Product Costing Transactional Officer

Date: Sep 1, 2025

Location: Pune, IN

Company: AkzoNobel

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we've been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people's lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We're active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It's what you'd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that's dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let's paint the future together.

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• • Support in an accurate and timely way the product costing activities which mainly involves- periodic costing runs, determine & maintain various costing objects such as rates, tariffs, duties, charges etc. as per product costing policy, perform variance analysis, handle error resolution, calculate & monitor mark ups for intercompany delivery etc.
• Active interaction with ISC functions, R2R experts, Accounting Controllers and FP&A about product costing & related subjects.
• Support product costing lead in adhoc activities
• Ensure compliance of various policies related to product costing & adherence to company's accounting policies & treatments.

• • Support in an accurate and timely way the product costing activities for the plants or entities assigned
• Perform recurring activities such as periodic costing runs, maintain production tariffs, freight rates, customs duty as per product costing policy
• Perform outlier analysis of costing run results, handle error resolution (rule & non-rule based) & initiate corrective actions.
• Calculate, maintain & monitor mark ups to support intercompany delivery billing
• Perform outlier anlaysis of ICD pricelists and follow up on outliers
• Monitor compliance with policies and treatments as per Webfem
• Comply with rules and regulations set by global accounting and implement accounting policies
• Identify and signal recurring issues for further process improvement
• Drive standardization and quality in the true sense of COE & target efficiencies
• Support in adhoc product costing requirements

• • Accounting professional preferably cost accounting background with 3-5 years of experience mainly in handling costing activities for a manufacturing organization and capable of analyzing complex processes and issues
• Professional Degree in Accounting or Costing (ACA, ICWA, CMA)
• Adequate expertise knowledge in cost accounting and understanding of Financial / ERP systems,
• SAP expertise especially handling product costing related activities with an ability to handle basic system issues & also support complex scenarios.
• Experience in working in a COE/ shared services environment preferred.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel
• Autonomous in organizing responsibilities and work
• Ability to work under severe time pressure and continuously retain 'an eye' for the details
• Adequate communication skills and full professional proficiency in English

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 48690