Assistant Factory Cost Controller

About the Role

Unilever is seeking an Assistant Factory Cost Controller to ensure operational excellence through accurate factory cost accounting, robust financial controls, and actionable cost insights. This full-time role supports month-end closing, inventory and fixed-asset governance, management reporting, savings tracking, and cost improvement initiatives within the BUL factory. The position requires 2-5 years of relevant experience.

Role Purpose and Contribution

The primary purpose of this role is to contribute to the financial health and efficiency of the factory by providing precise cost data and analysis. The Assistant Factory Cost Controller will be integral to a team focused on delivering impactful work, ensuring that financial operations align with overall business objectives and support brand growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Track, analyze, and control manufacturing costs, including raw and packaging materials, labor, utilities, overheads, depreciation, and other production-related expenses.
• Perform detailed variance analysis of actual versus standard and budgeted costs, identify key cost drivers, investigate root causes, and ensure accurate allocation of manufacturing costs.
• Develop and maintain factory and manufacturing budgets in collaboration with production, engineering, and other relevant functions.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify, quantify, and track cost-saving initiatives across materials, production processes, utilities, waste, labor, and factory overheads.
• Prepare regular production financial reports and performance analysis for management.
• Deliver accurate and timely month-end cost accounting, including allocations, charge-outs, reclassifications, accruals, and write-offs with complete support.
• Monitor Assets Under Construction (AUC) balances and Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) projects, ensuring timely asset capitalization and accurate asset accounting.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and internal control procedures.
• Support standard costing, inventory valuation, material consumption analysis, stock adjustments, and related controls to ensure accurate product costing and financial reporting.
• Work closely with production and finance teams to align cost control efforts with overall company objectives and build business cases for projects by analyzing costs, benefits, and potential risks to support investment decisions.

Experience and Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in a relevant financial or cost control role.
• Demonstrated ability to perform detailed financial analysis and reporting.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Understanding of financial controls, accounting standards, and compliance.
• Proficiency in managing month-end closing processes and fixed asset accounting.

Work Type

This is a full-time position.