Finance Business Partner

Job description
We are looking for a Finance Business Partner who can assist the organization in ensuring a smooth and excellent build-up on the back of a carve-out and company mergers, while supporting the future growth by guiding the business’ decision making in a professional manner. This includes business controlling and management reporting, forecasting and budgeting, data analytics and various projects.

The responsibilities and primary duties associated with the position will be:

• Act as a trusted advisor to the American management team as well as selected corporate functions
• Play a key role in building the future global Oterra performance management process and the build-up of our new Business Intelligence suite for Sales and Innovation
• Review and understand the actual performance compared to budgets and plans and uncover emerging risks and opportunities
• Design, communicate and drive the budget, forecast and monthly closing processes for the US business in line with corporate timelines and contribute actively to linking their respective business plans and strategic priorities to financial results
• Monitor and assist in managing Fixed Assets
• Perform ad hoc tasks including, but not limited to, building business cases and participating in projects.

Meet your team!
You will step into a relatively newly established and dynamic team that is involved in many business-critical projects and that will evolve with Oterra in the years to come. You will be offered the exciting challenge of being a constructive sparring partner to the business, acting the primary finance business partner for Oterra’s American leadership team including the recently acquired leadership team of stand-alone Food Ingredients Solutions, as well as select corporate functions.

It is you we are looking for?
We are looking for a team player with a can-do attitude, who is excited to be part of creating order in an evolving organization. Our preferred candidate will enjoy engaging with the business, not afraid of stepping out of his/her comfort zone and challenging status quo. The right profile is able to work independently with a dynamic and pragmatic attitude, who can act as a solid and trusted advisor for the business, and that has experience in supporting C-suite level individuals. You will have at least 2 years of relevant experience from a similar role in a company working in a global context and preferably with experience from companies with global headquarters outside the US.

Experience and skills required

• Bachelors of Science in Accounting/Finance
• 2+ years of Accounting/Finance experience
• Highly proficient in Excel
• Excellent analytical skills with attention to detail
• SAP, SAP Analytics Clous and Business Intelligence Suite or similar experience is required
• Great communication skills in an international setting
• Possessing the ability to read, write and speak fluent English
• You are motivated by contributing to an innovation-driven and world market leader company that prioritizes sustainability and “freedom under responsibility.”

What can we offer?
We can offer an exciting opportunity in an ambitious organization, where commitment is strong, and where we work with the purpose of improving our processes and results. We have an informal tone, and put a high value on teamwork, working together, and transparency. We are a growing global organization on an exciting journey with an ambition of being second to none in Natural Colors.

• Competitive salary
• 401K matching
• Competitive medical, dental & vision offerings
• Health Savings Account
• Paid Holidays, Vacation, Parental Leave

Further information and application
We would love to know more about you and your motivation for this job! Please send us a CV in English, latest 60 days from day of posting. 
Please note that we will be working with a continuous selection process, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates. So, don’t delay, please send us your application today.