Supports the Planning and Controlling Manager in Budgeting, Forecasting and Planning activities and, more in general, acts as a business partner to support the organization to achieve financial and operational objectives.
Role and Duty – Core Business
- Manage all month-end reporting related activities, ensuring timely, accurate and consistent submission of standard reports to HQ and qualitative reporting to the internal Top Management;
- Manage the budgeting and forecasting processes: planning, data collection from all departments, consolidation, challenge data, present relevant reports to the local management and HQ;
- Implement and maintain control measures related to P&L and Balance Sheet items;
- Control business KPIs by analysing consistency a deviation between budget, forecast and planning and propose corrective actions to local management;
- Analyse costs, pricing, variable contributions, sales results and the company’s actual performance compared to the budget, forecast and prior year;
- Identify issues and advise management on action plans and operational strategies to solve them;
- Prepare and analyse reports on costs and margins, including specific analyses to support any management decisions;
- Prepare and analyse the monthly reports on market/channel/product performances;
- Support pricing definition and analysis;
- Support a continuous development of controlling methods and systems to monitor the economic efficiency of the business;
- Support the development of tools and reports to measure the business performance;
- Take part in the implementation and roll out of Finance IT systems and tools in order to support and automate controlling activities and reporting;
- Carry out specific analysis when needed.
Competences
- Degree in Economics or Finance;
- At least 4 years of previous experience in financial Controlling in a multinational company;
- Solid knowledge of planning and control principles and methods;
- Good accounting knowledge, preferably in a Big4 environment;
- Good knowledge of financial mathematics is preferable;
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills;
- Advanced SAS Knowledge;
- Experience with ERP and Business Intelligence;
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
Personal Flairs
- Optimistic, proactive and structured approach to work with good analytical and process analysis skills;
- Strong problem-solving attitude;
- Willing to work well in a fast-paced, results-oriented and rapidly changing environment.