Overview
Job Reference JR0087171
Professional Areas Accounting & Finance
Function Accounting, Finance and Treasury
Job Description
Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), established in 1851, is a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods (also called commodity trading) with more than 22 000 employees worldwide.
LDC reported
In 2014, the Group started to rotate to Process harmonization, Global Organizations and especially Digitalization by opening a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Finance, IT and HR based in Lyon.
Together with the CoE, the LDC Groups created a Global Finance Team, called FPSO (for Finance Processes Systems and Organization), which is reporting directly to the Group CFO and for which the aim is to:
Lead the Finance Transformation of the group
Digitalize LDC Processes and organizations
Help LDC to rotate to Finance best practices and best tools
In 2018, the Group materialized its ambition by initiated a Global Finance Transformation and Digitilization of its Back Office operations (Accounting, Controlling, Reporting, Procurement).
It consists into a:
Reshaping of accounting and controlling processes
The implementation of SAP S/4 HANA suite including Business Intelligence, ARIBA
As of 2025, implementations have been done in several regions, including countries such as Argentina, Suisse, US, China.
The program roadmap ends around 2028 and will be followed by other transformations project on other systems.
The FPSO team consist into an international team of experiences resources with strong expertise in there domain.
They act as the keeper of the Group practices and solutions.
They coordinate the different on-going project in the LDC world for their respective scope.
Main Responsibilities
The FPSO team is looking for Financial Specialist, who will be in charge of the one or more of the below E2E processes flows:
Payment flow (incl. integration with other systems), cash income flows and bank statement
Controlling
Accounting, fixed assets and months end closing
Integration with Consolidation and Reporting
The Financial Specialist:
On one side, guarantees the LDC Group practices and processes related to commercial processes
On the other side, support countries in their execution but also guarantee efficiency in terms of tools, organisation 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 linked to innovation (analytics, automation, switch to paperless)
The Financial Specialist will work for BOLD implementation in new countries, concretely in Brazil rollout (BORA Project), in charge of group of processes related to Finance flows, as well as being responsible for scope and deadlines.
This role requires close relationship with our Business partners, other members of the Program such as PPSO (for procurement), EPSO (for execution), IPSO (for Industry) and hand-in- hand collaboration with our DT&A departments.
On top of his/her activities related to Global Finance Transformation, the Financial Specialist will help the group to switch to other transformation initiative (such as Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Block chain) by providing his/her functional expertise.
Experience
Experience
3/5
years of strong operational experience ideally.
The candidate will have several or more of the below items:
Experience from a Finance Consulting or Technology Consulting firm
Participation in Finance transformation project either as an internal 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 Finance Transformation projects,
Working experience in companies dedicated to agriculture or commodity business
Experience in international environments
Experience in process design and implementation in an IT tool
Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other business organizations; successful experience in working with diverse groups of people in a problem-solving environment
Experience and expertise on SAP S/4 for one or more FI submodules or processes
Fundamental understanding of core accounting and finance processes is required.
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.
Exceptional organizational ability with a very strong attention to detail.
Must be able to work independently and take ownership of this role.
Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other business organizations; successful experience in working with diverse groups of people in a problem-solving environment.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work under time pressure and result oriented.
Languages:
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