problem-solving, fostering collaboration with key stakeholders to influence and implement change, monitoring, and analysing key performance indicators and metrics.

Key Accountabilities

Decision Support: Provide deep-dive analysis on Process Order Variance, Purchase Price Variance, Periodic Unit price, Cost of goods manufactured (COGM). Lead the configuration, maintenance, and optimization of the SAP CO (Costing) module, covering product cost by Order, monitoring performance against established metrics, developing & implementing appropriate action plans when necessary, incorporating stakeholder feedback. Manage assessments and distributions, activity rate calculations, process order settlements, actual costing, and the Material Ledger close. Contribute and implement continuous process improvement, including simplifying and optimizing process, improving data integrity, and leveraging current technology. Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with MSC, RTR, Controllership and other CFT’s to ensure accurate master data, Process integration. Translate complex operational data into meaningful financial metrics for senior management. Lead process improvement projects, Oversee UAT cycles, Project Go-lives, and SAP migrations and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Fully Qualified CMA.  5 - 8 Years of total experience and minimum 3 years of Product Costing experience. Expert level knowledge of SAP controlling module (CO), strong understanding of Material Ledger and Inventory Valuation. Advanced data analytical skills for using spreadsheets, business intelligence tools. Experienced leveraging financial and business systems to monitor business activities and aid in decision making. Experienced working with multiple businesses or international business experience. Shift timings - 12:30 PM to 09:30 PM (flexible to extend during month end)