Global Capex Analyst

Ingredion Incorporated; Región Centro; On-site; MXN 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingredion Incorporated in Guadalajara seeks a Global Capex Analyst to maintain portfolio data, forecasts, and KPI tracking across the organization. You will partner with engineering, finance, and systems teams to ensure timely, accurate updates for monthly reviews and governance.

The role emphasizes data integrity, reconciliation of forecast vs. actuals, and proactive stakeholder communication to support Capex decision-making and governance processes in a global setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Typically 1–3 years of experience in financial analysis, data management, or project controls.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and data handling.
• Familiarity with PowerSteering, SAP, or similar systems is a plus.
• High attention to detail and data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update the Global Portfolio Forecast file with complete and timely data.
• Consolidate monthly actuals spending from all segments and resolve discrepancies.
• Ensure forecast, actuals, and project data are aligned and reconciled.
• Extract and review daily PowerSteering reports for new projects.
• Update central Capex project database and perform data clean-up to improve quality.
• Interface with segment engineering and finance teams to update Capex forecasts.
• Support monthly Capex governance reviews and data-driven decision making.
• Track KPI metrics like cycle time and approval lead times with high data quality.

Skills

Excel

Data handling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Business, or related field

Tools

PowerSteering

SAP

Job description

LOCATION: ECoE Guadalajara (Global role) REPORTS TO: Sr Analyst Global Operations Finance

We are looking for a Global Capex Analyst to support the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of Capex portfolio data across the organization. This role plays a critical operational function in maintaining the Portfolio Forecast file and ensuring reliable data inputs for monthly Capex reviews, KPI tracking, and executive decision-making. Positioned at the intersection of engineering, finance, and systems, the role ensures that portfolio-level data is consistently updated, reconciled, and aligned with actual project execution. By delivering accurate and timely updates, this position enables transparent performance tracking, forecast reliability, and improved Capex governance.

Core Responsibilities:

• Portfolio Data Management & Forecast Updates
  • Maintain and update the Global Portfolio Forecast file, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of data.
  • Consolidate monthly actuals spending from all segments, ensuring alignment with reported figures and resolving discrepancies.
  • Ensure consistency between forecast, actuals, and approved project data.
• System Reporting & Data Integrity (PowerSteering)
  • Extract and review daily reports from PowerSteering to track newly approved projects.
  • Update and maintain the central Capex project database, ensuring alignment with system data.
  • Perform data clean‑up and validation activities in PowerSteering to improve data quality and usability
• Stakeholder Coordination & Monthly Review Support
  • Interface with segment engineering and finance teams to ensure timely updates to Capex forecasts.
  • Proactively follow up on missing, outdated, or inconsistent information ahead of monthly governance reviews.
  • Support consolidation of inputs for monthly Capex review cycles.
• KPI Tracking & Performance Monitoring
  • Maintain and update project approval dates and execution timelines to support tracking of Time KPIs.
  • Ensure data completeness to enable accurate measurement of cycle time, approval lead time, and execution performance.
  • Support analysis of portfolio trends by ensuring high‑quality underlying data.

Qualified Candidates will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Typically 1–3 years of experience in financial analysis, data management, or project controls.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and data handling (required).
• Familiarity with PowerSteering, SAP, or similar systems is a plus.
• High attention to detail and strong focus on data accuracy and discipline.
• Ability to manage recurring processes, deadlines, and large data volumes.
• Effective communication skills to engage with cross‑functional and regional stakeholders.

Key Success Factors:

• Accuracy and timeliness of portfolio data updates.
• Strong discipline in data validation and reconciliation.
• Proactive stakeholder follow‑up and issue resolution.
• Reliable support to monthly Capex reporting and governance processes.

Relocation Available: No

Ingredion is a leading global, plant‑based ingredients solutions company. We make sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients and biomaterials that are used by customers in everyday products from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals.

At Ingredion, we embrace possibilities and inspire each other to think big. Together, we are reimagining how we can make life better through our differentiated ingredients and innovative solutions.

We share an inspiring purpose — to make life better, for our colleagues, our customers, our communities, and the world.

We belong to a culture of bold innovators, of people who believe that their skills, creativity, and passion can deliver solutions that can enhance people’s lives.

We create what's next, transforming our imagination into innovation.

We have a welcoming and collaborative environment to build and grow a career in a multinational company. Here, everyone can be their authentic selves and be part of a community of talented and caring people, interacting with professionals around the world, made up of varied backgrounds, cultures and industries.

We are encouraged to think differently and innovate through collaboration and experimentation.

We are constantly imagining new ways to bring value to our customers, through new ingredients, solutions, and ways of working.