Join Estée Lauder Companies at Whitman Laboratories, where one-fifth of the company’s global sales output is manufactured. As a global leader in prestige beauty, we serve over half a billion consumers each year, offering world-renowned brands such as Estée Lauder, MAC, Jo Malone London and Clinique across more than 150 countries.
We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Cost Accountant (12-month FTC) to join our team. This role is responsible for delivering accurate product costings across EMEA operations, supporting budgeting activities, maintaining master data integrity, and providing valuable cost analysis to support business decision-making. Working closely with Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing teams, you will play a key role in ensuring costing accuracy and driving continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
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Produce accurate and timely product costings to support Marketing requirements and EMEA plant standard costs.
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Generate final product costs for EMEA manufacturing plants, resolving data issues that may impact costing accuracy.
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Support the EMEA cost budgeting process by analysing data, investigating variances, responding to queries, and conducting cost comparisons.
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Produce and maintain final product costs for selected affiliate markets.
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Ensure all product costing master data is accurate, complete, and maintained within company systems.
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Provide feasibility costings for new products and projects, alongside ad hoc cost analysis to support business decisions.
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Identify opportunities to improve costing processes, data quality, and overall operational effectiveness.
