VIE - FP&A Analyst - Illertissen

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 19,000 people globally.

Context of the role:
 

The Illertissen facility will continue its legacy of innovation in food and health ingredients, drive new advancements and deliver high-quality products to meet evolving consumer demand and contribute to LDC's sector growth strategies. 

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our Finance taskforce in Illertissen, reporting to our Global FP&A Food & Feed Solutions manager. This role will be key in bridging Group requirements to local capabilities, with the aim of enhancing our Food and Health Ingredient financial organization by assessing, analyzing, understanding, explaining, and forecasting business performance. As a pivot between Global and local, this role will also serve projects, answer local Management questions, at the boundaries of Finance, Strategy & Planning. 

The role involves supporting the local Finance team in various transversal topics, the local Management and operations in adhoc analysis and coordination with various teams in Germany and in regional headquarters 

This position offers the opportunity to learn and grow in a dynamic and motivating environment. The individual will interact daily with various teams at different levels of seniority. 

This role is unique as it sits at the intersection of global and local finance as well as local Management, offering direct exposure to senior stakeholders across regions and functions. The successful candidate will contribute to further developing understanding of this newly integrated business.  

Your main responsibilities:

• Participate in regular data production and analysis for local, regional and global Management instances  

• Participate in project that aims at optimizing the business: maintain and enhance the existing dashboards, suggesting improvements 

• Creates a robust process for reporting and analyzing regularly the margins of the business. 

• Support the FP&A teams in various analysis  

• Assist the site management in various regular or ad hoc analyses 

• Support the Finance local team on tasks related to the Budget/Business Plan process 

Scope is the Food and Health Ingredient Business Unit, part of the Food and Feed Solutions platform (FFS). 

Your profile:

Education 

• Top-class business or engineering school graduate 

• Master's degree in Finance 

• Strong appetite for financial analysis and corporate finance topics 

• Proficiency with excel modeling, power query and power BI, and powerpoint 

Experience

• Internships in corporate finance (audit, transaction services, financial department of a big Corporate) 

Knowledge /Technical & Functional skills 

• Strong appetite for financial analysis and corporate finance topics 

• Proficiency with excel modeling, PowerPoint, Power Bi. Knowledge of Python is a plus.  

• Ability to quickly master Finance IT tools (Onestream, SAP…)  

Soft skills 

• We would like someone willing to learn and grow in a passionate and varied environment 

• We want someone autonomous, able to take initiatives. Even though you will be managed and helped anytime, high pressure and constant need to prioritize tasks will require those skills. 

• We would like you to manage complex multiple information and to adapt to multiple stakeholders 

• We imagine you: proactive, energetic, highly motivated, hard-worker and rigorous 

• Flexibility in work and multi-tasking abilities 

• Fluent written and verbal English & German skills 

Eligibility for VIE: 18-28 years old, European , driving licence and car

CDI Opportunities after VIE mission in Germany, France or Switzerland 

Benefits: one month housing, additional allowance for transportation fees, round trip covered by the company + one extra round trip to visit family during holidays

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​​​​​​
• Hybrid work available (not applicable to all roles)
• Pension contributions
• Access to Training and Development 

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

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.