As a Senior Financial Controller you will be in charge of financial control, consolidated reporting and business support at EMEA Region.
Responsibilities
Budgeting, forecasting & Reporting
* Master the Financial reporting tools. Design the financial templates for budget / LE preparation and presentation. Define the data granularity balancing materiality with need for detail.
* Provide guidance, support and challenge towards the Finance and Commercial leaders of the EMEA Business Units in planning, forecasting, R&O and delivery of the budget.
* Consolidate large amount of input into digestible, actionable and relevant reporting. Create and share the narrative from the financial data.
* Monitor the budget and forecast followed by HQ’s guidelines and be fully responsible in the preparation of budget / forecast package and presentations. Prepare monthly Finance and Business review presentation deck.
Business Partnership / leadership
* Be a strong business partner with related cluster and departments and develop a close relationship with key stakeholders to anticipate R&O.
* Be the trusted business partner of EMEA senior management. Act as a leader and role model in the extended finance organization.
* Arbitrate and implement solutions on matters of reporting, commercial finance management, sales forecasting and other processes.
* Take the lead on Regional BU projects on GtN optimization, A&P controlling, value chains, new RTM and ad hoc projects.
* In coordination with the Cluster Controllers, analyze commercial performance, drive advertising & promotions investments, build new route to market cost, determine & influence key values drivers (Allocations, pricing, gross margin analysis).
* Anticipate and identify R&O to close the gap and propose corrective actions to ensure the group achieves expected growth and profitability.
Internal control
* Ensure full compliance with group’s standards and local regulations. Contribute to the respect & improvement of internal control practices. Follow up and contribute to the implementation of internal audit action plans.
Qualifications
* You have around 8 -10 years of experience in commercial finance business partnering and a Master’s degree in Finance or equivalent.
* Strong interpersonal and people management skills, with ability to work across all levels and functions in a multicultural environment.
* Commercial acumen with attention to detail, analytical and synthetic.
* Strong financial modelling skills using BI and spreadsheet tools.
* Good communicator, able to gain ownership of complex concepts, flows and processes and present them in a digestible manner.
* Fluency in English.
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