Global Finance Business Process Owner Lead

Company Description

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

Job Description

The FPSO (Finance Processes Systems and Organization) team is looking for Finance Business Process Owner who will be in charge of one or more of the below E2E processes:

• Payment flow (incl. integration with other systems), accounting and month end close
• Inventory, Industry & Controlling
• Accounting
• Integration with Consolidation and Reporting

The typical activities of for Finance Business Process Owner Lead consists into supporting the current Finance Transformation group program.

The Business Process Owner Lead:

• On one side, guarantees the LDC Group practices and processes, as well as group practices
• On the other side, support countries in their execution but also guarantee efficiency in terms of tools, organization 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 (Back Office LDC) linked to innovation (analytics, automation, switch to paperless)

The Finance Business Process Owner Lead includes the coverage of a group of processes. It is a management role in which he will be in charge of a team, responsible of scope, deadlines.

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

Qualifications

7 years of strong operational experience ideally ideally mixing:

• Audit in a leading audit or consultant company
• 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 international environments
• Experience in process design and implementation of an IT tool (interfaces would be a plus)
• Experience in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other business organizations; successful experience in working with diverse groups of people in a problem-solving environment
• Management of a team

Other skills (Computer Skills, etc)

• Fundamental understanding of core accounting and finance processes
• 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
• Work independently and take ownership of the role as well as contributing to goals as a team member
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work under time pressure and result oriented.
• Ability to set priorities
• Problem solving skills
• Exceptional organizational ability with a strong attention to detail

Academics

Leading business school, Leading Engineer School, University degree in Business Administration with a major in:

• Information System and/or
• Finance/Accounting and/or
• Process & organization management

Additional Information

Additional Information for the job

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits

• Flexible working

• Access to Training and Development

• Discretionary Bonus

• Profit Sharing plan

• Lunch vouchers

• Public transportation refund 

• Workers council social benefits

• Legal annual paid leave + up tp 14 days RTT

Diversity & Inclusion
LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.
LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability
Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us