Cost Analyst

About Ingredion: 

Join Ingredion, where innovation impacts lives worldwide! Without even realizing it, you’ve experienced our work in your favorite chocolate, your pet’s food, the paper you write on, and your everyday snacks. As a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries, we harness the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives. Whether you’re just starting your career or bringing years of experience, there's a place for you here to make a real difference. Be part of our team that values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product we create. 

Location: Cali

Type: Hybrid

What will you do:

• Actively work on actuals financial routine ensuring correct allocations, accuracy, including monthly closing analysis and related reports.
• Assist and support periodical financial forecasts related to costs and variances
• Support the budget and planning processes, including timelines, coordination, and communication with stakeholders.
• Determine standard cost, estimated cost, replacement cost, imported cost and cost of goods sold for all products.
• Provide accurate and relevant manufacturing cost information to support business decisions.
• Identify and propose process improvement and simplification opportunities impacting production and imported costs.
• Review and validate processes affecting cost accounting (e.g., sales transactions, purchase orders, production reporting, freight, and imports) to ensure data accuracy.
• Promote continuous improvement and adoption of changes to enhance accounting performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve the timeliness and quality of financial information provided to users.
• Support business users in resolving issues related to production and sales costs, ensuring reliability of information.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to improve processes and drive efficiencies.
• Partner closely with the FP&A team to ensure alignment in financial messaging, reporting, and decision support.
• Provide financial information and support to external stakeholders, as required

What will you bring:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in cost accounting or cost analysis roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field.
• Intermediate to advanced English proficiency (written and spoken).
• Solid experience in forecasting, financial planning, reporting, analysis, and decision support.
• Required experience in manufacturing companies.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint) and experience with SAP, BPC, and Power BI.

Who you are:

• Strong ability to communicate effectively, expressing ideas in a clear and concise manner.
• Advanced quantitative and analytical skills, including experience handling large datasets.
• Solid change management and influencing skills.
• Strong teamwork mindset, demonstrating collaboration and accountability to meet month-end deliverables.
• Ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills, with the ability to establish strong and lasting partnerships.
• Proactive mindset with a strong focus on continuous improvement.
• Ability to perform effectively in uncertain and dynamic environments, including working through and influencing others.

Ingredion uses AI-enabled tools to support parts of the recruitment process, including resume screening and interview scheduling. These tools help match candidate skills to job requirements and streamline communication. All AI-assisted decisions are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable laws. By applying, you acknowledge that AI may be used to support your application journey.

Relocation Available:

No