Cost Manager

About the Role

ENTAJ is seeking a Costing Manager to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role requires strong expertise in SAP S/4HANA and a solid understanding of costing within integrated poultry operations, food manufacturing, or FMCG environments. The ideal candidate will be instrumental in enhancing cost visibility, improving profitability, and driving cost efficiency across the company's vertically integrated business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product costing across livestock, feed production, processing, and finished goods.
• Manage and optimize costing processes within SAP S/4HANA, with expertise in Controlling (CO), Product Costing (CO-PC), and Material Ledger/Actual Costing.
• Oversee standard costing, actual costing, cost allocations, and production variance analysis.
• Analyze production costs, yields, wastage, overhead absorption, and inventory valuation.
• Ensure accurate integration of costing processes across Finance, Production, Procurement, and Inventory Management.
• Provide actionable financial insights to support operational efficiency, pricing, and profitability decisions.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Proven experience in manufacturing cost accounting and SAP S/4HANA costing processes.
• Strong functional understanding of SAP CO, CO-PC, Material Ledger, and FI/CO integration.
• Experience in poultry, food processing, animal feed, or other process manufacturing industries is highly preferred.
• Solid understanding of production cycles, bills of materials (BOM), production variances, inventory valuation, and cost center accounting.
• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of relevant experience is required.
• CMA, CPA, or ACCA certification is an advantage.

Required Skills

• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to translate operational data into financial insights.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves working within a vertically integrated business environment, focusing on poultry operations and food manufacturing.