Bunge India | Senior Manager - RTR

Main accountabilities

• This role needs a blend of technical expertise, leadership skills, and a strategic mindset.
• The candidate will be responsible to lead a delivery team including Manager, team leaders, executives and officers on Accounting (Corporate Accounting, Global AIP and Stock Options Accounting, General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Intercompany), local & Global reporting, tax filing & reporting, Period-end close & reporting including planning, management, and delivery of a finance business services.
• Managing all aspects of financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and strict adherence to relevant accounting standards (like IFRS or US GAAP) and regulatory requirements.
• Leading the team responsible for executing the monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial close processes.
• Overseeing the preparation, review, and analysis of financial statements, supporting schedules, and other management reports, ensuring their accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting standards.
• Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of accounting professionals.
• Collaborating with various stakeholders across different departments (e.g., Controlling, FP&A, Treasury, Tax) and external parties (e.g., auditors) to ensure seamless operations and accurate financial information flow.
• Driving process improvements and implementing best practices within the R2R function to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and automation.
• Researching and providing guidance on complex accounting matters and staying abreast of the latest updates in accounting standards and regulatory pronouncements.
• Implementing new accounting standards and updating related processes.
• Contributing to the budgeting and forecasting process by providing insightful analysis based on historical financial data, current trends, and business performance.

Education & experience

• Experience in accounting treatment as per USGAAP/IFRS and SOX control process.
• Experience in SAP FICO and OS for general ledger understanding and accounting.
• Extensive experience in commodity risk management, preferably in the agricultural sector.
• Strong understanding of futures markets, trading strategies, and risk assessment methodologies.
• Proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at various levels.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with accounting and settlement processes related to futures trading.
• Knowledge of KBBV settlement requirements would be an advantage.
• Strong Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Bunge Global SA

Bunge goes back to 1818, when Johann Peter Gottlieb Bunge founded a trading firm in Amsterdam. Its headquarters moved over the years through South America and New York before settling in the St. Louis area in 2019, and it has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 2001. The company processes oilseeds and grains and supplies edible oils, flour and other food ingredients to customers around the world. In India it opened Bunge Business Services in Mohali in 2018, its first global business service centre, supporting finance, trade execution, procurement, HR, technology, SOX compliance and data management.

Bunge's finance openings in India are at its Mohali-area centre and cover a wide range. Record-to-report roles run from process executive to senior manager, and the senior ones ask for a Chartered Accountant with nine to ten years of record-to-report experience. Other roles cover financial planning and analysis, treasury, direct tax and transfer pricing, SOX compliance, credit risk, middle office, foreign exchange, procure-to-pay and SAP finance. Postings name CA, CMA, CPA, ACCA, CIA, CFA, FRM or an MBA in Finance, and the accounts payable roles ask for a commerce degree.

• Industry: Agribusiness and food: oilseed processing, grain trading and origination, edible oils, milling and related ingredients
• Headquarters: St. Louis area, Missouri, United States (Bunge, listed on the NYSE)
• In India: Bunge Business Services in Mohali, Punjab, opened in 2018 as the group's first global business service centre