Cost Analyst

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Job Summary: Grupo Polak is seeking a Cost Analyst to evaluate, report on, and analyze costs and inventory within the industrial and agricultural chemical sectors, with a focus on profitability and innovative processes. Key Highlights: 1. Professional development opportunities. 2. Collaborative and dynamic work environment. 3. Opportunity to participate in the company's innovative projects. About the Company Grupo Polak is a group of companies leading in innovative solutions for the industrial and agricultural chemical sectors, and we are currently seeking our next Cost Analyst. If you are excited about identifying talent with the potential to transform processes, innovate, and strengthen such a dynamic sector as the chemical industry, this opportunity is for you. **Job Requirements** Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field. Experience: At least 1 year of experience in general accounting, cost accounting, and inventory management within a manufacturing company. Skills: Intermediate to advanced Excel proficiency; SAP knowledge is desirable. **Job Responsibilities** * Evaluates various types of costs (standard, replacement, and average) required by the organization, analyzing necessary inputs to determine business profitability. * Prepares monthly closing reports regarding purchase amounts, indirect expenses, and inventory balances across subsidiaries, by extracting and analyzing monthly data to objectively inform the Controller’s Office. * Executes the sub-allocation process at month-end, analyzing expenses to allocate them to the cost centers of production plants. * Analyzes the average cost of materials, identifying changes to ensure accurate inventory valuation. * Ensures proper registration of generated codes (SKUs), verifying that accounting and costing parameters in SAP are correct. * Supports the preparation of the annual cost-of-sales budget by analyzing unit cost and profitability margin per product and per business line. * At the beginning of each year, updates the rates used for costing all products manufactured in the plant, ensuring up-to-date and necessary information is available to execute activities (manufacturing orders) for the new year across all company production areas. **Additional Benefits and Perks** * Professional development opportunities. * Collaborative and dynamic work environment. * Statutory benefits and above-standard benefits. * Opportunity to participate in the company's innovative projects.