Financial Controller

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Responsibilities:

Guarantees full compliance with the Group Controlling guideline.
Designs the system setup to perfectly mirror the responsibilities in the organization.
Ensures a timely distribution of financial information (plan & actual) to every budget holder by sending out reports, by allowing system access and by presenting the information in regular meetings.
Promotes efficiency in Controlling in order to minimize time spent for report generation and increases time for analysis, commenting and insights sharing.
Supports the establishment of a true bottom up planning process and the development of a local planning calendar based on the group planning timetable allowing for sufficient review time and feedback cycles.
Contributes to a high forecasting accuracy of business plans, revised estimates and long term forecasts.
Measures and reviews the cost/benefit ratio of proposed activities.
Utilises and develops measures for assessing Marketing spend ROI.
Builds a solid relationship with budget holders based on mutual respect and trust.
Is driven through a service mentality by sharing insights, by supporting budget reallocations, by ensuring overall budget adherence, by acting as a facilitator to achieve objectives, by highlighting risks and opportunities, by providing financial simulations and by developing business cases for new projects.
Manages fact and knowledge based, spreads and exchanges information.

Requirements:

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a controlling role in consumer goods.
Highly analytical and very skilled individual in the area of profitability analysis.
Ability to quickly identify and analyze risks & impacts and able to define alternatives.
Good communication and presentation skills. Capable of communicating precisely and effectively with internal stakeholders up to GM level.
A structured and well organized individual.
Must be self-motivated, self-directed and be able to work under pressure in a fast paced team environment.

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