The Sr. Financial Analyst will be developing to the position of âControllerâ within 2-4 years
The Sr. Financial Analyst will be developing to the position of âControllerâ within 2-4 years
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The Sr. Financial Analyst will be developing to the position of Controller within 2-4 years
The role of Sr. Financial Analyst will make a major impact on Treks business across Europe taking responsibility for the biggest lines on the P&L Cost of Goods & Variances and Delivery & Distribution. You will develop & deliver robust processes great analytics and story telling and ultimately increased profitability through better understanding and robust challenge.
Delivery & Distribution (D&D)
- Be the Business Partner to the Europe Logistics Manager overseeing 5 million in facility costs and 10 million in carrier costs supporting Treks businesses across Europe
- Support and participate in the negotiation of carrier tariffs ensuring thorough evaluation of value for money
- Ensure all freight tariffs are easily understood by General Managers across Europe and suggest frameworks to recover costs through partial on-charge to customers
- Develop strong processes and tools to ensure completeness & accuracy of charges from carrier and accurate accruals
- Support continuous improvement through the logistics activities to drive efficiency & effectiveness
- Ensure inventory is appropriately controlled and accounted for including robust timely 3-way matches cycle counts tight controls of warehouse inventory movements obsolescence reserves etc
- Perform monthly close activities including accruals prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations
- Present and challenge the monthly departmental costs and inventory variances to the Europe Logistics Director
- Own the annual budget and monthly reforecast for warehousing and inventory logistics expenses
Inventory Cost of Goods & Variances (COGS)
- Managing inventories inventory reserves and inventory related accruals
- Timely reconciliation of the balance sheet accounts of inventory and inventory related processes
- Develop strong processes & tools to drill down into product cost variances (price duty freight & shrinkage) and drive action to explain and reduce variances
- Proactively seek out opportunities for lower cost or higher margins through the business
- Improve processes to align Langdon duty mgmt. systems with governmental guidelines; align ERP with Langdon
General
- Take on a variety of financial & reporting tasks across the wider ECO & Benelux businesses as part of the wider finance team
- Provide the wider European Central Office and Benelux Sales team with analytical support
- Continually audit finance processes across the ECO team to identify simplification automation & streamlining opportunities
- Continuously seek potential cost reductions across operations
- Deputize for the Benelux & ECO Controller
Business partnering
- Act as primary liaison for the Europe Logistics Director of all financial challenges
- Act as primary liaison with HQ team in USA on all Costing and Inventory variances
- Act as primary support for the European controllers to explain D&D and COGS impacting their businesses
- Act as primary liaison for the European management team on D&D and COGS matters
Skills
- Bachelor degree in accounting or finance
- Advanced spreadsheet skills
- Excellent critical thinking and strong analytical skills
- Cross-border experience and familiarity with intercompany processes
- Knowledge of VAT and other regulatory regimes preferred
- Good understanding of internal control and financial reporting in a mid to large company environment
- Extensive knowledge of ERP systems; JDE is preferred
- First class communication skills in both Dutch and English
An informal challenging and motivating company culture where initiative and pro-activity are highly valued. We provide you with a stimulating work environment with enthusiastic colleagues. The salary range will be betweenfulltime.
Trek Bicycle Corporation is the world leader in bicycle products and accessories with over 2000 employees worldwide. Trek is dedicated to building bikes for the worlds greatest cyclist to the kid next door. That drive for new ideas and passion for building and selling bikes made us expand rapidly. TREK has several offices in the United States Asia and Europe.
Your cv must be in English.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
