Full-Time
FP&A Analyst
Vantage
501-1,000 employees
Manufactures naturally derived specialty ingredients
No salary listed
Leuna, Germany
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Bachelor's
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- A completed degree in Finance, Controlling, Accounting, Business Administration, or a completed commercial vocational qualification with relevant additional qualification or equivalent knowledge acquired through professional experience.
- Typically two to four years of relevant practical experience in FP&A, controlling, finance reporting, or a comparable commercial analysis environment.
- Very good Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, structured data preparation, variance analysis, charts, and transparent reporting models, plus very good PowerPoint skills.
- A sound foundational understanding of profit and loss statements, balance sheets, cash flow, cost accounting, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Ability to independently structure assigned areas, set priorities, and reliably meet agreed deadlines.
- Very good English and good German language skills, spoken and written.
- Confident and cooperative communication with finance colleagues, operational departments, and international stakeholders.
- Willingness to learn new business models, production processes, systems, and global finance standards.
- Practical experience with SAP, SAGE, or a comparable enterprise resource planning or financial system.
- Knowledge of workplace safety rules and compliance with internal standards and applicable legal requirements concerning quality, safety, environmental, energy, feed safety, good manufacturing practice, and related areas.
- Independently prepare, maintain, and deliver defined monthly FP&A reports on time, particularly on profit and loss, costs, headcount, investments, and selected operational performance indicators.
- Analyze actual, budget, forecast, and prior-year data; identify material variances and trends; and develop understandable root-cause analyses and initial recommendations for functional alignment.
- Own defined parts of the annual budgeting and in-year forecasting processes, including requesting, consolidating, reviewing, and documenting required input data.
- Prepare audience-appropriate PowerPoint presentations, dashboards, and finance commentary for business reviews and regional and global management meetings using reviewed and aligned data.
- Perform defined ad hoc analyses, such as analyses of cost development, price-volume-mix effects, product or customer profitability, working capital, headcount, or investment initiatives.
- Independently validate and quality-assure financial data; clarify variances with finance, accounting, and operational stakeholders; and transparently document assumptions.
- Take ownership of defined work packages in global finance and cross-functional projects, including report standardization, implementation or enhancement of planning systems, analysis automation, testing, and process documentation.
- Develop standardized reporting templates and key performance indicator dashboards and identify and implement practical improvements to increase data quality, transparency, and process efficiency.
- Comply with workplace safety requirements and contribute to achieving defined company objectives for quantity, quality, safety, environment, energy, feed safety, good manufacturing practice, and other relevant areas.
- Experience with PowerQuery, Power BI, Planful, or a comparable reporting, business intelligence, or planning tool.
- Experience in a manufacturing company, preferably in the chemical or process industry.
- Initial experience in international or global projects and collaboration with virtual teams.
- Knowledge of automating and standardizing recurring finance and reporting processes.
- Spanish language skills.
Vantage Specialty Chemicals makes naturally derived specialty ingredients for personal care, food, consumer goods, and industrial uses. Its products, including fatty acids, emulsifiers, and cosmetic ingredients, are manufactured and formulated across global sites, with formulation brought to life through in-house labs and distributed worldwide. A key differentiator is its vertical, end-to-end control of the supply chain—especially in jojoba—from farming to finished formulations—alongside a broad portfolio across four units: Personal Care, Performance Materials, Oleochemicals, and Foods. The company aims to provide high-quality, consistently available natural ingredients that help customers create safe, effective products while expanding its global footprint through strategic acquisitions.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Debt Financing
Total Funding
$900M
Headquarters
Deerfield, Illinois
Founded
2008
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- September 2025 Apollo-Silver Point refinancing kept Vantage funded through the 2026 wall.
- 2025-2026 product launches and awards show commercial momentum in beauty and food.
- January 2026 anti-dumping petitions defend fatty-acid pricing against Indonesia and Malaysia imports.
What critics are saying
- 2026 maturities on $89 million revolver and $835 million term loan force refinancing risk.
- April 2026 revolver draw and below $25 million liquidity leave little room for shocks.
- 2026 NLRB union petition at Gurnee signals workforce friction inside a leveraged business.
What makes Vantage unique
- Vertically integrated jojoba supply chain still distinguishes Vantage in 2026 beauty ingredients.
- 2026 Beautiful Empathy launches five upcycled, AI-positioned ingredients for cosmetics formulators.
- Mallet’s 2025 trade-secret win reinforces proprietary know-how in release-agent formulations.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
401(k) Company Match
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 11%1 year growth
↑ 11%2 year growth
↑ 11%Apollo Global Management Inc. and Silver Point Capital led a roughly $900 million direct loan to Vantage Specialty Chemicals to replace the company’s existing bank-arranged financing, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Vantage Group appoints Karen Ali COO at JFK Millennium Partners.
In 2019 Vantage acquired Textron Plimon, S.L.U., leading supplier of vegetable oils for the personal care, food and chemical industries.
DEERFIELD, Ill. , Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vantage has just introduced "Effortless Color," a collection of eight color cosmetic formulations building on consumer trends for multifunctional products.