Digital Marketing

Position Title: MIS & Costing

Designation: Assistant Manager/ Manager/Sr Manager

Current Role: Costing Experience

Minimum Experience:  3 Years

Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, 3 years of experience in Costing & MIS, OR ICWA Qualified

Salary: No Bars for the Right Potential Candidate

Job Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled and detail-oriented MIS & Costing professional with over minimum  5 years of experience in Costing, MIS, SAP, and Product Costing. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Costing, Product Costing, and financial planning proficiency in SAP ERP systems. You will play a key role in optimizing costing methodologies, driving insightful reporting, and ensuring accurate financial planning for the organization.

Key Responsibilities

1. Costing Analysis & Reporting

• Perform detailed product costing analysis, ensuring the accurate calculation of standard costs, variances, and margins.
• Develop cost models and perform cost analysis for new and existing products.
• Work closely with the product development, manufacturing, and procurement teams to track and manage product costs.
• Conduct monthly, quarterly, and annual variance analysis and highlight any discrepancies in cost structures.

2. MIS (Management Information System) Reporting

• Prepare and deliver monthly MIS reports on cost, financial performance, and key performance indicators (KPIs) for senior management.
• Create and maintain automated financial reporting tools to streamline MIS data extraction and presentation.
• Design customized reports and dashboards for various departments (Finance, Operations, etc.) to provide insights into cost management and efficiency.

3. SAP Costing Management

• Manage and maintain costing functionality within SAP, ensuring that data integrity and accuracy are consistently upheld.
• Collaborate with SAP teams to ensure accurate and efficient integration of costing data across the system.
• Implement cost-related improvements and enhancements within the SAP environment.

4. Product Costing & Profitability Analysis

• Oversee the establishment of product costings, ensuring alignment with manufacturing and procurement processes.
• Conduct regular reviews of product costs and identify areas for cost optimization.
• Perform profitability analysis by comparing actual versus expected performance, providing recommendations for improvements.

5. Budgeting & Forecasting

• Assist in the preparation and review of annual budgeting and forecasting processes, focusing on cost analysis and financial projections.
• Provide cost forecasts based on market trends, historical data, and production plans.

6. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with operations, production, and procurement teams to ensure accurate cost tracking and timely reporting.
• Provide costing insights to support strategic decision-making for new projects, product launches, and cost-saving initiatives.

7. Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities for process improvements in costing methodologies and MIS reporting.

Develop and implement best practices for costing, reporting, and data management to enhance overall efficiency.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Costing, MIS, and SAP.
• At least 3 years of experience in Product Costing or similar roles, ideally in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Proven track record of delivering accurate and actionable financial reports.

Skills:

• Advanced proficiency in SAP (preferably SAP S/4HANA or SAP FICO).
• Strong knowledge of Costing techniques, including standard costing, activity-based costing, and variance analysis.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (advanced functions such as Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, etc.) and other financial analysis tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for reporting and cross-functional collaboration.

Description: 

 4+ Years of experience in systems development and Guidewire Billing experience. 

 4+ years of technical experience in enterprise-level application design, execution, and software deployments. 

 Hands-on development expertise on Guidewire BillingCenter with configuration. 

 Configure business rules and other business logic in Gosu. 

 Design and code integration components including plug-ins and programs that call the GW APIs Create form and letter templates and their supporting XML descriptor files. 

 Skilled in the use of applicable programming languages for the areas of developing code for, to include but are not limited to Java, SQL etc. 

 Experience leveraging source code management, such as GitHub or Bitbucket. 

 Supports production deployments and automation, actively lead monitoring, job control, and production support, and participates in and provides support for production issues related to the Guidewire solution. 

 Expertise configuring and developing several areas of BillingCenter including but not limited to Account/Policy/Producer Handling, Various Plan Types, Billing Instructions, Charges, Charge Patterns, Charge Invoicing, Invoice Items, Direct/List/Agency Bill Processing, Premium Reporting, Holds and writeoffs, Handling of Trouble Tickets/ Collaterals and Return Premium, Funds Tracking and Contacts. 

 Well versed with all Guidewire Billing center configuration areas like PCF, Gosu, Business Rules, Invoicing, Billing Types, Charge Distributions, Payments, Delinquency process, Commissions, etc. 

 Robust understanding of BillingCenter DataModel 

Education: 

 BE/B.Tech, BCA, B.SE, MCA, MBA / Any Graduate/Any Post Graduate

Head/ Chief Architect - Engineering

About Our Client

Our client is headquartered in California and Y Combinator backed Shopify-like platform for creators & knowledge professionals (coaches, instructors, experts, artists etc.) to launch, manage and grow their business online. Founded by IIT/ IIM/ BITS/ Yale/ BCG Alumni and 3X Entrepreneurs, they are well funded and backed by top Indian VC firms along with start-up veterans like Kunal Shah (CRED). The company is founded by alumni from top IITs, IIMs, BITS, Yale including ex-entrepreneurs and from firms such as BCG, Hike, Dunzo and P&G.

Since the launch of  its first version in December 2020 they have grown 25X. Creators have earned more than $1 Million since launch through the platform.
We have just closed our series A (yet to announce) and are looking to build out our leadership team across functions.

