Accounting, Audit & Finance

Aarav Menon

Cost Accountant

Product costing, variance analysis and decision support.

Chennai, India

Fictional sample · Not a verified candidate record

Professional profile

Cost Accountant with an illustrative 11-year career focused on product costing, variance analysis and decision support. Brings together standard costing, variance analysis and inventory costing with practical delivery experience. Selected work below shows the problem, my contribution and the handover material rather than unsupported performance claims.

Professional experience

Jul 2022 - Present

Cost Accountant

Asterline Finance Services

Responsible for scoped product costing, variance analysis and decision support work, coordinating the relevant reviewers and delivery partners.

  • Mapped cost drivers and compared allocation approaches with production and finance owners.
  • Separated variance sources and validated sample transactions before discussing operational causes.
  • Maintained review responsibility and made unresolved questions visible before handover.
Jul 2018 - Jun 2022

Cost Accountant

Northmere Finance Services

Developed hands-on experience across product costing, variance analysis and decision support, with a defined review process.

  • Used standard costing and budgeting on assigned work; recorded decisions so colleagues could understand the approach.
  • Prepared variance bridge and management brief and incorporated specialist feedback before closing the workstream.
Jul 2015 - Jun 2018

Accounts Associate

Cedarfield Finance Services

Built foundations through supported assignments, observation and practical feedback.

  • Assisted with variance analysis and cost allocation, checking work with an experienced reviewer.
  • Kept organised work records and developed clear handover habits through supervised practice.
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Aarav MenonCost Accountant / Continued

Core capabilities

01Standard costing02Variance analysis03Inventory costing04Budgeting05Cost allocation06Management accounting

Accounting engagements

01Reporting scope

Product cost model

The challenge

Overhead allocations obscured differences between product lines.

My contribution

Mapped cost drivers and compared allocation approaches with production and finance owners.

Deliverable Cost model and assumptions schedule

02Reconciliation / workpapers

Material variance review

The challenge

Purchase and usage variances were mixed in one report.

My contribution

Separated variance sources and validated sample transactions before discussing operational causes.

Deliverable Variance bridge and management brief

Education

2013 - 2015

Cost Accountancy qualification (illustrative)

Asterbridge Institute of Professional Studies

Specialist study with a practice focus on standard costing and variance analysis.

2009 - 2013

Bachelor of Commerce

Cedarhaven College of Applied Studies

Foundation study, practical assignments and supervised learning. Fictional institution and qualification record.

Continuing development

2024

Standard costing - advanced practice workshop

Scenario exercises and peer review in product costing, variance analysis and decision support.

2025

Budgeting - reflective practice seminar

Applied learning reviewed through a bounded example and a written reflection.

Practice notes

Practice focus
Product costing, variance analysis and decision support
Qualification status
Illustrative; no membership or licence number supplied
Engagement status
No audit opinion or certified statement is represented

Languages

English - professional working / Hindi - professional working