Manufacturing Finance Specialist - Bogota

About the role

Kellanova is looking for a Manufacturing Finance Specialist to join its finance team in Bogota, Colombia. As a Finance Business Partner, you will consolidate, analyze and review plant financial results, and support budgeting, forecasting and strategic decisions. The role is on-site in Bogota.

Key responsibilities

• Manufacturing cost analysis: review plant financial results such as cost of production, factory expenses, consumption variances, obsolete inventory reserves, asset write-offs and other manufacturing cost drivers.
• Financial planning and forecasting: lead plant budgeting, forecasting, outlook and the annual operating plan, clarifying total manufacturing costs by product category.
• Business partnering: run scenario analysis, identify opportunities and risks, give financial guidance and support operational decisions with plant leadership.
• Costing and operational finance: review formula and recipe changes, validate standard cost releases, check full-capacity assumptions and align costing with company standards.
• Performance analysis and reporting: prepare and validate the plant P&L, analyze cost and productivity trends, track savings initiatives and present findings to executives.
• Working capital and asset management: monitor inventory, spare parts, obsolete materials, idle assets and balance sheet accounts.
• Capital investments and controls: evaluate CAPEX, support investment decisions, ensure compliance with internal controls and audits, and contribute to Zero-Based Budgeting.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Manufacturing Finance, Plant Finance, Cost Accounting, Operations Finance or Supply Chain Finance.
• Experience partnering with manufacturing, supply chain, engineering or plant leadership teams.
• Business-level English and strong analytical, problem-solving and business partnering skills.

Required skills

• Standard costing, manufacturing cost analysis, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting.
• Advanced Excel and ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Analyzing production costs, inventory reserves, obsolescence and capital investment projects is highly preferred.