Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. HireTalent is a staffing and recruiting firm seeking a Cocoa FP&A Analyst to support the cocoa procurement organization. The role involves providing accurate financial analysis, reporting, and forecasting related to cocoa raw materials while collaborating with Procurement, Finance, Supply Chain, and Accounting teams.
Responsibilities
- Analyze cocoa raw material costs, including futures, differentials, premiums, freight, sustainability premiums, and other cost components
- Prepare and explain cocoa PPV, purchase price evolution, and cost variances versus forecast, budget, and standard cost
- Support monthly close activities related to cocoa, including accruals, and reconciliations
- Support short- and mid-term cocoa cost forecasts
- Maintain and update cocoa forecast assumptions
- Assist in standard cost setting and annual planning processes for cocoa raw materials
- Work with data from systems such as S/4, iRely, and reporting tools to ensure data accuracy and consistency
- Support SOX and internal control activities, including documentation, reconciliations, and audit requests related to cocoa
- Identify data gaps or process inefficiencies and support continuous improvement initiatives
- Act as a finance partner to Cocoa Procurement, Supply Chain, and Accounting teams
- Support ad-hoc analysis and management requests related to cocoa costs, contracts, and performance drivers
- Contribute to process harmonization and standardization initiatives across regions
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
- 2–5 years of experience in finance, procurement finance, commodities, or supply chain finance
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
- Ability to translate complex commodity and contract data into clear financial insights
- Solid Excel and financial modeling skills
- Experience with commodity-based businesses (e.g., cocoa, agricultural commodities, ingredients) is strongly preferred
- Exposure to hedging concepts and futures markets is an advantage
- Experience with SAP S/4 and/or commodity systems is a plus
Company Overview
HireTalent is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) workforce solutions firm, specializing in securing the best talent fits in Executive/Retained Search, Direct Hire Placements, MSP, SOW, and nationwide hiring program management and support. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://hiretalent.com.