Senior Cost Analyst

About the role

Haleon is looking for a Senior Cost Analyst for its Cape Town Manufacturing Site. Reporting to the QSC Finance Business Partner, you will provide financial analysis, product costing, variance reporting and business partnering support for manufacturing operations. You will work across Production, Procurement, Engineering, Technical, Quality, Supply Chain, Commercial and Finance to improve cost performance, strengthen controls and support better decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with manufacturing and cross-functional teams to challenge non-value-added costs, identify savings opportunities and support delivery of financial and productivity commitments.
• Drive loss analysis and continuous improvement, including gross margin ideation, the Site Zero Loss Roadmap, savings tracking, benefit realisation and corrective action.
• Lead product costing and standard-cost activities, including cost roll-ups, costing-data integrity and cost assessments for new product introductions.
• Analyse material, labour, overhead, production and third-party manufacturing variances, identify root causes and recommend actions to management.
• Prepare weekly and monthly manufacturing performance reports, dashboards, trend analysis, inventory and WIP reviews and insights for site leadership.
• Support budgets, rolling forecasts, capital investment evaluations, sensitivity analysis, financial modelling and monitoring of approved project benefits.
• Strengthen governance by completing reconciliations, supporting inventory and costing controls, managing financial risks and contributing to internal and external audits.

Required profile

• CIMA (qualified), ACCA or CA(SA) qualification.
• At least 3 years' experience in manufacturing finance, cost accounting or supply chain finance.
• Experience producing financial reports, models and decision-support analysis in an FMCG, pharmaceutical or consumer healthcare manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical judgement, commercial awareness and the ability to turn complex data into clear insight and recommendations.
• Confidence in building cross-functional relationships, influencing stakeholders and meeting deadlines.
• A continuous-improvement mindset with high standards of integrity, accountability and control.

Required skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel.
• SAP.
• Power BI or another financial reporting tool, including reporting automation and process simplification.