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Finance Data Analyst Africa

Location: 

Abidjan, CI, 01 BP 1045

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!
ABOUT THE ROLE
 
 
The Finance Data Analyst Africa  is responsible for leading automation, harmonization, and benchmark of CSD, Sustainability, Sourcing costs & operations across Africa. He also coordinates monthly closing, budget and forecast processes across Africa for all divisions.
 
 
KEY RESPONSABILITIES INCLUDE 
 
 
  • Leads the consolidation of Production, Sustainability, Sourcing costs & activity KPIs across Africa
  • Coordinates costs benchmark across Africa for all divisions 
  • Coordinates collection of key financials for monthly closing, and collect inputs from the sites to consolidate activity KPIs (purchases, grinding, sales, stocks, etc.)
  • Collects CAPEX needs for Africa and coordinates consolidation
  • Leads forecast process across Africa for all divisions, and consolidation of actuals vs target
  • Leads the harmonization of reporting (costs & KPIs) for all African operations
  • Coordinate the implementation of the annual budget
  • Drive continuous improvement of processes, systems, reports, map/define automation opportunities by sharing best practices and help identifying areas new areas to harmonize/standardize
  • Drive development and deployment of standardized tools and processes using the approved solutions (e.g. PowerBI)
  • Coordinate data collection of inputs from country FP&A teams regarding: Budget and forecast, Variance Analysis, Business case development, Profitability analysis 
  • Act as a sparring partner to the FP&A Manager Africa / FBP Africa, exchange ideas and concepts
  • Transform complex data into business recommendations.
  • Presenting analyses to stakeholders of varying levels of experience by developping relevant and efficient Dashboards
  • Working independently with teams spread across multiple countries.
     
  • Solution-oriented with passion for data integrity and process improvement
  • Lead the implementation of benchmark across sites (SG&A, Factory costs, Sustainability & Supply chain costs, etc.)
  • Exciting deep dive into the chocolate and cocoa industry as well as into the execution of a global strategy in a multinational company
  • Inspiring work environment, covering the whole supply chain: from bean sourcing to cocoa product selling, via bean processing
  • Scope includes financial and operational results of all our business units across Africa (grinding & export entities)
  • Diverse set of tasks and wide range of involvement in local, regional and also global initiatives
  • Exposure to Corporate and Regional management teams
 
ABOUT YOU

 

  • Master’s degree in Business Administration with a specialization in finance, accounting or a similar field
  • Minimum 5-6 years of experience in: FP&A, Business Controlling, Financial Analysis, Finance Business Partnering, Data Analytics applied to finance
  • Multi-country experience in Africa highly desirable. 
  • Knowledge of finance tools (SAP, FINANCE ERP, GROUP REPORTING TOOLS  and related: BW, BOFC; Tagetik, etc.)
  • High proficiency in MS Office programs (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) is a must
  • VBA, PowerQuery, PowerPivot or Power BI would be an advantage
  • English business proficiency
  • Experience in the cocoa industry is a nice-to-have
  • Strong understanding of cost accounting and financial reporting structure (important asset)
  • Knowledge of the key performance indicators that drives the organization assessment (working Capital, cash management, direct profit, EBIT, ROIC...)
  • Strong analytical skills; ability to effectively link the financial reporting issues with the underlying related economic and financial facts
  • Knowledge of the cocoa business is an asset
  • Involvement in the building up of business cases is an asset
  • Coordination and organization skills, striking the right balance between pragmatism, timing and accuracy
  • Ability to think strategically / see the big picture
  • Agent of change for continuous improvement in reporting/controlling to enable management decision making; persuasion skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills in order to effectively work and collaborate across functions, hierarchies and cultures
  • Ability to work under pressure and managing ambiguity
  • Previous exposure to team management an asset
  • Self-motivation, pro-activeness, multi-tasking and excellent organizational skills
  • High degree of autonomy, ability to take full lead on topics
  • Solution oriented with passion for data integrity and process improvement

                      

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

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