Systems Finance Controller

Summary of the role:

We are looking to strengthen our Finance department with someone who either has experience and/or is willing to learn all aspects of the coffee business and its impact on the finance department activities.

The successful candidate will have their core competencies in accounting, month-end closings, reporting and controlling. Be able to read accounting journals and reports, understand what they are saying to convey in layman’s terms to non-accounting people.

In addition you will have a strong desire to work on process and systems’ efficiencies in terms of new system and tools design, testing and implementations.

Sucafina is undergoing a significant systems and process upgrade worldwide involving all types of businesses in the coffee commodity environment. We require someone to assist in this journey who has a strong appetite for accounting and its close partnership with IT tools working for finance.

The successful candidate must be comfortable and efficient in multitasking, prioritising and all the while ensure that commitments are delivered on time and to a high quality.

You must be able to build trusted bonds within the Finance department but also equally importantly with various stakeholders such as senior management, department heads, IT, external partners and end users of the tools and reports you will help design and implement, globally.

Responsibilities:

• SAP Target Operating Model (TOM) deployment in all Sucafina locations (15 locations)
• Working with IT for the setup, interfacing and testing to SAP R4 of add on software tools for travel expenses, banking, invoice workflow and consolidation.
• Report Design for the new systems and tools.
• New Systems design - envision, design, test and implement a wide range of new systems and tools to continuously allow the Finance team to progress.
• Finance Systems Support - Provide continuous support for worldwide finance teams on legacy systems being used and any issues or enhancements required.
• Process Improvement - Identify, design, test and implement process improvements to enhance financial efficiency, effectiveness and internal controls.
• Project management for Finance team - Key person of contact to receive project ideas and requests from the finance teams worldwide.
• Willingness to travel and spend periods (2-3 weeks) at various company locations as required (4-5 times per year)

Requirements

Qualifications & experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or a related field
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in finance related roles of accounting, trade accounting, controlling, finance analysis, or similar positions..
• Foundation in accounting, preferably trade accounting, with knowledge and experience of futures, Forex Trades, Commodity contracts.
• SAP R4 accounting experience

Technical Skills:

• Financial Expertise - Solid understanding of financial concepts, accounting principles, financial analysis techniques
• Knowledge and experience of IFRS an advantage
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to gather the right data, analyse, control and understand.
• Proficient in interpreting accounting data and concepts to non-accounting people.
• Capable of comparing and reconciling large amounts of data in a broad sense but also able to focus on detailed areas.
• Comfortable with detailed controls and at the same time a broad-minded view to be able to choose where to focus that detailed analysis upon.