Assistant Manager - Finance Job in Olam International

About Us

Olam International is a leading food and agri-business supplying food, ingredients, feed and fibre to over 19,800 customers worldwide. Our value chain spans over 60 countries and includes farming, processing and distribution operations, as well as a sourcing network of 4.8 million farmers. Through our purpose to 'Re-imagine Global Agriculture and Food Systems', Olam aims to address the many challenges involved in meeting the needs of a growing global population, while achieving positive impact for farming communities, our planet and all our stakeholders. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, Olam currently ranks among the top 30 largest primary listed companies in terms of market capitalisation on SGX-ST.

Olam Information Services (OISL) is a captive subsidiary of Olam International, Singapore offering IT Services & Global Business Services across its operations in 65 countries in Asia, Africa, EU & Americas. In Chennai, we currently have onboard more than 1000 highly motivated employees. Olam Digital has receivedInternational Innovation Award 2019 for Best Services and Solutions.

Olam Global Business Services (OGBS) is a captive unit that offersEnd to Endbusiness process and analytics solutions. OGBS currently offers its solutions in6 Platforms:Finance, Supply Chain, People services, Risk & Market Compliance, Big Data Analytics and Business Intelligence. At this moment, OGBS is located in City of Chennai, India and provides its services to over 20 countries. Olam GBS has received Best Shared Services in India Award 2019, by Shared Services Forum andAsias No.1 Shared Services in Process Improvement and Value Creation, 2019by Shared Services and Outsourcing Network Forum.

Key Deliverables

• Responsible for Budgeting, Planning and reporting of Central IT & Digital cost for Olam Group
• Put in place strong process for monitoring Global IT Budgets, actuals and forecast
• Monitor Global IT and Digital Project accounting process and establish system for granular and accurate information flow
• Ensure to have a robust cost chargeback (cost recovery from group companies) mechanism and transparency
• Providing cost estimates to management time to time
• Engaging with multiple project managers to ensure robust process for cost reporting and controls
• Drive new processes and collaborate with multiple stakeholders for implementation
• Work on various improvement projects along with accounting and cross functional teams
• Work to provide opportunities to team for development
• Let me know if you have any questions.

Role and Qualification

• Role: Planning and Reporting Manager (IT & Digital)
• Qualification: Qualified CA/CWA with about 3-5 years of experience
• Experience in IT/ITES core finance function is preferable
• Should have exposure to IT systems like SAP etc and should be very good in Excel and PPT
• Very good communication skills to interact with senior and demanding management of the Olam Group
• Position will report to Finance Head of OISL and will be managing a team of 2-3 resources

Olam is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nationality, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants are requested to complete all required steps in the application process including providing a resume/CV in order to be considered for open roles.