Finance Business Partner SEA ex Indonesia

Location:

Petaling Jaya, 10, MY, 47800

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

• This Finance Business Partner is responsible for the financial performance of the SEA EX INDO Country Clusters in the AMEA Region. He/she acts as a co-pilot and financial right-hand for the managing director of the SEA EX INDO Country Clusters. This is a key leadership role to develop and support the strategy concerning growth, profitability, customer/product/market mix, investments and working capital management.

• As the main Finance interface, this role supports and advises the SEA EX INDO Leadership Team in commercial and operational decision-making processes, drives change and recommends solutions to achieve the business goals and targets of the SEA EX INDO Country Clusters. This includes daily business decisions and long-term strategic decisions to maximize business results and value creation.

• The Finance Business Partner acts as a promoter of Finance digitalization and standardization initiatives and enables the transition into a new Finance operating model.

  Key responsibilities include

• Act as a business partner to the Country Clusters Managing Director and the Commercial team, Provide meaningful decision support whilst influencing and challenging key decisions

• Develop together with the Managing Director and the Country Clusters team the commercial strategy and co-lead the strategy implementation through business objectives and tactics

• Drive the financial performance of the Country Clusters, focusing on growth, profitability and working capital management,

• Provide (together with FP&A) the business with analytical support to enable an understanding of the business dynamics

• Lead and coordinate projects to improve business performance, in particular volume, profitability and working capital improvements. Drive and coordinate commercial business case preparation

• Drive improvement initiatives of finance processes, with a focus on digitalization and standardization. Support transition and implementation of the new finance operating model

• Collaborate with Treasury to ensure the cluster entities have adequate funding to run operations. Collaborate with Accounting and FP&A to ensure accurate and timely close of books, in line with IFRS and BC Group standards

• Integrity and financial controls in the Clusters of the organization by using and building on data, information and intelligence from global finance functions

• Ensure financial compliance across the Country Clusters and represent BC interests to auditors and tax authorities; Closely cooperate with Tax team

• Travel requirements: 10-20% across SEA EX INDO countries

  About you

• Bachelor’s / Master’s in Finance, Accounting, Economics or similar

• English business proficiency both written and oral

• Extensive experience in Finance - prior roles in Accounting/FP&A/Business Partnering in a multinational companies

• Leadership skills in managing people and networking with various stakeholders in the company

• Analytical / hands-on and very solution oriented and performance driven to achieve the targets

• Knowledge of SAP and Power BI

• IFRS and local GAAP knowledge

• At least 5 years of experience in Finance Business Partnering

• Excellent analytical skills: Proven track record for managing complexity, capable of distinguishing key elements in an intricate environment, capable of preparing detailed complex analyses and financial models

• Solid financial accounting skills including IFRS and local GAAP

• Solid SAP/ERP knowledge and experience

• Stakeholder management. Can interact and build strong relationships with staff from various departments and different levels; Able to create strong links and legitimacy with Business Leaders to drive changes throughout the organization.

• Proven Team Leader with strong interpersonal skills

• Problem solving and decision-making skills

• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines while maintaining focus in an environment with conflicting demands

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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