Operations Controller

Golden Agri Resources; Kota Medan ᯔᯩᯑᯉ᯲; On-site; IDR 180,000,000 - 260,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Golden Agri Resources is seeking a dedicated Operation Controller to support the BU CFOs and BU heads in end-to-end finance matters at the Medan Refinery. You will coordinate with finance teams, prioritize BU needs, and provide product costing analysis across refineries while ensuring robust budgeting and forecasting processes.

The role requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in accounting, at least 2 years in operations controlling, and English fluency (Mandarin is a plus).

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent.
• At least 2 years of experience as Operation Controller.
• Experience as internal auditor from KAP.
• Detail oriented and good in analytical thinking.
• Fluent in English; Mandarin speaking can be advantageous.
• Willing to be located in Medan Refinery.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Finance teams within the CFO and outside the CFO organization.
• Act as a counsellor for finance matters & help prioritize and setup BU needs.
• Consolidate and provide analysis on product costing across refineries.
• Ensure efficient refinery-level financial planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• Review and analyze financial and operation performance of refineries regularly and ensure regular discussions take place.
• Conduct variance analysis and identify improvement steps for refineries.
• Review major investments, major disposal or strategic business decisions (Capex feasibility studies) from finance perspective.
• Provide recommendation & initiatives to improve cost efficiencies, productivity and controls for refineries.
• Ensure appropriate controls are implemented during procurement process (e.g. proper QCF, effective price comparisons) and physical inventory and fixed asset monitoring process.
• Ensure effective operations control measures are in place across units.
• Monitor overall controls and compliance with policies/SOPs in each refinery.

Skills

Detail oriented

Analytical thinking

Fluent in English

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent

Job description

Job Description Summary Support the BU CFOs in all finance matters end-to-end together with the BU heads, manage performance and steer business.

Job Description

• Ensure smooth coordination with other Finance teams within the CFO and outside the CFO organization
• Act as a counsellor for finance matters & help prioritize and setup BUs needs
• Consolidate and provide analysis on product costing across refineries
• Ensure efficient refinery-level financial planning, budgeting and forecasting
• Review and analyze financial and operation performance of refineries regularly and ensure regular discussions take place
• Conduct variance analysis and identify improvement steps for refineries
• Review major investments, major disposal or strategic business decisions (Capex feasibility studies) from finance perspective
• Provide recommendation & initiatives to improve cost efficiencies, productivity and controls for refineries
• Ensure appropriate controls are implemented during procurement process (e.g. proper QCF, effective price comparisons) and physical inventory and fixed asset monitoring process
• Ensure effective operations control measures are in place across units
• Monitor overall controls and compliance with policies/SOPs in each refinery

Job Requirement

• Minimum bachelors degree in accounting or equivalent
• Having minimal 2 years of experience as Operation Controller
• Having experience as internal auditor from KAP
• Detail oriented and good in analytical thinking
• Fluent in English, Mandarin speaking can be advantageous
• Willing to be located in Medan Refinery

We are a leading, publicly-listed, global seed-to-shelf agribusiness committed to sustainable palm oil production. Our palm oil plantations cover more than 138,000 hectares (including smallholder farmers). Our primary activities are cultivating and harvesting oil palms, processing fresh fruit bunches (FFBs) into crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel, and refining CPO into value-added products such as cooking oil, margarine, and shortening. We own 46 mills and operate 8 downstream facilities that manage refining and kernel crushing operations, across Indonesia. Besides bulk and industrial oil, our refined products are also marketed under several brands well-loved consumer brands such as Filma and Kunci Mas. Today, these brands have been recognised for their high quality and command significant market share in their respective segments in Indonesia.

Based in Jakarta, we were founded in 1962 and listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 1992. A subsidiary of Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), we have Sinar Mas Oleochemical, SMART Research Institute (SMARTRI), and SMART Biotechnology Centre within our operations.

Why join us?

Palm oil and agriculture play a significant role in meeting the growing world population's demands for sustainable and innovative solutions to nutrition, energy and personal care products. As a leading global seed-to-shelf agribusiness, we want talents who are ready to overcome future challenges in this sector, and be part of sustainably feeding and fueling generations.