Business Unit Costing Analyst
Posted on Jun 11, 2026
Description
We are seeking a Business Unit Costing Analyst
BU finance is a “tool” for consistent improvement by providing analysis and presenting situation in a clear fashion, with responsibility to reflect the Business Unit’s financial results
Main Tasks:
Day to Day Activities and Forecast monitoring
- Controlling the process of creating the line’s P&L for each voyage and performing forecast updates on a daily basis.
- Updating the forecast on a daily basis, comparing and analyzing the gaps between the current forecast vs the previous forecasts.
- Provide actual P&L for each voyage including its full analysis
- Perform ongoing analysis of the BU financial data to provide significant inputs to improve P&L’s accuracy and the BU results.
Optimizing and controlling BU costs/revenues
- Deep analysis and full understanding of cost items – constant monitoring to identify trends & cost improvement opportunities
- Standard Cost versions analysis to identify changes that will directly impact the line’s result
- Challenge cost items from Operation / Procurement / Logistics / LT. Analyze implications of cost items and to improve cost structure
- Analyze cargo mix, to identify potential of revenue increase and improve performance
- Improve fixed and variable costs when possible, and identify alternatives to existing items
Budget preparation & monitoring
- Preparing the line’s budget
- Monitor actual vs. budget / forecast vs. budget analysis of the line, and provide gaps explanation. Raising gaps to the BU management
- Accountable for improving forecast and budget processes to improve accuracy and reduce gaps vs. actual
Voyage account (P&L) analysis
- Closing all voyages accounts in PA systems, performing interline accounting and working with all relevant units
- Work with accounting to track PA vs. accounting gaps
- Get inputs of non-manifest income, demurrage, storage and rebates in order to allocate on the line’s P&L