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Job Category: Finance and Accounting

Work Location: Hybrid

Office Location: Totowa, NJ, US

Job Type: Full Time

Job ID: 5823

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

Do you have experience serving as a strategic business partner to manufacturing site directors and senior corporate stakeholders? Do you thrive as a catalyst for value creation, delivering actionable insights from financial and operational data, challenging assumptions, and enabling informed decision‑making that drives sustainable growth, optimized cost, and improved cash flow?

If so, you might be the ideal candidate for our leadership role! The Corbion manufacturing facility in Totowa, NJ is seeking a Senior Business Controller, Manufacturing, North America reporting to the Director Business Control Manufacturing. We offer exciting global growth opportunities for someone successful in this role.

Business Partnering

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the site directors and leadership teams.
• Proactively challenge assumptions and drive informed decision making to improve profitability, cost structure and cash flow.
• Translate operational strategies into financial plans, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Provide site P&L leadership: efficiency, utilization, labor productivity, maintenance effectiveness and other cost optimization initiatives.
• Critically evaluate footprint changes, capacity expansions, insourcing/outsourcing, develop capex business cases and post‑investment reviews.
• Drive optimal inventory levels and own inventory valuation and provision.
• Lead a team of manufacturing controllers based at US manufacturing sites with a strong business‑partnering mindset.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Align team efforts with organizational objectives and support professional growth.

Performance Management & Insights

• Drive forecasting, budgeting, and long‑range planning.
• Deliver timely, relevant and actionable insights through advanced analytics and business intelligence tools (SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Fabric, Power BI), translating complex financial data into clear, impactful recommendations.
• Proactively identify, validate and track opportunities for cost optimization, productivity, working capital improvement, and strategic investment ensuring benefits land in P&L and cash.
• Monitor and report on manufacturing performance, highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Support the Director Business Control Manufacturing on projects and/or ad‑hoc assignments.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams to align financial goals with strategic priorities.
• Contribute to global finance transformation, standardization, and best‑practice sharing.
• Influence senior stakeholders through clear, concise financial narratives.
• Collaborate with Financial Accounting teams to ensure timely accurate and complete financial records

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to financial policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Support internal/external audits and uphold high standards of financial integrity and transparency.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• 6+ years of manufacturing finance experience including as a business partner to leadership.
• Expertise in financial, manufacturing, and supply chain processes.
• Proven track record as a Finance Business Partner to site management and senior corporate stakeholders.
• Proficiency in SAP (S/4HANA), BI and planning tools (SAP Analytics Cloud, Fabric, Power BI) and advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Business acumen and proactive, hands‑on approach.
• Confident and assertive, with the ability to challenge and influence stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and planning skills.
• Detail‑oriented with the ability to simplify and communicate complex financial information.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and complex challenges.
• Continuous improvement mindset and openness to change.
• Resilient under pressure and able to meet tight deadlines.

Our offer

The anticipated compensation range for this position is $140,000 to $160,000. The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, the type years of and experience within the industry, education, etc. Please note, Corbion is a multi‑state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect positions that work in other states or locations. In addition to the base compensation, we offer the following benefits*:

• Paid time off, including company holidays
• 401K with company match
• Medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance coverage are offered to employees and eligible dependents (provided they meet eligibility requirements)
• Flexible spending accounts
• Education assistance
• Short‑ and long‑term disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Lifestyle and wellness benefits

*Please note, this is intended to provide a general description of benefits and other compensation and is not a substitute for applicable plan documents or company policies. Eligibility requirements for these benefits will be controlled by applicable plan documents.

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: www.corbion.com

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.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

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.