Global Costing Controller

About Unilabs

Headquartered in Geneva and part of the A.P. Moller Group, Unilabs is one of Europe’s leading medical diagnostics companies, offering a complete range of laboratory, pathology, genetics, and imaging services to patients across 14 countries. Unilabs invests heavily in technology, equipment, and people – using digital technologies in its state-of-the-art laboratories and imaging institutes – to improve the lives of close to 100 million people every year.

Role Purpose 

The Global Costing Controller supports the development and ongoing operation of Unilabs’ global costing and net profitability capabilities. 

This role is highly data-oriented and hands-on, focused on calculations, data preparation, analysis, and model maintenance. The position actively contributes to building robust costing frameworks and works directly with local markets and partner functions to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and usability. 

The Global Costing Controller plays a key role in transforming raw operational and financial data into reliable costing and profitability insights that support business decisions across the Group. 

Key Responsibilities 

Costing Models & Calculations 

• Support the development, maintenance, and operation of global costing and net profitability models 

• Perform detailed cost calculations, allocations, and reconciliations across services, tests, and operational units 

• Ensure costing methodologies are correctly applied and documented 

Data Management & Quality 

• Collect, validate, and consolidate cost and operational data from local markets 

• Perform data quality checks, variance analysis, and root-cause investigation 

• Ensure consistency of data definitions and adherence to global standards 

Analysis & Reporting Support 

• Prepare recurring and ad-hoc costing and profitability analyses 

• Support the production of dashboards and reports in collaboration with BI teams 

• Contribute to margin analysis, cost driver insights, and performance tracking 

Market & Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Work directly and actively with local finance teams, operations, procurement, and commercial functions 

• Support markets in understanding costing outputs and underlying assumptions 

• Act as a key point of contact for data-related costing questions from local teams 

Capability & Process Development 

• Contribute to the development of global costing processes, tools, and documentation 

• Support the rollout and adoption of costing methodologies across markets 

• Identify opportunities for process automation and efficiency improvements 

Key Stakeholders 

• Global Costing & Net Profitability Finance Manager  

• Global Finance Teams 

• Local Finance Teams 

• Operations, Commercial, and Procurement Functions 

• BI, Data, and IT Teams 

Requirements

Experience & Qualifications 

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, or a related field 

• Approximately 5 years of relevant professional experience, ideally in management accounting, controlling, or financial analysis 

• Fluent in English 

• Hands-on experience with costing, cost allocation, and profitability analysis 

• Experience working with large datasets, ERP systems, and BI tools 

• Exposure to healthcare, medical diagnostics, or other operationally complex environments is a plus 

Skills & Competencies 

• Strong analytical and numerical skills with high attention to detail 

• Solid understanding of cost structures and operational drivers 

• Comfortable working with data, calculations, and financial models 

• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse, cross-functional stakeholders 

• Clear and structured communication skills 

• Proactive, curious, and improvement-oriented mindset 

Why Join Unilabs 

• Opportunity to develop deep expertise in global costing and profitability 

• Hands-on exposure to Group-level finance transformation initiatives 

• Strong learning curve through close collaboration with senior finance leadership 

• International scope with direct interaction with local markets