Especialista Processos Financeiros (Industry Controlling)

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), established in 1851, is a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods (also called commodity trading) with more than 22 000 employees worldwide. LDC reported 

In 2014, the Group started to rotate to Process harmonization, Global Organizations and especially Digitalization by opening a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Finance, IT and HR based in Lyon.

Together with the CoE, the LDC Groups created a Global Finance Team, called FPSO (for Finance Processes Systems and Organization), which is reporting directly to the Group CFO and for which the aim is to:
•    Lead the Finance Transformation of the group
•    Digitalize LDC Processes and organizations
•    Help LDC to rotate to Finance best practices and best tools

In 2018, the Group materialized its ambition by initiated a Global Finance Transformation and Digitilization of its Back Office operations (Accounting, Controlling, Reporting, Procurement). It consists into a:
•    Reshaping of accounting and controlling processes
•    The implementation of SAP S/4 HANA suite including Business Intelligence, ARIBA

As of 2025, implementations have been done in several regions, including countries such as Argentina, Suisse, US, China. The program roadmap ends around 2028 and will be followed by other transformations project on other systems.

The FPSO team consist into an international team of experiences resources with strong expertise in there domain. They act as the keeper of the Group practices and solutions. They coordinate the different on-going project in the LDC world for their respective scope.
 

The FPSO team is looking for FPSO Industry Controlling Lead, who will be in charge of the Industrial Controlling E2E processes. 

The typical activities of for FPSO Industry Controlling Lead consists into supporting the current Finance Transformation group program.

The FPSO Industry Controlling Lead:
•    On one side, guarantees the LDC Group practices and processes related to industrial processes
•    On the other side, support countries in their execution but also guarantee efficiency in terms of tools, organisation and processes

This applies in different kind of activities:
    Live countries support and small enhancements: enhance user experience, provide continuous improvement, be the core model keeper and supervise the delivery of changes, keep documentation up to date
    Small projects, called “Ad-Hoc”: launch and drive initiatives to improve BOLD
    BOLD implementations in new countries: act as a referent for CORE processes and data related to his scope. Find the balance between local needs and Group requirements
    Innovation: support initiatives integrated with BOLD linked to innovation (analytics, automation, switch to paperless)

The FPSO Industry Controlling Lead will work for BOLD implementation in new countries, concretely in Brasil rollout (BORA Project), in charge of group of processes related to Industrial controlling, as well as being responsible for scope and deadlines.

This role requires close relationship with our Business partners, other FPSO streams (Finance, Treasury, Procurement) and hand-in- hand collaboration with our DT&A departments. 

On top of his/her activities related to Global Finance Transformation, the FPSO Industry Controlling Lead will help the group to switch to other transformation initiative (such as Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Block chain) by providing his/her functional expertise.
 

5/7 years of strong operational experience ideally.

The candidate will have several or more of the below items:
-    A Management Consulting experience from a Finance Consulting or Technology Consulting firm
-    An active participation in Finance transformation project either as an internal (ex: AMOA, Functional Business Lead, Process Owner, …) or as an external resource
-    Experience in working in project mode and ability to perform in various roles from individual contributor to a leadership role
-    Experience in Finance Transformation projects, specially focusing in one or more of the following topics :
o    Costing (Ideally standard costing methodology / actual costing with SAP Material Ledger)
o    Variance analysis
o    Profitability analysis
-    Working experience in companies dedicated to agriculture or commodity business
-    Experience in working in project mode
-    Experience in international environments
-    Experience in process design and implementation in an IT tool
-    Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other business organizations; successful experience in working with diverse groups of people in a problem-solving environment
-    Experience and expertise on SAP S/4 for, specially experience on how FI/CO solution is integrated with the other SAP manufacturing modules (MM, PP)
-    Experience in Reporting SAP BI
 

-    Fundamental understanding of core accounting and finance processes is required.
-    Strong ability to gather & analyze information, define problems and form a plan of action.
-    Evident ability to analyze and challenge workflows, being analytical and synthetic.
-    Exceptional organizational ability with a very strong attention to detail.
-    Must be able to work independently and take ownership of this role.
-    Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other business organizations; successful experience in working with diverse groups of people in a problem-solving environment.
-    Excellent verbal and written communication skills
-    Ability to work under time pressure and result oriented.