Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain, from field to table. Through a wide range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization with six geographical regions and ten business platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company operates in more than 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people worldwide.
Job DescriptionThe Senior Commercial Controlling Analyst is responsible for delivering financial and business analysis to support commercial decision making, ensuring accurate performance measurement, validation of results, and effective monitoring of business exposures. This role actively contributes to management reporting processes, monthly close activities, and profitability analysis, providing timely and reliable insights to local and regional stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and analyze financial and business performance information, translating complex datasets into meaningful reports and actionable insights for commercial management.
- Execute and validate daily and weekly P&L reporting, while monitoring commercial positions and key drivers impacting financial performance.
- Participate in month-end closing activities, reconciliations, and financial controls.
- Perform variance analysis and explain deviations against expected results.
- Partner with Trading, Operations, Finance, and Accounting teams to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
- Identify risks and opportunities for process improvements, driving automation and continuous improvement initiatives, and providing ad hoc analysis and recommendations to enhance business performance.
- Knowledge of, or interest in developing expertise in, Commercial Controlling, with the ability to provide insights that support business decision-making.
- Ability to manage recurring activities and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring alignment with business objectives and quality standards.
- Strong analytical skills to work with large volumes of data and translate information into actionable recommendations.
- Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships across Commercial, Finance, Operations, and Accounting teams.
- Proficiency in Financial Analysis, Management Reporting, Commercial Controlling, Profit & Loss Analysis, Variance Analysis, Advanced Excel, Business Intelligence (Power BI preferred), SAP (preferred), Effective Communication, and Process Automation & Continuous Improvement.
- Bachelor’s degree or advanced studies in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or related fields, previous experience in Controlling, Finance, Audit, Trading Support, or related areas, intermediate to advanced English proficiency, and experience in agricultural commodities, trading environments, or market-driven businesses considered a plus.
Skills Required
- Knowledge of or interest in developing expertise in commercial controlling
- Ability to manage recurring activities and continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining business alignment and quality standards
- Strong analytical skills and ability to work with large volumes of data
- Ability to build collaborative relationships across Commercial, Finance, Operations, and Accounting teams
- Financial analysis, management reporting, commercial controlling, profit and loss analysis, and variance analysis
- Advanced Excel proficiency
- Intermediate to advanced English proficiency
- Bachelor's degree or advanced studies in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or a related field
- Experience in controlling, finance, audit, trading support, or related areas
- Power BI proficiency
- SAP proficiency
- Experience in agricultural commodities, trading environments, or market-driven businesses
What We Do
Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. We leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world, delivering the right products to the right location, at the right time – safely, responsibly and reliably. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines (platforms). Since 1851 our portfolio has grown to include Grains & Oilseeds, Carbon Solutions, Food & Feed Solutions, Coffee, Cotton, Juice, Rice, Sugar, Freight and Global Markets. We help feed and clothe some 500 million people every year by originating, processing and transporting approximately 80 million tons of products. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and eight platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 17,000 people globally. For more information, visit www.ldc.com.
