Finance Manager

Description

We are a global leader in food & beverage ingredients. Pioneers at heart, we operate at the forefront of consumer trends to provide food & beverage manufacturers with products and ingredients that will delight their consumers. Making a positive impact on people and planet is all part of the delight. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable, and transparent supply.

Supplying products and ingredients on a scale is just the start. We add value through our unique, complementary portfolio of natural, delicious, and nutritious products. With our fresh thinking, we help our customers unleash the sensory and functional attributes of cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts, and spices so they can create naturally good food & beverage products that meet consumer expectations.

And whoever we’re with, whatever we’re doing, we always make it real
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Reporting to the Controller, the Finance Manager is responsible for leading the financial functions of the facility. This position will manage the day-to‑day finance functions as well as prepare the monthly financial closing and related reporting for the manufacturing site. The Finance Manager will be responsible for the financial analysis in areas including forecasting, budgeting, engaging in cost reduction analysis, and reviewing operational performance.

The Finance Manager will interact with several levels of finance and businesses management and will be an essential strategic business partner to the Spices Business. The ideal candidate will provide accurate and timely information while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Serve as business partner and point of contact for the manufacturing team.
• Oversee statutory and management reporting for manufacturing site.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts, analyze financial activities and performance against budget and recommend action as needed.
• Collaborate and provide analysis, modeling, and business support to enable informed decision-making.
• Perform/manage all aspects of the monthly close process to ensure complete, accurate and timely monthly actual results, including variance analysis.
• Perform standard cost maintenance, production variance analysis, activity-based costing, and customer/product profitability.
• Update, in coordination with planning and production, bills of materials and costing routes.
• Direct internal review with key stakeholders.
• Review perpetual inventory, monitor cycle counts and physical inventories, and reporting of the same.
• In coordination with the tax department, determine and file the state and federal tax returns.
• Provide audit support to both internal and external teams.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies and regulatory requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree is required, majors in finance, accounting or related field are preferred.
• Five (5) years’ accounting experience is required.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) a plus.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel) is required; SAP experience is strongly preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills are required.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks accurately and meet deadlines in a fast‑paced environment is required.
• Strong attention to detail with superb organizational skills are required.
• Ability to build relationships and work well in a team‑oriented environment is required.
• Must be able to work with diverse teams across geographies.

Note:

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

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At ofi, we celebrate our diversity. Olam Americas LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.