Costing & Pricing Manager

The Financial Specialist analyses internal and external developments within his / her own financial specialism, apply Finance policies, procedures and/or guidelines, within their own functional area and in line with Finance strategies and policies and business needs, to contribute to accurate, up-to-date and compliant financial administration and insights, minimization of risks and optimization of business processes.
The Financial Specialist role is a generic role at a par with the more senior roles in Reporting & Accounting (Financial Administrator, Payroll Administrator). The Financial Specialist may provide business support to the Financial / Business Analyst (s) for the preparation of economical/financial research and analysis, gathering, analysing and evaluating financial information for the assigned financial analysis on a regular basis, preparing reports, presentations, etc.
Also, the role may be involved in on special projects or activities as required, for example contributes to the design, implementation and management of financial processes (budget, reporting, and compliance), change management, assist in the company’s monthly and yearly closing, setting up internal control systems and adopting Nutreco policies for financial reporting.

Job Description:

· Policies o Interprets and applies policies for the area of responsibility within Finance and monitors their implementation in the organization in order to achive that the policies optimally direct the mid/long term activities within the assigned Finance area and are compliant with the global Nutreco strategy. · Needs assessment and analysis o Develops and uses needs assessment frameworks to assess fully the scope and context of short and longer-term business needs. I order to have a holistic insight in mid and longer-term business needs. o Integrates analyses and interprets business and financial information. In order to develop innovative Finance solutions to meet mid/long term business needs · Finance o Develops and/or delivers plans for significant aspects of the financial management and/or control process for the assigned area, in order to process and deliver financial information and reporting for the assigned area that accurate, insightful and timely available · Advice o Acts as a liaison with managers, advises and supports them concerning all finance related matters, and formulates and presents possible solutions for non- standard questions not captured in procedures, in order to inform business management and other stakeholders optimally on relevant finance matters and support them in decision-making. · Optimization o Identifies and implements improvements to the OpCo’s / department’s systems, processes and practices in order to improve effectiveness and efficiency of the processes. · Compliance o Gives input into the development of compliance policies for the area of responsibility and develops underlying procedures and monitors their implementation in the organization, ensuring that the OpCo / department is in line with the existing compliance framework · Projects o Manages and/or participates in (a portfolio of) projects and delivers the required outcomes, realizing the assigned project portfolio according to targeted outcome, timing, budget and quality of deliverables. · Knowledge development o Keeps up with internal and external finance developments within the functional domain and expertise and ensures development, transfer and retention of new and state of the art knowledge in own area of expertise.

Our organisation:

Trouw Nutrition is the global leader in innovative feed specialties, premixes and nutritional services for the animal nutrition industry. Trouw Nutrition provides species-specific nutritional solutions consisting of feed concepts, products and nutritional know-how. The unique combination of products, models and services Trouw Nutrition offers, boosts productivity and supports animal health through all life stages, contributing to our customers' peace of mind. Trouw Nutrition's nutrition solutions have met the need of farmers and home-mixers, feed producers, integrators and distributors. Trouw Nutrition has locations in 25 countries and around 5000 employees. Our mission is Feeding the Future.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Trouw Nutrition is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Trouw Nutrition is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.