Company Description
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.
Job Description
Master Data at Louis Dreyfus Company is a truly global function, spanning all LDC locations. We validate and maintain all aspects of financial reference data for the group while working in an exciting, rapidly evolving environment.
It is an exciting role for a candidate who likes to be challenged and is keen to learn.
Position Summary
This position will support his/her manager in:
- Organizing daily team activities
- Setting up and improving forms, templates, and procedures
- Supporting data cleansing activities
- Providing the necessary Training to end users and MDM team members
- Monitor KPI and Shift schedule and Tasks
Along with the below listed responsibilities, the employee should conduct any other business related to the function as required by his supervisor.
Manage the Finance Data Management Team activities:
- Ensure that the daily activities are executed as per determined time and quality standards
- Meeting data integrity parameters
- Ownership & communication of SLAs and KPIs
Setting up Masterdata:
- Counterparty & Other Masterdata in various corporate systems
- Maintenance and updating of central Masterdata tables, records & procedures
Support Projects / Finance Governance:
- Support of ERP deployments (advice, training, process implementation)
- Data cleansing (data consolidation, duplicates checks, etc.)
- Validate and improve controls and quality of data
Contribute to Continuous Improvement
- Identify areas for continuous improvement and provide input for issue resolutions
- Improve customer service procedures and ensure a world class service level
- Support improvement initiatives and projects that come out of business, organizational and process changes
Manage Performance and Teamwork
- Contribute to a good team spirit through proactive communication
- Motivate and encourage the team
Qualifications
Technical skills/knowledge required:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in creating/ managing/ deploying master data
- Experience in a Shared services center is a plus
- Accounting and/or Master Data knowledge is a plus
- Extreme customer service orientation is a must
- Experience in analyzing, reconciling, cleaning, and manipulating large amounts of data
- Excellent Excel skills are a must
- Proven ability to understand business users’ needs and translate them into requirements and workflow
- IT knowledge is a plus
Skills:
- Team Player
- Data based orientation
- Very strong customer focus
- Problem solving
- Commitment
- Flexibility
- Communication skills
- Initiative
- Experience in working with tight deadlines
- Experience in working in a service driven environment
Languages:
- English (Fluent) - effective written and verbal communication skills
Education:
- University Degree, preferably in IT/ Finance
Additional Information
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
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
- 25 annual paid leave
- Flexible working hours
- Food vouchers
- Transportation allowance
- Additional medical & dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Sports card with 90/10 coverage
- Various learning & development opportunities
- Yearly performance evaluation plans
- Social clubs & Wellbeing initiatives
- Team buildings & social events
- Employee Referral Program
Top Skills
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.
