**AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES**:
- Coordination with Corporate:
- Contribute to define financial planning and budget processes
- Ensure that regional financial statements are accurate, complete and in accordance with corporate requirements, corporate policies and industry practices
- Support the monthly Financial closure activity
- Monitor and Analyze actual results and variances vs Budget/Forecast
- Proactively communicate Risk&opportunities to Corporate
- Provide support in preparing corporate reports for Top Management and Monthly Business Review
- Implement new controlling frameworks and analysis
- Perform ad hoc analysis when required
Support the business/regional teams:
- Provides insightful budget information to local Finance team to assist in controlling costs and in understanding the financial consequences of every potential course of action
- Provides substantial support to the periodic country performance reporting by performing financial analysis to enable effective decision-making and allowing timely interventions by the Country Top Management
**TECHNICAL SKILLS - PORTRAIT OF A PERFECT CANDIDATE**
- Educational Background in Economics, Finance or Accounting
- Previous experience in Controlling in multi-national and structured envirnoments
- Solid experience with EXCEL and OFFICE software packages, SAP knowledge (plus), Hyperion Planning (plus)
- Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work under pressure and in complex situations
- Good communication skills
- Attention to detail and time, project-management skills
- Fluent English