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ROLE OVERVIEW:

This role gives the business a true picture of what it costs to make, store, and sell every product they make.

As the company's FMCG and Quick Commerce operations scale, costs shared across the factory, warehouses, and teams can no longer be spread by business size. A cost accounting structure that replaces this with actual, business-specific P&Ls; and track them month on month needs to be built.

The work directly shapes decisions on pricing, product mix, channel strategy and efficiency. It is a hands-on, plant-facing role for a meticulous cost professional who wants to build a costing system from the ground up for a 30+ year old brand that is modernising fast.

ROLE DETAILS:

- Role:

Senior Cost Accountant

- Experience Required: 3 to 5+ years

- Client’s Industry: Food & Beverage (F&B;)

- Location:

Bengaluru (Near Electronic City)

- Travel Requirements:

Yes

- Employment Type: Full-time

- Work Arrangement:

Work from Office (WFO)

- Working Days: Mon-Sat

ABOUT THE CLIENT’S COMPANY: Our client is a 30+ year old leading Food & Beverage (F&B;) brand known for its high-quality products and strong market presence across retail outlets, delivery platforms, quick commerce, and e-commerce.

With over three decades of legacy and state-of-the-art manufacturing, the company is in a phase of dynamic growth, modernizing operations to serve millions of customers while maintaining its core value of excellence.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. BUILD BUSINESS-WISE P&Ls;

- Create a standalone P&L; for each business (FMCG across offline channels such as General Trade and Modern Trade, online, and Quick Commerce)



using the costs that actually belong to each business unit.
- Break down the cost of every product: raw materials, packaging, labour, manufacturing facility, utilities, warehousing, and selling costs.
- Separate fixed and variable costs, and calculate contribution margin, cost of selling, and EBITDA for each business.

2. SET UP THE COSTING FRAMEWORK AND STANDARDS

- Define clear cost allocation standards for what is direct, what is shared, and on what basis.
- Maintain BOM-based product costing and standard costs, so actuals can be tracked against a standard every month.
- Start with FMCG and Quick Commerce business units, and then help extend the framework to other businesses.

3. TRACK PROFITABILITY MONTH-ON-MONTH AND MONITOR PLANT COSTS

- Prepare a monthly P&L; and dashboard for each business showing profitability and its trend.
- Give leadership clear insights for decisions on pricing, product mix, and channel strategy.
- Review raw material price movements every 15 days, update the cost structure, and analyze its impact on margins.
- Recommend efficiency improvements and follow them through with the plant, procurement, and supply chain teams.

4. OWN THE ACCURACY OF COST DATA

- Collect cost data from the plant, warehouses, procurement, HR, finance, and sales, then consolidate and verify it.




- Reconcile costing numbers with the financial books.
- Document the costing methodology, assumptions, and workings so every number can be explained.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: a) Must-Haves:

- Qualified CMA (Cost & Management Accountant) along with a B.Com / M.Com or equivalent degree
- 3 to 5+ years of experience in cost accounting
- Strong working knowledge of product costing, fixed vs variable costs, overhead allocation, contribution margin, and variance analysis
- Experience preparing business-wise or product-wise P&Ls;

b) Nice-to-Haves:

- Plant-level cost accounting experience in an FMCG or food manufacturing company
- Exposure to multi-channel businesses (General Trade, Modern Trade, e-commerce, quick commerce) and channel-wise profitability
- Experience in a fast-growing company, with a multi-SKU product range

c) Tools & Skills Required:

- Advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups, cost models)
- ERP experience (SAP, Oracle, Tally or similar)
- Dashboarding in Power BI, Tableau or similar
- Ability to do cross-functional collaboration and work with plant, procurement, sales, and leadership teams

PERKS & BENEFITS:

- Health Insurance

- Meal at the Office

- Annual Festive Bonus
- Employee Discount Across the Brand's Retail Outlets

REPORTING STRUCTURE: This role will report directly to the key leadership team.

CANDIDATES / APPLICANTS, PLEASE NOTE:

Apex Growth Talent and/or its representatives never charge any fees or money at any stage of the recruitment process. We will never ask for OTPs, bank details, credit/debit card information, PAN, Aadhaar numbers, tax documents, or investment reports.

📌 Senior Cost Accountant (F&B / FMCG Experience Preferred) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Apex Growth Talent
📍 Bengaluru