Cost Control Assistant Manager

PT Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk produces metals and minerals essential for human advancement. As an Indonesian metal and mineral mining holding company headquartered in Jakarta, Merdeka explores, extracts, and produces gold, silver, copper, and other minerals through subsidiaries across three islands in Indonesia.

Established in 2012, Merdeka became a public company in 2015 with the stock code MDKA. Merdeka is owned by prominent shareholders, including PT Saratoga Investama Sedaya Tbk, PT Provident Capital Indonesia (through PT Mitra Daya Mustika and PT Suwarna Arta Mandiri), and Garibaldi Thohir.

Ideal Candidates:

The Cost Control Specialist role is responsible for supporting and overseeing cost management activities to ensure financial efficiency in respective operations or projects. Identifying capex/opex requests and cost spending and assisting in implementing cost-saving strategies while ensuring compliance with company policies and targets.

Responsibilities:

• Provide financial and business performance insights to support management decision-making.
• Fluent in budget detail, able to determine normal/standard costs, and able to investigate variances of actual costs to budgets by breaking down more detail to cost elements and categories as necessary.
• Analyze whether the capex or opex proposal or request from other departments is reasonable, justifiable, and aligned with operational necessity and within the approved budget.
• Monitor and analyze cost trends, identify opportunities for efficiency, and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Support and work closely with relevant departments to ensure all costs are executed and monitored and spending is within the approved proposal or budget.
• Support process improvements to strengthen internal controls, increase efficiency, and enhance financial governance.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in one of the following fields: finance, accounting, management, economics, or information systems.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in accounting, management reporting, cost control, project management, financial analysis, or a related field.  Experience in a multinational company for at least 2 years is preferred. for at least 2 years is preferred. 
• Experience as an auditor in a public accounting firm for at least 2 years is mandatory.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP software (e.g., SAP or Pronto) is preferred.
• Proficiency in data analysis and tools such as Excel, Power BI, or Tableau
• Fluency in Mandarin and English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Placement: Jakarta