Mid / Senior Cost Accountant - Manufacturing Financial Analyst

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Antal is a leading recruitment and HR advisory company, present in Poland since 1996 and later expanded to the Czech Republic and Hungary. Across the CEE region, we employ around 150 professionals who deliver a full range of services – from specialist and executive recruitment, employee outsourcing and HR consulting, to employer branding and market research.

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For our client - an international company from a manufacturing company, we are looking for Cost Accountants/ Analyst to join the structures in Poznan

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the end-to-end actual costing process, including analysis, validation, and issue resolution.
• Oversee production order price variances, ensuring accurate settlements and performing root cause analysis.
• Maintain and improve material master data, pricing, and controlling structures while ensuring strong data governance.
• Execute and enhance standard costing processes, including SAP costing runs.
• Coordinate month-end closing activities related to costing, inventory, SAP MM period management, and stock postings.
• Perform detailed cost analysis, identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and provide actionable business insights.
• Partner with Finance and cross-functional stakeholders to resolve complex issues and drive continuous process improvements.
• Ensure data accuracy, compliance, SLA adherence, and identify automation opportunities.
• Support Transfer Pricing activities as a backup resource

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Finance, Manufacturing Finance, Actual Costing, Product Costing, or Cost Accounting.
• Strong experience with Standard Costing and Actual Costing in a manufacturing environment.
• Advanced SAP experience
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with month-end close, inventory valuation, production order settlements, and variance analysis.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate complex financial topics to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience leading projects and driving process improvements.
• Confident user of English