Business Controller - Capex, Cash & Balance Sheet

Nexans; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexans PWR-Transmission is seeking a Business Controller - Capex, Cash and Balance Sheet to join the Finance team. You will own Capex consolidation, cash forecasting and balance sheet items for major projects, coordinating with operations across sites.

Based in Charleston, you will collaborate with international teams and report to the Head of Business Controlling, bringing strong analytical skills, Excel/Power BI proficiency and English fluency to drive financial performance.

Qualifications

• Master degree in Finance or Business required.
• 7+ years of experience in project or industrial business and/or in an audit firm.
• Strong analytical skills; ability to synthesize information for clear documentation and presentation.
• Able to interact with operations and learn quickly in a project-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Consolidated Capex control at G&T level; explain actuals and manage forecast and budget.
• Build free cash flow and align cash forecast with governance and reporting.
• Develop understanding of working capital and balance sheet items; forecast/budget accurately.
• Identify cash risks and opportunities; support GT management with action plans to reach targets.
• Perform post-mortem analyses on capex to verify costs and benefits.

Skills

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Fluent English

Education

Master degree in Finance or Business

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

SAP

HFM/PBCS

Job description

PWR-Transmission – Business Controller Capex, Cash and Balance Sheet

At Nexans our global vision is to electrify the future. At our business group ‘PWR - Transmission’ this means designing and fabrication the worlds’ best cables. We deliver EPCI turnkey projects anywhere in the world. This means we have the best tools, equipment and people with competence and skillset to install and service those cables.

ONBOARDING YOU TO THE COMPANY

WELCOMING YOU TO THE TEAM

You will be part of the Business Control team in Finance. The team is dedicated and united with 6 team members located both in Norway and France. You will play a critical role in strengthening the business group Finance organization and supporting the PWR-Transmission Head of Engineering & R&D. The role can be located in Oslo, Puteaux or Charleston and will reporttothe Head of Business Controlling.

GETTING A FLYING START

To succeed as Business Controller - Capex, Cash and Balance Sheet, you have some experience in finance from project or industrial and/or an audit firm. You have experience working domestically or internationally. You have experience interacting with operations and have strong business acumen. Youdemonstrated being a quick learner and an independent self-starter in your previous experiences.

HOW YOU MAKE AN IMPACT

Capex

• Assumes full control on consolidated Capex (including the major expansion investment program), at G&T level, ensuring consistency among different sites/entities
• Explains actuals and manages forecast and budget
• Enhances quality and added value on financial controlling, monitoring and reporting of the major Capex projects and associated cash Flow forecasting.
• Helps challenge and prioritization of the G&T Capex projects, considering financial and other aspects (such as safety, carbon and environmental footprint etc).
• Establishes discipline to perform post-mortem analysis of capex to verify the actualization of the original commitment in terms of costs and benefits.

Cash forecast

• Builds free cash flow with both direct and indirect methodology to explain cash forecast to Finance leadership team and Corporate.
• Streamlines and adapts governance and reporting of cash forecast to insure consistency between cash forecast and OWC forecast

OWC and other balance sheet items

• Builds understanding of working capital and other balance sheet items with underlying business levers to challenge operations (projects, plants, purchasing…) and forecast/budget it accurately
• Identifies business and financial risks and opportunities for cash
• Support G&T management team in identifying performance drivers, and in defining action plans to reach strategic targets.
• In charge of Norwegian entities for forecast and budget in HFM

YOUR STARTING POINT

• Master degree in Finance or Business
• 7+ years of experience in project or industrial business and/or in an audit firm
• In this role the likelihood of succeeding will increase if you have strong analytical skillset and ability to synthesize information to prepare clear documentation and presentation.
• In Nexans we work in teams and are driven by project execution therefore being able to interact with operation and having desire to learn quickly new concepts is of upmost importance.
• Advanced user of Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI.
• SAP and HFM/PBCS knowledge not required but an asset.
• Fluent in English, – oral and written.
• Your personal values are aligned to those of Nexans: Pioneer, Dedicated, United.

OUR GROWTH CULTURE

At the individual level our growth-culture is built on trust and collaboration. We wish to welcome you as a valuable member of our team. To enable impact, we believe in freedom and autonomy at the individual level at same time as we encourage knowledge sharing, team-work mentality and can-do attitude amongst our team members.