BF Biosciences Limited is seeking a Finance Specialist with 2 to 4 years of experience in a manufacturing organization. The ideal candidate will be part-qualified ACMA or ACCA and possess hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA, particularly the CO (Controlling) module. This role involves managing financial reporting, manufacturing costing, production variance analysis, fixed assets, insurance, and financial closing activities. The position is based at the company’s head office and requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial information and timely management reporting. The deadline to apply is 27 September 2026.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and submit monthly management reports, ensuring accuracy and adherence to deadlines.
- Maintain and review standard costing, including working with Bills of Materials (BOM), production routings, and cost components within SAP CO.
- Conduct cost estimates and analyze production variances related to price, usage, and efficiency.
- Monitor cost centre expenditures against budgets, assist with overhead allocation, and perform cost absorption analysis.
- Manage fixed assets and insurance activities, including maintaining asset records and supporting physical verification at plant and warehouse locations.
- Support month-end and year-end financial closing activities such as accruals, provisions, reconciliations, costing-related closing tasks, fixed-asset records, and insurance accounting.
- Work effectively under tight deadlines during financial closing periods.
Required Qualifications
- Part-qualified ACMA or ACCA with clear indication of current qualification status and completed papers.
- 2 to 4 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing entity, particularly in manufacturing finance, cost accounting, management accounting, or plant finance.
- Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA, especially the CO module, including familiarity with cost centres, cost estimates, product costing, overheads, and variance analysis.
- Strong understanding of standard costing, cost variance analysis, and cost centre management within a manufacturing environment.
- Proficiency in Activity Based Costing (ABC) and other manufacturing costing methodologies.
- Excellent analytical, reconciliation, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Ability to work efficiently under demanding financial reporting deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
- Practical knowledge of Activity Based Costing (ABC) to assign overhead expenses based on resource-consuming activities, providing detailed insights into production and operational costs.
- Experience with BOMs, production routings, overhead allocation, and cost absorption to support management decision-making.
- BF Biosciences offers a market-competitive salary and benefits package, an excellent working environment, and a value-driven corporate culture.
Candidates should tailor their CV to highlight relevant experience and skills, including SAP S/4HANA CO expertise, standard costing, BOM, routing, product costing, production variance analysis, budgeting, overhead allocation, fixed assets, insurance, accruals, provisions, reconciliations, management reporting, and month-end/year-end closing. Measurable achievements such as improvements in reporting accuracy, reductions in closing time, or successful resolution of costing issues are highly encouraged to demonstrate impact.
Interested applicants should apply by scanning the QR code provided in the official recruitment advertisement. Ensure your application clearly reflects your professional qualification progress, manufacturing finance experience, and practical exposure to costing and financial reporting. The last date to apply is 27 September 2026.