Location Controller
Cargill
Position Purpose
The GOSC Asia Business Unit is head quartered in Singapore and employs approximately 550 people across 8 countries in Asia. The business unit is part of the Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain Platform. It has a diverse range of businesses comprising trading, domestic distribution of grains and oilseeds, copra crushing, supply chain management.The BU also engages in toll crushing of soybeans (in India). The geographic spread supplemented by the connectivity with other business units within the CASC platform, provides the business unit with an in depth knowledge of global markets and enables it to provide a high quality of product and service to customers. Its management focusses on a accountability based structure that puts good emphasis on corporate governance and responsibilities.
The GOSC Singapore part of the business is engaged in trading of grains and oilseeds, such as wheat, soybeans, corn, soybean meal and rapeseed meal. These are sourced mainly from related parties for sales to 3rd parties and to other Cargill entities (including but not limited to GOSC Asia locations).
The location controller for Singapore will play a key role in supporting the BU Controller in managing activities across the region. He/She will provide comprehensive financial services to the location business, leading the consolidation of financial reporting from the business segments and ensuring accurate, consistent and timely provision of financial and management information with the appropriate interpretation. The incumbent will proactively partner the commercial team to assess commercial opportunities and help the Singapore commercial team in achieving its strategies. The incumbent will also be involved in the development of a high quality finance team and drive improvement in the quality of financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
Principal Accountabilities
25% Financial Reporting: This activity involves working with Singapore Corporate Accounting team to report monthly, quarterly and annual BU financial statements under US GAAP and also Singapore statutory reporting. Financial reporting will also involve both US and Singapore tax reporting.
25% Risk Management: As a senior member of the GOSC Singapore team, a key responsibility of the location controller will cover risk management. This includes daily commodity position reporting, credit management, market exposure, technology risk related risks etc.
20% Management Reporting: This will include weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual monitoring, management and reporting of the business unit's key performance parameters e.g. short term debt management, working capital management, return on gross investment and SGA management and reporting.
15% People Development: Development of talent pipeline for the BU specificall and Cargill generally will be a key accountability.This work will require working team members to identify development needs, create plans around these needs and working with BU and country HR to identify appropriate developmental opportunities (internal and external training).
15% Planning: Planning covers the annual budgeting process, process improvements, new business activities and IT requirements arising from process improvement and new activities.
Other requirements:
The position calls for a hands on operator with the ability to also take on a strategic view, unquestionable integrity, strong communication skills at all levels of the organization, a willingness to share information openly, a collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality
Required Qualifications
• Professional Qualification in Finance (Post Graduate).
• Must have the required knowledge of US GAAP/Tax.
• Must have been employed in a senior financial role for the past 5 years
Preferred Qualifications
• ACA, CPA, ACCA
• Knowledge of Singapore Taxes and IFRS.
• Needs a track record of multi-cultural experience within some of the key geographies in the region
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