[Remote] Cocoa FP&A Analyst # 26-14216
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand. They are seeking a Cocoa FP&A Analyst who will support the cocoa procurement organization by providing financial analysis, reporting, and forecasting related to cocoa raw materials, while collaborating with various departments to ensure financial integrity across cocoa contracts.
Responsibilities
- Analyze cocoa raw material costs, including futures, differentials, premiums, freight, sustainability premiums, and other cost components
- Prepare and explain cocoa PPV, purchase price evolution, and cost variances versus forecast, budget, and standard cost
- Support monthly close activities related to cocoa, including accruals, and reconciliations
- Support short and mid-term cocoa cost forecasts
- Maintain and update cocoa forecast assumptions
- Assist in standard cost setting and annual planning processes for cocoa raw materials
- Work with data from systems such as S/4, iRely, and reporting tools to ensure data accuracy and consistency
- Support SOX and internal control activities, including documentation, reconciliations, and audit requests related to cocoa
- Identify data gaps or process inefficiencies and support continuous improvement initiatives
- Act as a finance partner to Cocoa Procurement, Supply Chain, and Accounting teams
- Support ad hoc analysis and management requests related to cocoa costs, contracts, and performance drivers
- Contribute to process harmonization and standardization initiatives across regions
- Support ad hoc analyses and project work based on business requests
- Improve reporting
- Lead monthly forecast updates in preparation for recurring management and executive review meetings
- Analyze monthly figures in S/4 to enable Actual vs. Forecast PPV analysis
Skills
- Minimum of around five years of relevant experience
- Solid Excel and financial modeling skills
- Experience with SAP S/4 (required)
- Experience with commodity systems (preferred)
- Experience with Power BI
- Experience in the food manufacturing industry, ideally within Procurement
- Experience working with commodities
- Direct experience with cocoa
- Experience with commodity systems
- Experience in the food manufacturing industry, ideally within Procurement
- Experience working with commodities
- Direct experience with cocoa
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