Business Process Manager

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

LDC Group Finance is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Business Process Manager to strengthen our Finance Processes & System Optimisation (FPSO) expertise and drive process excellence across all LDC regions. This is a global leadership role with high visibility, responsible for defining, implementing, and enhancing LDC Group finance processes and best practices, while ensuring their efficient adoption at a regional and local level.

The Business Process Manager will be the driving force behind the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of LDC's finance processes worldwide. With functional authority across multiple regions, the role demands both strategic vision and hands-on expertise to ensure efficient, standardised, and value-driven operations.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of finance within LDC by championing best practices, enabling innovation, and ensuring business alignment. This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact at the highest level of a global organisation.

Key responsibilities will be but not limited to:

• Own and lead regional finance processes: Accounting/GL, Controlling, Invoicing & Cash, and Inventory.
• Lead BOLD rollouts, ensuring process alignment, risk management, and change adoption.
• Drive improvement initiatives (E-invoicing, automation, reporting, factoring).
• Oversee remaining BOLD implementations in Asia and guide small-entity rollouts.
• Build trusted relationships with regional leaders, Group Accounting, DT&A, and SBS Finance.

Qualifications

Essential Skills & Experience

• 15+ years of strong operational experience, ideally combining:
• Audit background in a leading audit/consulting firm.
• Hands-on participation in finance transformation projects (internal or external).
• Project management and leadership in international environments.
• Process design and IT tool implementation (interfaces experience a plus).
• Proven track record in finance process ownership and transformation.
• Strong ability to analyse, challenge workflows, and deliver improvements.
• Demonstrated success working with diverse teams and senior stakeholders in a global setting.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to perform in multiple capacities, from individual contributor to global leader.

Education & Qualifications

Degree from a leading business school, engineering school, or university in:

• Information Systems, and/or
• Finance/Accounting, and/or
• Process & Organisation Management.

Additional Information

To apply for the position:

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Please note that you must be an Australian Citizen or have the right to live and work in this location to apply for this job.

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.

We offer

• Work for a global, leading commodities company
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Access to Training and Development
• Access to Employee Assistance Program