Finance Operation Control Manager

About the role

Lead the finance operation control function in a manufacturing/FMCG plant environment to ensure effective cost control, accurate financial reporting, working capital optimization, inventory control, and compliance with company policies. This position serves as a Finance Business Partner to the Plant Manager and Operations functions to enhance plant efficiency and profitability.

Key responsibilities

• Lead plant financial controlling and performance monitoring processes (monthly, weekly, daily as needed), ensuring all operational transactions are recorded accurately, completely, timely, and in accordance with accounting policy

• Review Plant P&L, manufacturing cost, conversion cost, overhead, and operating expenses; analyze actual vs budget, forecast, and prior-year performance to identify variance causes

• Prepare financial performance analysis and management reports for Plant Management and Finance Management

• Control and analyze manufacturing costs including raw material, packaging, direct labor, energy, utilities, maintenance, factory overhead, depreciation, and logistics

• Conduct standard cost vs actual cost analysis and identify cost drivers; oversee cost reduction and productivity improvement programs with Production, Engineering, QA, Procurement, and Supply Chain

• Oversee stock opname/cycle count processes and follow up on inventory discrepancies; collaborate with Warehouse, Production, Procurement, and Supply Chain to optimize inventory levels

• Analyze relationships between production volume, yield, efficiency, downtime, waste, and financial performance; monitor manufacturing KPIs including production efficiency, yield, material usage variance, production loss, machine utilization, OEE, and conversion cost per unit

• Lead annual plant budget, operating expense budget, CAPEX budget, and rolling forecast preparation; challenge budget assumptions to ensure realistic budgets aligned with company targets

• Conduct monthly forecasts and outlooks on plant costs and profitability; provide early warning of potential cost overruns or target deviations

• Ensure application of internal controls, segregation of duties, authorization matrices, and financial governance; identify financial and operational control risks and ensure mitigation plans

• Support internal audit, external audit, tax audit, and compliance review processes; ensure procurement, inventory, payment, asset management, and production costing processes comply with company policy

• Control CAPEX planning, approval, monitoring, capitalization, and post-investment review; ensure CAPEX realization aligns with approved budget and business case

• Collaborate with Supply Chain and Procurement to improve working capital efficiency; optimize inventory, payables, and operational spending without disrupting production

• Lead, develop, and evaluate the Finance/Cost Control team at the plant; build a culture of financial discipline and cost consciousness across all plant functions

• Placement : West Jakarta

About you

• Minimum S1 degree in Accounting, Finance, Financial Management, or related field

• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in Finance/Accounting/Controlling, with at least 3 years in a managerial position

• Strong experience in manufacturing/FMCG, particularly in large-scale production companies

• Proven experience in plant controlling, manufacturing costing, budgeting, inventory control, and financial analysis

• Direct experience working with Plant/Factory Management

• Mastery of manufacturing accounting and cost accounting, including standard costing, actual costing, cost variance analysis, BOM and routing, material consumption, yield and production loss, inventory valuation, overhead allocation, CAPEX control, and budgeting and forecasting

• Strong financial modelling and financial analysis capabilities

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel

• Familiarity with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or other manufacturing ERP systems

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with commercial and operational thinking, not just accounting-oriented

• Strong business partnering and influencing capabilities; able to be firm in financial control while maintaining good relationships with Operations

• Capable of root cause analysis and translating operational issues into financial impact

• Strong communication and presentation skills to Plant Management and Senior Management

• Detail-oriented with high integrity and strong governance discipline

• Able to work in high-volume, fast-paced, target-oriented FMCG manufacturing environments

• Power BI or data visualization capabilities are advantageous