International Flavors & FragrancesSenior Finance Analyst FP&A - Ingredients Global Finance Consultant
Mar. 2022 - Sep. 2024Oviedo, Principado de Asturias, EspañaThis position reports to the Global Finance Director, Ingredients, supporting the Ingredients platform/sub-division finance CFO on daily, weekly, monthly and annual tasks as well as acting as a leveraged resource across the BU Finance Managers for the platform/sub-division. This requires a thorough understanding of IFF´s finance reporting systems, of the platform/sub-division specificities and responsibility for coordinating data inputs and first level analysis among the businesses. Ability to have a holistic view, whilst understanding the right level of detail, when conducting Financial analysis, using Advanced excel tools. Nourish is one of IFF Divisions, with ~$6 billion in sales, around 5,000 employees, serving 43,000 customers worldwide. Ingredients platform/sub-division represents roughly half of Nourish, has 4 Business Units: Protein Solutions, Emulsifiers and Sweeteners, Core Texturants and Cellulosics & Food Protection, on a 5 Regions matrix aligned with Nourish: North America, Europe, Greater Asia, Latin America and AMETI. Key Responsibilities: Provide Business/Finance Analysis Support to the Ingredient´s platform Coordinate the yearly strategy review process for the platform Coordinate the yearly BUD for the platform Identification of key drivers and actions to help improving business Participate and support, along with the BU Finance leaders, in several key Platform projects covering, but not limited to, pricing, supply chain productivity, channel strategy and product line profitability (e.g. financial modeling, business planning) Support to M&A projects across the Platform Actively support and maintain strong internal controls Play key role in improving the overall IBP and Business outlook process and its accuracy.