Costing Section Head (Manufacturing)

Arcera is a global life sciences company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Our purpose is to enable longer and healthier lives while creating sustainable growth. We develop, manufacture, and commercialize a broad range of high-quality innovative and proven medicines in key international markets. With an operational footprint spanning over 90 countries across four continents, and manufacturing sites in eight countries, we offer more than 2,000 medicines across various therapeutic areas worldwide.

Job Purpose:

The Costing Section Head will lead and manage product costing activities by ensuring accurate cost calculation, inventory valuation, and profitability analysis, while providing cost insights that support pricing, budgeting, operational efficiency, and strategic decision-making within the manufacturing environment. The job holder will be based in our manufacturing site in Al Obour City and will be reporting to Head of Finance - Technical Operations.

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead product costing (standard & actual costing) processes.
• Analyze material, labor, and overhead variances.
• Ensure accuracy of Bill of Materials (BOM) and routing.
• Monitor inventory valuation and cost of goods sold (COGS).
• Support pricing decisions and margin analysis.
• Partner with production teams to improve cost efficiency.
• Drive cost reduction initiatives and operational efficiency projects.
• Ensure proper cost allocation methods.
• Provide reports on plant performance and cost drivers.
• Support budgeting and forecasting related to manufacturing costs.

Qualifications & Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance.
• 8+ years of experience in costing within manufacturing site is mandatory
• Strong knowledge of standard costing and variance analysis.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP CO module preferred).
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
• Good understanding of production processes.
• High attention to detail and strong business partnering skills

This is the opportunity to join a very dynamic organization, where decisions are taken fast and where you can actively participate in shaping our future. If this sounds exciting, we would love to hear more about you!