Finance Manager

Company: Olam Americas Inc
Location: Richardson
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

We are a leading food and agri-business, supplying food ingredients, feed and fiber to over 19,800 customers who range--from multi-national, world famous brands to small family run businesses. Each customer depends on us to provide goods and services that are safe, on-time and consistently in line with the required specification. They also rely on us to help them innovate and create new opportunities. Established in 1989, and now listed on the Singapore Exchange, our team of 74,500 full-time, seasonal, and contract employees have built leadership positions in many of our businesses such as--Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Edible Nuts and Spices. As well as growing crops in our own orchards and estates, and sourcing from around 4.8 million farmers globally, we operate over 160 processing facilities, and through our 14 innovation centers. We develop ingredients and find solutions for our customers. Our value chain spans over 60 countries. We also provide support services including risk management solutions and agri-logistics. Position Summary Reporting to Finance Controller- Cotton, the Finance Manager will be responsible for setting up the Mexico cotton accounting systems, processing, and handover to the regional team. This position will work in partnership with the Financial Controller in day to day operations including vetting cotton purchase invoices, supervising supplier invoices, setting up wires, bank reconciliation, assisting auditors and bankers on reporting. In addition, this position will assist in gin / seed business accounting and administrative work. The Finance Manager will work on various IT and finance projects as warranted by the business. A successful candidate for this position will need an understanding of cotton merchandising business and should have of strong knowledge of Microsoft office products / SAP. Position Responsibilities --- Address inquiries and handle exceptions, both internal and external, related to warehouse and trucking vendors. --- Liaison with respective team/department for troubleshooting of pending payments. Address queries in 3Riivers system. --- Manage request for new vendor account and/or changes in ERP system. --- Review Olam warehouse and ginning vendor invoices for proper coding before transmission to shared services for input to SAP. --- Review payment proposal prepared by shared services prior to for release of funds for ACH, wire and check payments. --- Export statements (gin, sales, ect.) from appropriate management system for review and import to SAP. --- Liaison with Olam teams regarding month-end cut-off of gin statement and cotton seed invoice accounts receivable. --- Review and code grower cash receipts prior to submitting to lockbox for deposit. --- Manage the grower payment process from gin office personnel for funds availability prior to submitting payment request to shared services. --- Record Olam Cotton AR Receipts in Excel Spreadsheet for the cash applying and provide to shared services team for posting to SAP. --- Record debits/credit memos in SAP due to weight/price adjustments. --- Prepare and distribute month-end aging exception reports to management. --- Manage customer relationship regarding late payments. --- Manage the general ledger accounting including but not limited to: o Answer questions, provide information and work with team members. o Perform account reconciliations and conduct audits of the accounting team's work to ensure accuracy. --- Assist in the preparation of all product group related financial reports, presentations, forecasts, memorandums, and correspondence. --- Manage and coordinate the development of the Mexico accounting system and processes. Look for opportunities to improve processing efficiencies. --- Perform a variety of advanced financial analyses to determine present and forecasted financial health of the business. Collaborate and provide routine business support to enable informed decision making. --- Perform other duties as assigned. Position Requirements Bachelor's degree is required, majors in Finance, Accounting or related field is preferred. Candidates may substitute four (4) years of Finance experience in lieu of degree. Four (4) years related finance experience is required, Finance Management experience is preferred. Candidates substituting experience in lieu of degree, must have a minimum of eight (8) years Finance experience. Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) is strongly preferred. Previous experience having worked with IT Finance program implementation is strongly preferred. Bilingual, English and Spanish, is preferred. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office product including Word, Outlook, Excel, is required. SAP experience is strongly preferred. Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills are required. Ability to handle multiple projects and tasks successfully while meeting deadline and budget is required. Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. Olam provides equality of opportunity for all persons with respect to hiring without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant. All employment will be decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us for support at: US-Talent.Acquisition@olamnet.com At Olam, we celebrate our diversity. Olam Americas Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.Accounting And Finance, Sales Commissions, Accounting Systems, Financial Planning, Financial Management

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