LATAM Finance Business Partner - People Package

About Ingredion:

Join Ingredion, where innovation impacts lives worldwide! Without even realizing it, you’ve experienced our work in your favorite chocolate, your pet’s food, the paper you write on, and your everyday snacks. As a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries, we harness the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives. Whether you’re just starting your career or bringing years of experience, there's a place for you here to make a real difference. Be part of our team that values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product we create.

LOCATION: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico

WORKPLACE TYPE: Hybrid

As LATAM Finance Business Partner - People Package you will provide a strategic view of people costs and headcount control, offering financial supervision and support to the Human Resources area and to other areas involved in cost planning and control. The role acts as a business partner to the LATAM CFO, LATAM Sr. Manager FP&A, LATAM HR VP and Directors, and Local/Regional HRBPs, contributing actively to strategic and operational decisions related to the People Package. It also ensures clear visibility of GOAL, LE and monthly results for HR and leadership.

Ideal candidates have solid Human Resources experience in Compensation & Benefits, or FP&A experience focused on people costs.

What will you do:

• Lead the People Package planning cycles (GOAL, LEs and Tendency), including monthly trends and outlook.
• Run the monthly closing routine, ensuring correct allocations and accuracy, and deliver the LATAM People Package Preview and closing reports.
• Perform monthly actual vs. plan analyses, identify root causes of variations and propose action plans to capture savings opportunities and improve processes and accuracy of information.
• Follow up on the action plans arising from variance analyses.
• Monitor headcount monthly (actual vs. plan) and support Human Resources managers and directors in cost requests and headcount control.
• Prepare and present the monthly People Package results to the leadership team, with analysis of fixed cost and opex.
• Act as a financial advisor to HR and business stakeholders, building trust and keeping regular contact to ensure accurate information and anticipate changes that impact people costs.
• Provide financial leadership to calculate the impacts of HR initiatives and decisions on People Package costs.
• Manage the LATAM Distribution process: monthly calculation and annual review (survey, communication with leaders and HRBPs, and allocation of costs for positions with regional responsibilities).
• Support the incentive compensation process (SIP, AIP and local bonus), calculating accruals and indicators for payment, including planning assumptions and coordination with HR, IGS and Accounting.
• Develop and maintain the methodology, databases and reports for LATAM people cost and headcount consolidation.
• Establish governance routines and forums with HR, country FP&A teams and HRBPs to ensure aligned financial messaging and accuracy.
• Propose and implement improvements to the closing, planning, reporting and allocation routines, increasing efficiency, accuracy and automation of people cost and headcount information, and define how each improvement will be monitored to confirm results.
• Ensure consistent and comparable people cost and headcount information across the LATAM countries by standardizing methodologies, templates, calendars, definitions and reporting practices.

What will you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Human Resources Management, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or related fields.
• Minimum experience of 3 years in people budget, forecasting, financial planning, reporting, analysis, and decision support.
• Knowledge of Compensation & Benefits, incentive plans (SIP/AIP) and labor-related costs.
• Experience improving or standardizing financial planning, closing and reporting processes, ideally across multiple countries or business units.
• Strong MS Office skills (Excel and PowerPoint) and experience with financial systems (e.g., SAP, BW, Power BI); Gradus knowledge is a plus.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate in English, both written and verbal. Spanish is a plus.

Who you are:

• Superior quantitative and analytical skills and database handling with people costs.
• Proven ability to influence, persuade and communicate with different audiences to support decision-making.
• Ability to build strong and lasting working relationships with the Human Resources area and the broader organization.
• Experience working effectively across cultures and functions.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen, able to consider the overall picture and its impact on financial planning.
• Attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Proactive problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to simplify, standardize and improve processes across countries, following up on action plans through to completion.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines, including in uncertain environments.

Why Join Ingredion?

Discover why Ingredion is the ideal place to advance your career with our exceptional rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive. Create the future with us and enjoy:

• Total Rewards Package – Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success

• Comprehensive Benefits & Wellness Support – Health, long-term savings, and resources for your physical, mental, and emotional well-being

• Flexible Work Arrangements – We value flexibility to support you both professionally and personally

• Career Growth – Learning, training, and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement

• Employee Recognition Program – A culture of real-time appreciation, with personalized recognition rewards globally

Relocation available: No

Ingredion uses AI-enabled tools to support parts of the recruitment process, including resume screening and interview scheduling. These tools help match candidate skills to job requirements and streamline communication. All AI-assisted decisions are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable laws. By applying, you acknowledge that AI may be used to support your application journey.

Relocation Available:

About Ingredion

Ingredion is a leading global, plant-based ingredients solutions company. We make sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients and biomaterials that are used by customers in everyday products from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals.

At Ingredion, we embrace possibilities and inspire each other to think big. Together, we are reimagining how we can make life better through our differentiated ingredients and innovative solutions.

We share an inspiring purpose — to make life better, for our colleagues, our customers, our communities, and the world. We belong to a culture of bold innovators, of people who believe that their skills, creativity, and passion can deliver solutions that can enhance people’s lives.

We create what's next, transforming our imagination into innovation.

Inclusion and Belonging

We have a welcoming and collaborative environment to build and grow a career in a multinational company. Here, everyone can be their authentic selves and be part of a community of talented and caring people, interacting with professionals around the world, made up of varied backgrounds, cultures and industries. We are encouraged to think differently and innovate through collaboration and experimentation. We are constantly imagining new ways to bring value to our customers, through new ingredients, solutions, and ways of working.

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