About the role:

About the job

• Own and drive product development and engineering management in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Deliver architectural initiatives that drive revenue and improve efficiency inline with business strategy.
• Develop and maintain a aspirational architectural road map
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of IT industry best practices, technologies, architectures and emerging technologies.
• Build and lead the technical team with focus on infusing culture resulting in energetic & positive outcomes.

Requirements

• Relevant prior experience in a software product-based company in a leadership position. Minimum of 5+ years experience building applications in high level programming languages - Java, Python or Go
• Strong experience in either or all of databases: MySQL, MongoDB, NOSQL, SQL Server, Oracle. -Strong working knowledge on AWS & Google Cloud & Cloud security.
• Strong working knowledge of Web, caching technologies, API integration technologies & protocols.
• Experience with managing AGILE development methodology and inspire the team to follow best Scrum practices.
• Fair understanding of DevOps would be ideal
• Must be a strong and enthusiastic team player with excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• You are a good communicator who can explain technical concepts to product managers, designers, support and other engineers and you have curiosity about how things work
• Skills in Microservices Architecture, Product Roadmap& tech team management

• Partner with the product team, co-founders, and business heads to define the product vision for all our verticals (Demand, Supply, Advisory)
• Lead and mentor a team of Product Managers (PMs) to build an impactful roadmap and make it a reality in collaboration with engineering, design, and business teams.
• Define and communicate key performance indicators (KPIs), objectives, and key results to measure success; Regularly interface with ground teams, farmers, traders, etc. to get feedback on product strategy for your product area.
• Regularly share progress with execs and the larger teams against quarterly and annual goals.
• Foster a product culture for PMs, Analysts, Designers, Operations Teams, and Business teams.
• Work with engineering leadership to envision and prioritize improvements to our core product offering that is in line with our quarterly and annual goals.

• 4+ years of experience in core product management.
• Experience leading and mentoring in a product management organization.
• Experienced working with highly technical engineering and design teams and driving complex projects from ideation to successful launch.
• Expertise in setting, aligning and measuring success KPIs for large products
• All-around leader: you can create a product vision that others want to follow.
• Customer obsession: you genuinely care for our customers and deeply understand the needs of the customer ( end users, ground teams, and internal teams) and make sure that those needs are well understood by your teams.
• Problem solver: loves to figure out complex problems and constantly think about how to make processes more efficient.
• Great with data: you are data-focused, and drive the team to take decisions based on data
• A track record of partnering with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to communicate to engineers and executives in the same breath.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the design and backend team to build and develop web applications for our forward-thinking products.
• Design large-scale systems with high complexity to support our high throughput applications.
• Understand how to leverage infrastructure for solving such large-scale problems.
• Develop tools and contribute to open source wherever possible.
• Adopt problem-solving as a way of life - always go to the root cause.
• Develop scalable front-end engineering, for the largest FinTech companies in India who use our product.
• Actively think about improving UX and UI.
• Collaborate with the team to discuss and implement ideas.
• Build responsive, robust, and optimized applications.

• Professional development experience with Angular 10
• At least 1-2 years of JavaScript development experience for web applications.
• Strong eye for design, UI, and UX.
• Passion for front-end development.
• Willingness to learn and experiment with new technologies.

• Liaising with clients to identify specific business problems and develop ideas
• Communicating with colleagues within the agency, such as creatives and account managers, in the process of developing a campaign
• Gaining a comprehensive context for advertising strategies by analysing a wide range of information in detail, including demographics, socio-economic and the market for the client's product and market share;
• Commissioning research from outside organisations to inform advertising strategies, using both qualitative methods, such as focus groups and structured interviews, and quantitative methods, such as demographic profiling and questionnaires
• Running research groups
• Finding an 'angle' on a specific product or service on which to base a campaign;
• Researching the product or service to be advertised, which may involve gaining technical or specific knowledge
• Reconciling the differences between consumers' current perceptions of the brand and the way the client wishes the brand to be perceived;
• Meeting the client to learn the background of the brand and advising on possible approaches to the target market
• Providing the creative team with a clearly defined brief that contains concise information on the product, audience and strategy
• Presenting conclusions and ideas to clients and other agency staff
• Analysing and interpreting customer response and sales data to evaluate the effectiveness of the campaign.

• Deliver features in an end-to-end manner: technical design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Provide technical leadership and own specific areas of the platform.
• Work closely with Product Managers to translate product requirements to engineering specifications.
• Lead code review efforts and quality efforts in your area of ownership.
• Participate in product discussions, taking ownership and initiative.
• Work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Mentored and guide junior engineers.

Must Haves:

• Minimum 2 years of working experience in Ruby on Rails/ Python/ Node.JS.
• Strong problem-solving skills, data structures, and algorithms.
• Excellent experience on databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Familiarity with tools for code reviews, version control (GIT).
• A knack for writing clean, readable Ruby/ Python/Node.JS code.
• Experience in application server hosting and monitoring.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on with search platforms (Solr, Elasticsearch, etc).
• Prior experience with microservices-based architecture/SOA/distributed systems.
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Experience with common AWS service EC2, RDS, S3, SES, etc.

Key Competencies:

• Building Effective Team
• Solving Problems Creatively
• Learning Agility
• Drive For Result