FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

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

1. 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;
2. Manage the budgeting and forecasting processes: planning, data collection from all departments, consolidation, challenge data, present relevant reports to the local management and HQ;
3. Implement and maintain control measures related to P&L and Balance Sheet items;
4. Control business KPIs by analysing consistency a deviation between budget, forecast and planning and propose corrective actions to local management;
5. Analyse costs, pricing, variable contributions, sales results and the company’s actual performance compared to the budget, forecast and prior year;
6. Identify issues and advise management on action plans and operational strategies to solve them;
7. Prepare and analyse reports on costs and margins, including specific analyses to support any management decisions;
8. Prepare and analyse the monthly reports on market/channel/product performances;
9. Support pricing definition and analysis;
10. Support a continuous development of controlling methods and systems to monitor the economic efficiency of the business;
11. Support the development of tools and reports to measure the business performance;
12. Take part in the implementation and roll out of Finance IT systems and tools in order to support and automate controlling activities and reporting;
13. Carry out specific analysis when needed.

Competences

1. Degree in Economics or Finance;
2. At least 4 years of previous experience in financial Controlling in a multinational company;
3. Solid knowledge of planning and control principles and methods;
4. Good accounting knowledge, preferably in a Big4 environment;
5. Good knowledge of financial mathematics is preferable;
6. Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills;
7. Advanced SAS Knowledge;
8. Experience with ERP and Business Intelligence;
9. Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Personal Flairs

1. Optimistic, proactive and structured approach to work with good analytical and process analysis skills;
2. Strong problem-solving attitude;
3. Willing to work well in a fast-paced, results-oriented and rapidly changing environment.