The Cost Controller Specialist ensures Ly Gia Vien’s financial data moves beyond compliance into control and insight. This role owns cost transparency, margin accuracy, and allocation discipline across brands, channels, and divisions — building the foundation for controlling and profitability analysis within SAP S/4HANA CO. The goal is to support business decisions with clear financial insights and improve margin performance company-wide.
Cost Monitoring & Control:
- Track and analyze actual vs. standard cost for materials, freight, duties, and warehouse handling.
- Investigate cost variances by brand, supplier, or shipment.
- Coordinate with Procurement & Supply Chain on landed cost accuracy and logistics efficiency.
- Monitor demo/sample/promotional cost usage and tie it to marketing ROI.
Profitability & Margin Analysis:
- Prepare Contribution Margin Ladder (Gross to CM3) monthly by brand, product line, and channel (HORECA, GT, MT, E-commerce).
- Identify margin dilution drivers (freight, duty, discount, handling, wastage) and recommend actions.
- Provide SKU-level profitability data to guide pricing and promotions.
- Analyze product mix shifts and margin impact.
Cost Center & Expense Management:
- Review cost center/profit center postings for accuracy.
- Support department heads in analyzing controllable expenses and optimizing spend.
- Collaborate with HR to allocate labor costs by department using statistical keys (e.g., pallets, m², FTE).
- Maintain and update allocation methods quarterly.
Inventory & COGS Reconciliation:
- Partner with Inventory Accountant for reconciliation of COGS, stock valuation, and write-offs.
- Assess inventory holding cost and Days on Hand (DOH) by category; flag slow-movers.
- Track demo/leasing stock costs to ensure correct capitalization or expensing.
- Recommend waste reduction and inventory turnover improvements.
Reporting & Insights:
- Deliver monthly Operational Cost & Margin Report to COO and leadership.
- Perform ad-hoc analysis (e.g., supplier cost shifts, freight changes).
- Build Excel/Power BI dashboards for decision-making support.
- Convert financial data into actionable business insights.
Continuous Improvement & Education:
- Maintain SOPs for costing, variance analysis, and month-end closing.
- Train accounting and operational staff on cost awareness and implications.
- Partner with IT/ERP teams to improve data integrity and reporting efficiency.
- Participate in QBRs to integrate finance with planning.
