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Lead Product Cost Controller

GE Vernova · Budapest, Hungary

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PayNot posted
LevelSenior
Work modeNot stated
LanguageEnglish is enough
VisaNot stated
Asks forUS GAAP, SOX
PostedOct 2, 2026
Found by usOct 2, 2026
Last checkedOct 2, 2026

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Lead the annual and quarterly standard cost setting, variance analysis, and SOX-compliant inventory cost controls for manufacturing sites.

Experienced, 5+ yearsUS GAAP or SOX experience

Worth knowing: Acts as financial contact for internal and external audits

From the posting

Job Description Summary The Product Cost Controller is responsible for the financial integrity and strategic governance of standard costing for the Greenville and Forrester manufacturing operations. This role serves as a key financial partner, driving the annual cost-setting process through rigorous data validation, variance analysis, and internal control oversight. The successful candidate will ensure that all product costing activities align with global accounting policies, SOX compliance requirements, and business strategy, providing critical financial insights to leadership during the annual standards setting and quarterly correction cycles. Job Description Roles and Responsibilities Strategic Financial Planning & Governance: Lead the end-to-end annual standard cost lifecycle, ensuring alignment with corporate financial planning, COE guidance, and controllership directives. Establish clear roles, responsibilities (RACI), and timelines. Cost Simulation & Analytics: Execute iterative simulations of material and labor roll-ups. Analyze YoY variances and identify drivers of cost fluctuations, ensuring data integrity in the ERP environment. Cost Quantification: Manage the quantification of mixed-source materials (Internal purchase vs. 3rd Party-subcontracting), ensuring accurate cost assignment for subcontracted service. Master Data Governance: Oversee the integrity of critical part lists, ensuring that internal feeds, Bill of Materials, and data inputs for calculation proposed new standard prices are properly mapped and reconciled. Internal Controls (SOX): Maintain strict adherence to SOX requirements; schedule and lead formal validation reviews with site leadership to ensure the validity of final published standards. Audit Readiness: Act as the financial point of contact for internal/external audits, providing documentation and facilitating annual reviews. Quarterly Performance Management: Conduct 1Q deep-dives and post-cycle corrections; maintain the financial integrity of the system through structured workflows. Validate financial impact of Standard Cost update booked by ERP. Operational Analytics & Reporting: Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in key supply chain and financial processes related to smaller sites' inventory and standard costing, closing, and reporting.

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