Manufacturing Finance Specialist - Bogota

Kellanova; Bogotá; On-site; COP 60,000,000 - 120,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kellanova is seeking a Manufacturing Finance Specialist in Bogotá, Colombia to consolidate, analyze, and review plant financial results and support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making for the Pacific scope.

The role requires close collaboration with plant leadership to provide insights, validate financial decisions, and ensure controls compliance. On-site position based in Bogotá.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field.
• 3+ years in Manufacturing/Plant/Cost/Operations or Supply Chain Finance.
• Solid costing, budgeting and forecasting knowledge.
• Experience partnering with manufacturing, supply chain or plant leadership.
• Advanced Excel and ERP experience (SAP preferred).

Responsibilities

• Consolidate, analyze and review plant financial results and costs.
• Lead plant budgeting, forecasting, outlook and annual operating plan processes.
• Partner with plant leadership to provide insights and support decision-making.
• Validate standard costs, costing methodologies and full-capacity assumptions.
• Prepare plant P&L analyses and executive presentation materials.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

Business partnering

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field

Tools

ERP systems (SAP)

Job description

Are you passionate about finance and ready to drive operational excellence? Join us as a Manufacturing Finance Specialist. You’ll be responsible for consolidating, analyzing, and reviewing plant financial results, while supporting budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making processes that enable sustainable business performance across the Pacific scope.

As a key Finance Business Partner, you will collaborate with plant leadership to provide insights, identify opportunities, validate financial decisions, and ensure compliance with financial controls. This role is an on-site role based in Bogotá, Colombia.

A Taste Of What You’ll Be Doing

• Manufacturing Cost Analysis: Consolidate, analyze and review plant financial results, including cost of production, factory expenses, consumption variances, obsolete inventory reserves, asset write-offs, and other manufacturing-related cost drivers.
• Financial Planning & Forecasting: Lead the plant budgeting, forecasting, outlook, and annual operating plan processes, ensuring a clear understanding of total manufacturing costs by product category and their impact across the business.
• Business Partnering & Decision Support: Partner with plant leadership by conducting scenario analysis, identifying opportunities and risks, providing financial guidance, and supporting operational decision-making to improve business performance.
• Costing & Operational Finance: Review formula and recipe changes, validate standard cost releases, evaluate full-capacity assumptions, and ensure costing methodologies are accurately applied and aligned with company standards.
• Performance Analysis & Reporting: Prepare and validate the plant P &L, analyze cost and productivity trends, track savings initiatives, and develop executive presentations for period-end, budget, and outlook reviews.
• Working Capital & Asset Management: Monitor inventory levels, spare parts, obsolete materials, idle assets, and balance sheet accounts to ensure appropriate financial control and stewardship.
• Capital Investments & Controls: Evaluate CAPEX initiatives through financial analysis, support investment decision-making, ensure compliance with internal controls and audit requirements, and contribute to Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) objectives.

We’re Looking for Someone With

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Manufacturing Finance, Plant Finance, Cost Accounting, Operations Finance, or Supply Chain Finance.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, manufacturing cost analysis, factory expenses, inventory management, variance analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Experience supporting operational stakeholders and partnering with manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, or plant leadership teams.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Experience analyzing production costs, inventory reserves, obsolescence, and capital investment projects is highly preferred.
• Business-level English proficiency with the ability to communicate financial insights to diverse stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and business partnering skills, with the ability to influence decisions through data-driven recommendations.

What’s Next

After you apply, your application will be reviewed by a real recruiter, so it may take us a few weeks to get back with you by email or phone. Visit our How We Hire page to get insights into our hiring process and more about what we offer.

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If you join our team, you’ll be rewarded for the difference you make. Our comprehensive benefits offer you the support you need through your life events, big or small. Visit our benefits page & be sure to ask your recruiter for more specific information.

Get to Know Us

At Kellanova, we are driven by our vision to be the world’s best-performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people. Our portfolio of iconic, world-class brands include Pringles, Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts, MorningStar Farms, Special K, Krave, Zucaritas, Tresor, Crunchy Nut, among others.

Kellanova’s Culture of Best means we bring our best to all that we do in pursuit of our vision to be the world’s best performing snacks-led powerhouse. Our culture celebrates boldness and empowers our people to challenge the status quo, achieve results, and win together.

Our focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED &I) enables us to build a culture of belonging where all employees have a place at the table and are inspired to share their passion, talents and ideas to work.

Mars, Incorporated has acquired Kellanova in a transaction that brings together iconic brands, storied legacies and outstanding capabilities with a view to shape the future of snacking. Kellanova will continue to hire business‑necessary roles while being fully integrated into Mars. You can learn more here: https://www.mars.com/news-and-stories/press-releases-statements/mars-completes-acquisition-of-kella…

You can learn more at www.futureofsnacking.com, and our hiring teams will be happy to discuss further questions if your application advances in the hiring process.

Let’s shape the future of snacking.

Kellanova is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to provide an inclusive work environment, a seat for everyone at the table, and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, please visit our website here.