Assistant Business Segment Controller - Cocoa & Chocolate NA

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 157 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Assistant Business Segment Controller will deliver financial analysis and expertise for the Foods Solutions Americas - Cocoa & Chocolate North America (CC NA) business segment. In this role, you will partner with commercial and functional teams to manage the integrity of financial data and financial statements and ensure our assets are appropriately safeguarded. You will implement and manage internal controls across CC NA for financial control, compliance, and risk management.

Key Accountabilities

• Design and deliver effective financial and management reporting, including defining relevant business performance indicator and frequency, and ensuring technical compliance.
• Apply accounting techniques and standard practices to classify and record financial transactions and prepare financial reports.
• Contribute and implement continuous process improvement, including simplifying and optimizing process, improving data integrity, and leveraging current technology.
• Conduct initial analysis and interpret the results to the business.
• Collaborate and assess information regarding business risks with functions across the organization.
• You will work under minimal supervision and independently handle complex issues while referring only the most complex issues to higher-level staff. 
• Other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Advanced data analytical skills for using spreadsheets or business intelligence tools.
• Experienced leveraging financial and business systems to monitor business activities and aid in decision making.
• Experienced working with multiple businesses or international business experience.
• Minimum of four years of related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Accounting degree or professional accounting designation (CPA, CMA)
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP
• Microsoft suite experience
• Experience with SAP and Power Bl

 

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.