Senior Business Analyst Budget, Forecasting & Controlling (SAP FI/CO, SAP BPC)

Overview

At Barry Callebaut, we integrate global expertise with the strength of global talent to drive innovation and efficiency across our global operations. Our Global Business Services (GBS) center, located in Hyderabad, plays a pivotal role in ensuring seamless delivery across 147 facilities worldwide, contributing to annual revenues of CHF 10.5 billion. As a distinct global capability hub, GBS India is uniquely positioned to enhance strategic & operational excellence. In India, we are cultivating a high-performing team that brings specialized capabilities and forward-thinking solutions to our global network. Our professionals lead strategic, transformative initiatives that are shaping the future of the chocolate industry while advancing global careers. By leveraging the promising talent pool, leadership, and business insights, we drive digital innovation, process excellence, and sustainability - contributing meaningfully to our mission of making sustainable chocolate the norm.

Job Profile

Barry Callebaut Digital (BC Digital) is on a mission to lead the digital revolution in the chocolate industry, and we're looking for a Senior Business Analyst Budget, Forecasting & Controlling to lay the foundation of operational excellence in our finance processes. You will have the unique opportunity to shape our digital future by gathering and analyzing business requirements, translating them into functional and technological specifications and designs. This includes the design and implementation of projects with a focus on SAP FI/CO and SAP BPC. You will closely collaborate with relevant stakeholders to identify and address recurring issues while exploring opportunities to enhance efficiency, standardization, and process improvements. In addition, you will provide configuration inputs, analyze configuration options / settings and support the implementation. Consequently, the role is responsible for the full solution from an IM perspective. In this position, you will play a key role in turning our aspirations of a digital transformation into reality and lifting Barry Callebaut to the next level.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE

• Work independently on business processes and application solutions with a specific focus on Budget, Forecasting & Controlling
• Gather and analyze business requirements and translate it into technological and functional frameworks, workflow processes or other relevant documentation
• Support the development of the solution architecture and design of IT solutions, e.g. SAP FI/CO
• Provide day-to-day operational support for related activities, responding to related inquiries and issues
• Gather requirements and pinpoint process and system enhancements incl. best practices
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities for required enhancements, potential gaps, governance requirements and more
• Design business process documentation, test plans, and workflows incl. user acceptance testing
• Oversee the design, planning, execution, monitoring, and refinement of testing processes
• Prepare configuration settings or scripts for deployment to the target systems or applications
• Develop and maintain reports and dashboards to monitor the performance relevant processes
• Work with resources from multiple competence centers across the globe
• Support the Digital Finance Team on Financial Planning, Budget Management and Forecasting & Controlling
• Supervise and guide occasionally Business Analysts
• Keep up to speed with “best practice” evolution in respective business process areas of Financial Planning, Budget Management and Forecasting & Controlling
• This is a global leadership role with key stakeholders located in Brussels, Zurich, and other locations of our global footprint, and thus requires up to 30% travel.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

• Strong finance background, e.g. in the manufacturing or consumer goods industry (food & beverages industry is a plus)
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst in SAP FI/CO and SAP BPC with a focus on Financial Planning, Budget Management, Forecasting & Controlling, and with a good knowledge of the integration with other modules and with Finance
• Controlling module mandatory: Cost Center Accounting
• Cost Element Accounting
• Profit Center Accounting
• Internal Orders
• Profitability Analysis
• Product Cost Controlling
• Budgeting & Forecasting and Rolling Forecast
• Expertise in finance technologies, e.g. ERP, budget or forecasting management systems, Tagetik
• Independent and self-driven personality
• Skills to create internal and external partnerships/networks across the organization
• Analytical mind and attention to detail make you an ideal candidate
• Strong communicator with a team player mindset and positive attitude
• Experience in business transformation projects is an advantage
• Willingness to travel up to 30%

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.