Country Finance Controller

Olam Group; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global agri-business seeks a Finance Controller to drive P&L accuracy, performance tracking, and compliance. The ideal candidate will be a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in finance, capable of linking business decisions to financial outcomes. Join a team dedicated to sustainable farming and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years in finance including treasury, auditing, or risk management.
• Experience with derivatives accounting and taxation laws is a plus.
• Strong IT skills and proficiency in SAP R3 required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure P&L transparency and drive business operational KPIs.
• Develop and modify audit procedures to ensure compliance.
• Demonstrate financial insights to reflect business performance accurately.

Skills

Financial Accounting

Management Accounting

Compliance

Risk Management

Performance Tracking

Value Maximization

SAP R3

Education

Chartered Accountant

Job description

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Olam Agri ~ A differentiated, and market leading global agri-business focused on high-growth end consumption markets.
Our food, feed, fibre, agri-industrials & ag-services capabilities span 30+ countries, and we participate in global food and agri-trade flows, working with farmers and customers to connect local origins and global destinations. With a global origination footprint and processing capabilities, we transform food, feed and fibre to create value for customers and enable farming communities to prosper sustainably, to meet the changing consumption, food security and sustainability needs shaping the global food and agricultural landscape.

Job Description

Finance is a contemporary and forward-looking function that is driving value by being a world-class partner to our business.

As a Finance Controller you will partner with the business unit in the country (Business Head, Sales & Functional leads) to ensure P&L transparency & accuracy and to drive the business towards targets & operational KPIs achievement. As successful candidate you will be able to demonstrate ability to link business decisions to financial impacts.

The key attributes would Include

• Controllership: You are a controller that ensures accurate, efficient and timely delivery of relevant reports.
• Performance Officer: You help us to be on track with robust and timely performance tracking. You will ensure budgetary process improvements and achieve better predictability on outcomes
• Value Manager : You als o ensure & support value maximization initiatives (interest, Trade Finance etc.)

Strategic Effectiveness

• Business Financial Insights – Your in-depth knowledge on financial/management accounting principles will help us to accurately reflect the business performance.
  • Financial & Management Accounting
  • Financial Impact on Strategy Execution
  • Business/ Country Economics & Regulations
• Controls, Compliance & Assurance – Your ability to evaluate risks and determining their impact on the management audit, developing and/or modifying audit procedures as required. You ensure compliances to legal and secretarial requirements as well as functioning within the norms of statutory audit regulations respective to country/ business.
  • Internal Controls
• Compliance Measures
• Measure & Assurance
• Reporting & process efficiencies – The finance controller demonstrates conceptual ability to ideate and implement robust systems & processes suited to business/ country. You also display accuracy and efficiency in MIS reporting, budgeting.
• Capability Building: Build capability in finance function, growing finance leadership pipeline and ensuring effective knowledge & expertise transfer for effective execution of finance strategies
  • Personal Credibility & Thought Leadership
  • Building Functional Capability

Requirements

• Chartered accountant with min 10 years of experience in finance and related fields – treasury, auditing and risk management
• Strong IT skills & On hands experience with SAP R3
• English proficiency and ability to work with diverse community globally.
• Experience in business involving derivatives accounting and taxation laws will be a plus
• Preferred industry as Agriculture / Food Manufacturing.

Olam is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nationality, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants are requested to complete all required steps in the application process including providing a resume/CV in order to be considered for open roles.

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