About the Company - When you join GAR, you join something bigger. Big in scale, big in opportunities to grow, and big in impact. With over 100,000 employees across 14 countries, spanning Asia, Europe, North, and South America, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) is one of the largest agribusinesses in the world. We manage over half a million hectares of palm oil plantations, including smallholder farms, across Indonesia. But our size is only part of the story. Since 1997, we've put sustainability at the centre of how we grow working hand-in-hand with farmers, communities, and partners to deliver food, fuel, and a better future.
We're a seed-to-shelf business rooted in palm oil, now expanding across other essential crops like sugar, soybean, sunflower, and coconut. Our people are our edge. We invest in them through global opportunities, cross-border exposure, and continuous learning, because growing a better business starts with growing our people. Here, your career feeds something meaningful for the planet, for people and for generations to come.
About the Role - The Assistant Managerwill be involved in general accounting and finance related activities including assistance in the preparation of financial statements. In addition, the Assistant Manager will have the opportunity to be involved in special projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Management Reporting: Prepare and deliver monthly Business Unit performance reports with detailed variance analysis and actionable insights for senior management.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the annual budgeting and rolling forecast process by coordinating with Commercial and Production teams and consolidating key financial assumptions.
- Monthly Presentations: Develop and present structured monthly financial performance decks highlighting key drivers, risks, and improvement areas.
- General Accounting & Finance: Handle financial and management accounting, prepare financial statements, sales and position reports, weekly A/R reporting, commodity risk management and taxation, interfacing/posting of sales invoices from Oleo SAP to Accounting SAP.
- Business Partnering: Act as a finance business partner to operational teams by providing margin analysis, cost insights, and financial support for decision-making.
- Working Capital & Treasury: Monitor working capital metrics and support cash flow planning, FX exposure tracking, and liquidity management.
- Systems & Process (SAP): Ensure accurate financial data capture in SAP and drive continuous improvements in reporting and finance processes.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and/or Finance
- Professional financial qualifications such as CA/CPA is required.
- Good to have Chemistry knowledge
- 7-10 years of working experience in Accounting/Finance function.
- Good to be familiar with commodities / oleochemicals industry
- Experience using SAP will have added advantage.
- Knowledge of production cost accounting will have added advantage
- Fluent in English (verbal and written). Added advantage to be conversant in Bahasa Indonesia
- Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Energetic and Motivated
- Multitasking Skill
- Able to work on tight deadlines
- Ambitious balanced with the desire to learn
- Strong Analytical and Presentation Skills
- Able to interact effectively with a wide range of staff throughout the company.
- Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Power BI knowledge would be good to have.
- Good commercial sense/ business knowledge
Disclaimer: GAR conducts recruitment solely through official channels and will never request payment or personal financial information; any communication outside these channels should be treated as fraudulent.
