Finance Manager - Product Costing

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Questa posizione risponde a: Finance Transformation Manager, ELSP

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We are seeking a highly motivated Finance Manager - Product Costing. The Product Costing Manager defines, implements, and governs standard product costing frameworks across the ABB Electrification Smart Power (ABB ELSP) Division globally.

This role ensures consistent costing methodology across diverse operational models, including Make to Stock (MTS), Make to Order (MTO), Configure to Order (CTO), and Engineer to Order (ETO). The role acts as the global costing authority, driving alignment across local units and supporting local and division teams through the design and implementation journey.

The successful candidate might also be required to coordinate and support the design efforts across other ABB Electrification (ABB EL) as part of the DSM journey.

The work model for the role is: hybrid. This is a global position with preference for candidates in Europe.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Ensuring transparency in production costs, costs of goods sold and production variances.

• Serve as the global owner for ELSP product costing guidelines, policies, and master data costing governance.

• Drive variance analysis standards (purchase price variance, production variances, capacity utilization) to support operational decision-making and margin management.

• Lead implementation of the defined product costing principles, structures, and calculation methodologies across all ELSP locations, business lines and related ERP environments.

• Partner with local operating units and finance teams to align local costing practices with divisional standards during the implementation phase (also where needed are aligned via DSM timeline).

• Provide subject matter expertise on ERP product costing configurations (SAP CO-PC / material ledger) and harmonize costing runs across entities.

• Train, coach, and guide local controllers and plant finance teams to ensure adoption and continuous compliance with standard costing practices.

• The selected candidate may also be required to partner with EL Divisions to support design and implementation journey of product costing during the DSM journey.

Qualifications for the role:

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline. Professional certification (CIMA, CMA, CPA) is an advantage.

• Minimum 7 to 10 years of experience in product costing, manufacturing controlling, or operations finance within a global industrial manufacturing environment. ABB experience is preferred.

• In-depth understanding of diverse manufacturing archetypes: MTS, MTO, CTO, and ETO, including project-based costing mechanics.

• Strong practical knowledge of SAP CO-PC, material master costing views, BOM/routing integration, and overhead allocation logic.

• Working experience with CFIN, SAC, SAP BW, ABACUS, ATLAS, Power BI within ABB or similar environments. Ability in managing mass data by using ABB tools and methodology

• Experience in finance transformation, process standardization, and change management across cross-cultural global teams is preferred

• Great team player with level up thinking / collaboration spirit.

• Fluent in English, with strong stakeholder communication, influencing, and advisory skills.

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