Role Summary
The Costing Analyst is responsible for forecasting, analyzing, and reporting crop-level and hybrid-level costs for the Seed Production and Supply Chain (SPSC) function. The role supports operational decision-making, marketing pricing strategies and financial control by delivering accurate, timely, and analytically robust cost information.
Core Responsibilities
- Prepare monthly crop-level cost projections for field and plant operations of Seed Production and Supply Chain (SPSC) function on excel spreadsheets, following FIFO costing
- Validate volumes forecasts for field and plant activity received from operations team – to ensure appropriate assumptions supporting cost projections
- Maintain documentation of key assumptions, models, and methodologies to support audit and review requirements
- Prepare worksheets to provide the hybrid-wise cost to support marketing team on pricing decisions
- Provide quick simulations of cost forecast based on marketing team's request
- Understand the grower payments process and support the validation/ review of payment requests
- Validate the year-to-date actuals with outlook projections and provide analytics for variances noted
- Ensure integrity of cost data by aligning projections with actuals and approved operational assumptions
- Support monthly/ quarterly flux variances on relevant line items like inventory, grower advances, grower payable accruals
- Coordinate with internal and statutory auditors on financial statement schedules and audit testing, relevant to seed operations
Systems & Tools
- Strong hands-on exposure to Advanced Excel (required)
- Exposure to ERP systems (SAP or similar) preferred
- Experience working with large datasets, reconciliations, and forecast models
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Attention to detail with ability to work under tight timelines
- Stakeholder management in translating complex cost data into meaningful insights for stakeholders
Key Stakeholders
- Operations / Field teams (volume forecasts, assumptions)
- Marketing team (pricing support, simulations)
- Regional Operations Finance and Commercial Finance
- Accounts Payable
- Corporate Finance
Job location:
- Primarily in Service center, Wave rock (Nanakramguda). Travel to plant and corporate offices will be planned based on business requirements and stakeholder needs.
- 3-4 days a month in Corporate office (Ascendas IT park, Madhapur) for meetings with stakeholders
- Good to visit Medchal plant 3-4 days in a month
- Minimum 12 days presence in office every month (including all locations)
