Expert Business Analyst Financial Consolidation

Barry Callebaut Digital is on a mission to lead the digital revolution in the chocolate industry. We are looking for an Expert Business Analyst – Financial Consolidation to drive operational excellence in our finance processes. This is a unique opportunity to enhance financial consolidation processes, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency, while shaping the digital future of our organization.

Key responsibilities:

• Work independently on business processes and application solutions, focusing on financial consolidation.
• Gather and analyze business requirements, translating them into technological and functional frameworks, workflows, or documentation.
• Implement and integrate financial consolidation systems and tools, ensuring compliance with business requirements and regulatory standards.
• Support the development of IT solution architecture and design (e.g., SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation, SAP Financial Information Management).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance digital financial consolidation solutions and processes.
• Design business process documentation, test plans, and workflows, including user acceptance testing.
• Oversee the design, planning, execution, monitoring, and refinement of testing processes.
• Act as a subject matter expert for digital financial consolidation projects, managing escalations in daily operations and projects.
• Work with global resources from multiple competence centers.
• Guide and mentor others, fostering collaboration and driving digital transformation in financial operations.
• Stay up-to-date with best practices in financial consolidation processes.

About you:

• Education: Graduate degree in Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum 10 years’ experience in financial consolidation, with strong knowledge of finance-related integrations.
• Industry Knowledge: Experience in the manufacturing or consumer goods industry is preferred (food & beverages industry is a plus).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for diverse audiences.
• Ability to interpret complex financial data and provide strategic insights.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to mentor and inspire others, fostering collaboration across global teams.
• Self-driven, independent, and proactive approach to problem-solving.

Global Role (with up to 30% travel).

We offer:

• Employment on a regular basis in the sweetest company in the world.
• Annual bonus based on your work results.
• Lunch card to be used for groceries and restaurants.
• Private medical care in Lux Med (basic package fully financed by BC).
• Fit Profit sports card co-financed by BC.
• PPE: we care about your future, and we save money for your retirement.
• Cafeteria Program as a part of Social Fund.
• Group life insurance.
• Hybrid working model: min. 8 days in the office a month.
• As part of our work-life balance culture, we can start work between 7 am and 10 am.
• Free consultation with a lawyer once a quarter.
• Chocolate! Yes, surprising but we have chocolate in the office, for Christmas, BC’s Birthday, and many other occasions during the year.
• And if chocolate is still not enough, you can join one of our theme clubs, where together with other employees we develop our passions and interests.
• Daily delivery of fresh fruits and veggies to the office.
• You can purchase our sweet products with a special discount.
• Relax zone in the office and plenty of options to choose from: PlayStation 5, football table, pool table, Ping-Pong, library, table games, and massage chairs.
• Sport @work? Sure! We have treadmills and indoor exercise bikes with a laptop station.
• We like to party as much as we like chocolate! We have integration budgets we can use for team events.
• Forever Chocolate and Event Team: you can join them and have a real influence on social life in BC and CSR activities.

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