The role will be part of the Group Controlling team and will play a key role in supporting business performance and top management decision-making. It will be responsible for monitoring and analyzing Group performance across markets, contributing to monthly closing, budgeting and forecasting activities through accurate reporting and insightful analysis.
In particular, she/he will:
* Monitor and analyze the total group commercial performance across different businesses and markets, providing insights to the Business Unit Leaders and the top management
* Analyze the monthly sales data and KPIs, proactively analyzing the results, monitoring variances, marginality and clearly explain the effects (Price, Volume, Mix)
* Support month end closing activities, ensuring the respect of the deadlines
* Support Business Unit Leaders providing accurate monthly figures, reporting presentations and take part to monthly business performance meetings
* Collaborate with Business Unit leaders understanding and analyzing key business metrics
* Coordinate and proactively drive the discussions between Regions and the Business Units in the construction of budget and forecast processes. Review and challenge the budgets and forecasts in alignment with the group’s guidelines
* Provide the top management with budget, forecast and monthly performance presentations
* Support M&A activities, with a particular focus on the integration phase
The ideal candidate has:
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics or a related field
* At least 3-5 years of relevant experience in Controlling, preferably in manufacturing companies
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills, analytical and quantitative capabilities, be target-oriented with the ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights
* Strong ownership, accountability and ability to meet deadlines
* Solid understanding of commercial levers such as pricing, margin analysis, product mix
* Hands-on experience with budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes
* Advanced Excel and Power Point skills. Additional SAP and Tagetik knowledge is considered a plus
* Fluency in English is required, additional languages are considered a plus