Assistant Manager – Costing

Location: Bengaluru

Experience: 4-6 years

About the Company

We are a large, multi-site organization with a Bengaluru headquarters and a workforce of 4,500 employees. The business requires strong financial discipline across operations, with a focus on cost control, inventory governance, and accurate performance reporting. The environment is fast-paced and cross-functional, involving Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain teams working together to improve margins and strengthen controls.

The role sits within the Finance & Accounts function and plays a critical part in driving financial efficiency through data, process rigor, and practical business insights.

Company Proof Points

- The organization operates across multiple sites, so the role will influence consistency in inventory control, costing, and reporting across locations.
- The company has a Bengaluru headquarters and a workforce of 4,500 employees, indicating a large operating scale and cross-functional coordination need.

Company Practices & Ways of Working

- The role requires regular site visits and hands-on audit coverage, so strong field execution and follow-through are important.
- The function depends on ERP-based reporting, structured reconciliation, and automation-led improvement to improve accuracy and control.

About the Role

This role owns the integrity of costing, inventory control, and margin reporting across multiple sites. The focus is not just on monitoring numbers, but on creating reliable systems for COGS accuracy, GRN/GI discipline, budget adherence, and cost governance. The position partners with Operations and Supply Chain to validate business cases, purchase requests, and pricing assumptions, ensuring decisions reflect actual cost impact.

It also supports the Annual Operating Plan, site-level margin analysis, and process improvement initiatives. Success in the role means stronger financial control, better visibility into cost drivers, and measurable improvement in efficiency and profitability.

Key Responsibilities





- Own inventory control across sites by overseeing physical stock counts, reconciling variances quickly, and ensuring corrective actions are closed through ERP-backed controls.
- Monitor monthly COGS and variance drivers, translating cost movements into clear reports that support management decisions and margin improvement.
- Track GRN and GI transactions daily, identify delays or gaps, and escalate control issues to improve transaction accuracy and process adherence.
- Review business cases, rate proposals, and pricing models to validate assumptions, assess financial impact, and protect margin integrity.
- Lead AOP preparation and cost projections, then monitor budgets and approved limits to keep spending aligned with operating plans.
- Validate POs raised by Operations and Supply Chain against budgets and approvals, strengthening cost governance and financial compliance.
- Prepare site-wise margin and variance analysis reports, highlighting root causes and corrective actions that improve profitability.
- Conduct site visits and process audits, documenting observations and implementing improvements in inventory control, reporting quality, and automation.

Essential Skills & Technologies

- Strong costing, variance analysis, and financial control capability, with the ability to convert operational data into actionable business insights.
- Advanced use of SAP for costing, inventory, and reporting workflows, supported by robust MS Excel skills for analysis and reconciliation.
- Working knowledge of Power BI for dashboards and performance reporting, with attention to data quality and consistency.
- Strong audit, reconciliation, and issue-resolution skills to identify control gaps and ensure timely closure of observations.




- Effective stakeholder management and communication skills to work with Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and site teams.

Additional Plus

- Exposure to multi-site, manufacturing, or service environments where inventory movement and cost ownership are critical.
- Experience driving automation or process improvement in finance or costing functions.
- Hands-on involvement in site audits, governance checks, or process standardization initiatives.

What You'll Bring

- CA, CMA, CWA, or semi-qualified professional background with relevant experience in costing, inventory management, and financial analysis.
- 4-6 years of experience with strong ownership of reporting accuracy, controls, and follow-up on operational issues.
- Detail orientation, analytical thinking, and discipline in managing reconciliations, budgets, and margin analysis.
- Confidence working across teams and locations, with the ability to influence outcomes through facts, structure, and persistence.

Why Join Us

Join a growing, scale-driven organization where costing is directly tied to operational discipline and business performance. This role gives you ownership of the systems and controls that shape margins, inventory accuracy, and financial visibility across multiple sites. You will work closely with leaders across Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain, making the role both commercially meaningful and operationally visible.

The Bengaluru headquarters and large employee base create an environment where strong analysis, process improvement, and automation can have a real enterprise impact. If you enjoy turning complexity into control, and data into decisions, this role offers a strong platform to do that.

What We Offer

- A high-impact finance role with direct ownership of costing, inventory controls, and margin performance.
- Exposure to cross-functional work across multiple sites and leadership stakeholders.
- Opportunities to improve processes through automation, analytics, and stronger financial controls.

📌 Assistant Manager - Costing (Bengaluru)
🏢 Rassense Private
📍 Bengaluru