About the role

Barry Callebaut Digital (BC Digital) is on a mission to lead the digital revolution in the chocolate industry, and we're looking for a Senior Business Analyst for Budget, Forecasting & Controlling to lay the foundation of operational excellence in our finance processes. You will have the unique opportunity to shape our digital future by gathering and analyzing business requirements and translating them into functional and technological specifications and designs. This includes the design and implementation of projects with a focus on SAP FI/CO. You will closely collaborate with relevant stakeholders to identify and address recurring issues while exploring opportunities to enhance efficiency, standardization, and process improvements. In addition, you will provide configuration inputs, analyze configuration options / settings and support the implementation. Consequently, the role is responsible for the full solution from an IM perspective. In this position, you will play a key role in turning our aspirations of a digital transformation into reality and lifting Barry Callebaut to the next level.

 

Key responsibilities include

Work independently on business processes and application solutions specifically focusing on Budget, Forecasting & Controlling. Gather and analyze business requirements and translate them into technological and functional frameworks, workflow processes, or other relevant documentation. Support the development of the solution architecture and design of IT solutions, e.g. SAP FI/CO. Provide day-to-day operational support for related activities, responding to related inquiries and issues. Gather requirements and pinpoint process and system enhancements best practices. Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities for required enhancements, potential gaps, governance requirements, and more. Design business process documentation, test plans, and workflow user acceptance testing. Oversee the design, planning, execution, monitoring, and refinement of testing processes Prepare configuration settings or scripts for deployment to the target systems or applications. Develop and maintain reports and dashboards to monitor the performance of relevant processes. Work with resources from multiple competence centers across the globe. Support the Digital Finance Team on Financial Planning, Budget Management, and Forecasting & Controlling. Supervise and occasionally guide Business Analysts. Keep up to speed with “best practice” evolution in respective business process areas of Financial Planning, Budget Management, and Forecasting & Controlling.

 

About you

Strong finance background, e.g. in the manufacturing or consumer goods industry (food & beverages industry is a plus). Minimum 4 years experience in SAP FI/CO with a focus on Financial Planning, Budget Management, Forecasting & Controlling, and with a good knowledge of the integration with other modules and in particular with Finance. Controlling module mandatory:
o Cost Center Accounting
o Cost Element Accounting
o Profit Center Accounting
o Internal Orders
o Profitability Analysis
o Product Cost Controlling
o Budgeting & Forecasting and Rolling Forecast Expertise in finance technologies, e.g. ERP, budget or forecasting management systems, Tagetik. Independent and self-driven personality. Skills to create internal and external partnerships/networks across the organization. Analytical mind and attention to detail make you an ideal candidate. Strong communicator with a team player mindset and positive attitude. Experience in business transformation projects is an advantage. Willingness to travel up to 30%.

 

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.