We’re hiring a full-time Cost Accountant to join Babco Foods. This is not a routine accounting role. We are looking for someone who can deeply understand pricing, margins, profitability, promotions, operational costs, and market dynamics, and help drive strategic business decisions across a fast-growing international food distribution business.

Location: India (remote)
Required Collaboration Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. US Eastern Time

Experience: 7–15 years

What This Role Requires
You understand how pricing impacts sales, profitability, and market competitiveness
You can analyze large operational and financial variables simultaneously
You think commercially — not just from an accounting perspective
You can independently build models, identify risks, and recommend actions

You are comfortable working directly with executive leadership on high-impact initiatives

Core Responsibilities
Own pricing analysis across products, customers, markets, logistics, and distribution channels
Track and analyze profitability drivers including freight, warehousing, packaging, sourcing, duties, and operational costs
Build financial models and scenario analyses to support pricing decisions and growth initiatives
Develop margin optimization strategies while ensuring sales competitiveness and affordability
Create and monitor product-level, customer-level, and channel-level profitability reporting
Partner with leadership and sales teams to develop promotional strategies and pricing initiatives
Identify cost leakages, margin risks, and operational inefficiencies

Support future expansion initiatives through forecasting, modeling, and financial analysis





Hard Requirements
7+ years of cost accounting and profitability analysis experience in manufacturing, distribution, FMCG, food, or related industries
CMA (India) or equivalent professional qualification required
Strong expertise in pricing analysis, cost allocation, and profitability modeling
Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities
Ability to understand operational workflows and convert them into financial insights
Strong analytical thinking and high attention to detail

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Robust Plus
Experience in food distribution, FMCG, manufacturing, or import/export industries
Exposure to Middle East and international markets
Understanding of global logistics and supply chain cost structures
Experience working with ERP systems and operational reporting

Commercial or strategic finance experience beyond traditional accounting

Important
No agencies
This is an ownership role - not a task-execution role

This is a high-impact strategic position working directly with executive leadership

About Us

Babco Foods is a US-based, family-owned, food distribution company expanding aggressively into international markets.

We are building systems, processes, and operational infrastructure for the next stage of growth — and this role will directly influence pricing strategy, profitability, and business expansion decisions.

If you want to work on real business problems with real operational impact, this is the role.

To Apply

Send your resume + a brief description of the most commercially impactful pricing or profitability project you’ve worked on.

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