Corporate Costing Manager

About the role

The Corporate Costing Manager leads the corporate costing function for Nestlé Pakistan, overseeing approximately PKR 140 billion in costs, about 70% of NNS in the P&L. Based at the Head Office in Lahore, the role ensures accurate and consistent cost analysis, strengthens cost governance and turns financial insights into recommendations that support strategic and operational decisions. It leads a team of four and works with Business Units, Factories, Finance, Technical and Supply Chain teams.

Key responsibilities

• Set cost management priorities, identify key cost drivers and turn business objectives into cost control and optimization plans.
• Oversee costing analysis and reporting so that cost data, forecasts and insights are accurate, consistent, timely and compliant with standards.
• Lead annual budgeting and periodic forecasting for cost areas, validating assumptions with business units and factories.
• Analyze cost trends, variances and emerging risks and give senior management fact-based recommendations.
• Validate and track cost-saving initiatives, support continuous improvement and develop trend analyses.
• Partner with the CFO, Head of Decision Support, Operations Controllers and other teams to align costing priorities.
• Ensure adherence to Nestlé Costing Standards, internal policies and controls, and manage risks to costing accuracy and data integrity.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of four costing professionals.
• Support internal and external audit requirements with substantiated costing information.

Required profile

• Master's degree in Accounting and Finance, MBA (Finance) or a professional qualification such as CA, CMA or ACCA.
• 7-10 years of experience in cost management, corporate costing and financial analysis, preferably in the FMCG sector.
• Experience of manufacturing and white-collar costing standards, including budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• In-depth knowledge of costing principles, cost drivers, cost management practices and financial controls.
• Proven people leadership, stakeholder management and governance, compliance and data integrity.

Required skills

• Advanced financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
• Working knowledge of SAP CO modules.
• Strong English.