Job description

Controller
Sought for Ohly in Wisconsin (Hybrid)

What this Opportunity Offers

• A unique opportunity to be part of a fast-growing company where individuals truly make a difference
• A creative, innovative and entrepreneurial work environment
• Leadership that values your inputs and mentorship to grow your career
• Competitive compensation and excellent benefits

Are You?

• Great atbuilding company success by partnering up with leaders and provide input to strategic goals and develop strategic KPI’s to help the organization meet targets?
• Do you strive working autonomously in a fast paced and dynamic environment?
• Enjoy working on cross-functional projects to unlock capacity and fuel growth?

Company
Our client, Ohly is seeking an ambitious Controller to drive improvement and profitability to the overall company performance. Founded in 1836 in Germany, Ohly is the third largest yeast extract producer in the world with sites in Germany and the USA. Ohly develops, produces and delivers high-quality yeast-based flavors and specialty powders, improving the taste in life. Ohly is part of the $17.6bn turnover Associated British Food (ABF) Group which has been working in the international food, ingredients and retail sectors since 1935, and is renowned for delivering high quality products and services that are central to millions of people’s lives. ABF is a global organization with 130.000 employees and operations in 53 countries. Ohly stimulates entrepreneurship and decisions are taken close to their point of impact encouraging teams the freedom to act, be flexible and agile. For more information and inspiration, please visit ohly.com/en/.

About this Position
This role will be responsible for various accounting processes and financial analyses that leverage both business and market information to provide insight to drive improvement and profitability to the overall company performance. Key activities in this role will include controls effectiveness, accounting process ownership, financial forecasting and modeling, customer profitability analysis, pricing support, and capital investment analysis. The role will also play an important part in developing business reports and partnering with various functions across the business. You will be in contact with all management levels, must be able to communicate effectively to achieve results and influence a broad spectrum of personnel across many disciplines. This role reports directly to the CFO of Ohly Americas.

Role
Key Responsibilities & Tasks

• Fiduciary responsibility: Champion a governance and controls mindset. Provide expertise on policy compliance, governance, adherence to accounting standards and internal controls. Knowledge of basic accounting principles pertaining to accruals, inventory costs, fixed asset capitalization and other supply chain related technical accounting. Lead the monthly close and forecast processes.
• Financial Analysis: Ability to create relevant financial analysis and relate results to operational behaviors for the purpose of driving actionable decisions and improvements
• Strategy development and planning: Provide financial expertise and strategic partnership through modeling and analyses to optimize top and bottom-line performance through margin enhancement and cost reduction
• Business Partnership: Operate cross-functionally and utilize your influencing skills to develop and implement business strategy. Prepare analysis while partnering to bring forward clear and concise recommendations Develop accurate financial forecasts for business partners

Your Profile
Your Education & Work Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business Administration required
• CPA preferred
• Minimum 3 years of experience in finance or accounting
• Experience from a manufacturing or a consumer-packaged goods (CPG) company preferred.
• Working knowledge of ERP system, eg Dynamics AX considered a plus
• Microsoft Office Suite with advanced Excel

Your Skills & Personality Characteristics

• Superior analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills to identify root causes and solutions
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to present concise explanations or courses of actions to peers and leadership
• Team player that can influence others within the business and function
• Ability to take initiative and effectively prioritize workload in a fast-paced and challenging environment
• Skilled at cross-functional collaboration with all levels of the organization in a dynamic environment

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

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