SAP BPO Finance - Industry & Controlling

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

Work Location: Lyon, France or Budapest, Hungary

In 2018, LDC initiated a comprehensive transformation of its back-office functions—including Accounting, Controlling, Reporting, Procurement, and Industry—centered around SAP S/4HANA and ARIBA. This global rollout continues through 2028, followed by ongoing improvement initiatives.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Business Process Owner who will lead and oversee below end-to-end (E2E) finance process:

• Inventory, Industry & Controlling

This role is pivotal in supporting LDC’s Finance Transformation program by ensuring process excellence, tool efficiency, and organizational alignment across global operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert and guardian of Group-wide finance processes and standards
• Support country-level implementations while balancing local needs with global requirements
• Lead automation and digitalization of industry, controlling processes and reports
• Provide ongoing support to live countries, ensuring continuous improvement and user satisfaction
• Define, document, and maintain CORE model and best practices
• Challenge and review live countries’s and Project rollout change requests
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, FPSO colleagues, and DT&A teams to ensure consistent process execution.
• Own the end-to-end industry controlling processes (e.g., cost center planning, project accounting, production cost controlling, variance analysis, standard costing).
• Support change management, training, and onboarding activities related to process changes.
• Drive ad-hoc projects to enhance BOLD capabilities.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Ability to challenge and refine business requirements
• Self-driven with a collaborative mindset
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Proficiency in SAP S/4HANA (MM, FICO, PM, PP modules)
• Highly organized with attention to detail
• Resilient under pressure and able to prioritize effectively

Experience & Qualifications

Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience, ideally combining:

• Strong operational finance and accounting expertise
• Deep understanding of cost center accounting, project accounting, industry and overhead budgeting and reporting (eg: Master data such as Cost Center, WBS, Profit Center, Activity type…, variance & profitability analysis)
• Deep understanding of production costing (eg: BOM, Resource, activity type, splitting structure, standard cost calculation…), ideally within SAP S/4HANA
• Familiarity with inventory management (commodity inventory and non-commercial commodity inventory) and supply chain management is a plus
• Active involvement in finance transformation projects (internal or external) ex: AMOA, Functional Business Lead, Process Owner
• Proven ability to work in project mode, from individual contributor to leadership roles
• Experience in international and multicultural environments
• Process design and IT tool implementation (interface experience is a plus)
• Effective cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management

Language Requirements

• Fluent English (mandatory)

Education

Bachelors Degree from a business or engineering school, or university, with a major in:

• Information Systems
• Finance/Accounting
• Process & Organization Management

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits

• Flexible working

• Access to Training and Development

• Discretionary Bonus

• Profit Sharing plan

• Lunch vouchers

• Public transportation refund 

• Workers council social benefits

• Legal annual paid leave + up tp 14 days RTT

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us