Plant Finance Analyst – Cost, Forecasting & Variance

Ingredion Incorporated; Bedford Park (IL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards package

Benefits & wellness support

Flexible work arrangements

Career growth & tuition reimbursement

Employee recognition program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Ingredion Incorporated in Bedford Park (Argo Plant) is seeking a detail-driven Finance Analyst to support plant cost analytics and budgeting. You will prepare monthly accruals, variances, reconciliations, and yield/corn accounting data across multiple plants in a hybrid work environment.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance and 1+ years of relevant experience, with SAP experience preferred and strong MS Office skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required.
• 1+ years relevant experience.
• Experience using ERP costing systems.
• SAP experience preferred.
• Understanding of business cost concepts.
• MS Office proficiency (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Plant expenditure analytics and accruals across multiple plants.
• Support operations and finance to assess costs.
• Prepare monthly variance analyses vs forecast for production expenses.
• Lead account reconciliations and ensure internal controls.
• Assist in forecasting and budgeting for costs.
• Prepare yield and corn accounting monthly data.
• Analyze inventory usage and adjust as needed.
• Support SOX/audit data requests and process improvements.

Skills

Accounting

Finance analytics

ERP costing

SAP experience

MS Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

SAP

ERP costing systems

Job description

Ingredion Incorporated in Bedford Park (Argo Plant) is seeking a detail-driven Finance Analyst to support plant cost analytics and budgeting. You will prepare monthly accruals, variances, reconciliations, and yield/corn accounting data across multiple plants in a hybrid work environment.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance and 1+ years of relevant experience, with SAP experience preferred and strong MS Office skills.