Job Description

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

This role can be based in Blair, Nebraska or Lenexa, Kansas , with travel to those locations and Montgomery, Alabama. 

Are you enthusiastic about working with financial data and is it your ambition to grow within an International Business Control department? Are you a team-player with strong analytical and reporting skills and interested in understanding not only the numbers, but also their business context? If the answers are yes, we may have the perfect role for you. 

As a member of the site leadership teams, you will provide insightful financial analysis and collaborate with management to steer the production facilities in Blair and Montgomery to achieve their financial objectives. Also, you will provide financial guidance to the leadership team at the Biomaterials site in Tucker, Georgia. Responsibilities include:

• Strategy, budgeting, forecasting processes and business decisions
• Support plant operations with timely and accurate financial reporting and analysis of results (cost control versus budget, efficiencies & variance reporting, and providing cost forecasts)
• Act as business and financial conscience in Corbion’s Cost‑to‑Value program, ensuring value‑driven decision‑making
• Report on, and maintain control of, Capital Expenditures
• Oversee financial internal and external controls regarding assets (including inventory) and spending
• Collaborate with Operations Analysts on production efficiencies, cost price calculations, evaluating inventory and challenging supply chain to maintain proper stock levels, complying with internal control guidelines
• Collaborate with Lenexa based Finance Control Team

Department: The Manufacturing Business Controller is part of the Integrated Supply Chain Business Control Team and reports to the Senior Controller Integrated Supply Chain, based in The Netherlands. Business controllers in Corbion act as finance business partners for the Commercial, Integrated Supply Chain and RD&A teams within the organization and are focused on value creation.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting. Master's Degree in Accounting, MBA or CPA preferred
• Eight years of progressive experience in Accounting/Finance environment, international manufacturing or food production a plus
• Strong business, financial acumen with demonstrated ability to provide in-depth analysis
• Working knowledge of controlling large CAPEX projects
• Team player who is adaptable, flexible and comfortable presenting/communicating to various levels of the organization with a variety of goals and purposes
• Experience with an ERP (SAP preferred) and excellent command of Microsoft tools
• Solid business intelligence skills (Power BI – Fabric) and knowledge of AI and the drive to embed it as an integral part of the work domain
• Willingness to travel as needed to manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama and the North American Corporate office in Lenexa, Kansas

About Corbion

Corbion is a sustainable ingredients company dedicated to preserving what matters, including food and food production, health, and the planet. We specialize in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, food preservation solutions, functional blends, and algae ingredients, using our deep application and product knowledge to propel nature’s ingenuity through science. With more than a century of experience, we continue working side-by-side with our customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Leveraging our advanced capabilities in fermentation and preservation technology, we help customers differentiate their products in diverse markets ranging from food and animal nutrition to home & personal care, pharmaceuticals, electronics, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2025, Corbion generated annual sales of € 1,267.4 million with a workforce of 2,408 FTEs. Corbion is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. For more information:

Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, color, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, handicapping condition, membership in an organization or any other non-merit factors.

Corbion provides reasonable accommodation to applicants.

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Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.

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