Controller

GENERAL

• Ensure compliance with Group Controlling guidelines and maintain an effective financial reporting framework.
• Design and manage financial systems reporting processes and information distribution to budget owners.
• Drive controlling efficiency through process improvements automation and enhanced business insights.
• Support bottom-up planning forecasting budgeting and long-term financial planning with high accuracy.
• Evaluate business initiatives through cost-benefit analysis financial modelling and business case development.
• Partner with budget holders to provide financial guidance identify risks and opportunities support budget reallocations and ensure budget adherence.
• Foster strong stakeholder relationships and facilitate informed decision-making through data-driven insights and knowledge sharing.

COMMERCIAL ANALYSIS & BUSINESS PARTNERING

• Partner with Sales and Marketing teams acting as a trusted advisor by providing insights challenging assumptions and supporting decision-making.
• Manage Sales Controlling activities including trade terms customer budgets P&Ls profitability analysis trade term simulations and exposure reduction initiatives.
• Support Marketing Controlling through media sponsorship athlete event and agency contract analysis budget reallocations spend tracking effectiveness assessments and cost benchmarking.
• Conduct financial analytics scenario modelling and profitability assessments for product launches pricing strategies and business initiatives.
• Perform ad hoc financial analyses including price increase impact volume elasticity and what-if simulations to support business decisions.
• Develop and maintain product pricing frameworks including list price recommendations launch profitability evaluations and post-launch performance reviews.
• Ensure budget adherence and provide financial guidance to budget owners across Sales and Marketing functions.

REPORTING & ANALYSIS

• Prepare / validate the weekly sales report. Calculates the volume change price change and product mix impact by Key Account. Calculates the customer mix impact on the total P&L. Calculates the exposure between customers.
• Calculates/reports the major KPIs (Financial Sales DSO) basic exposure rate advanced exposure rate.
• Prepares reports on aggregated or on detailed level by GKA and LKA comparing the profitability YTD comparing PY vs CY vs RE vs Year to Go.
• Prepares the international exposure rate report. Prepares and distributes a detailed monthly report including comments on brand project ( internal order) account and cost center level using SAP BI and Hyperion for each budget owner and GM

PLANNING & FORECASTING

• Coordinate the Business Plan/Revised Estimate data collection and data entry.
• Coordinate timings and input needed during the budget process.
• Aggregates/consolidates the individual plans to a total plan.
• Supports and challenges the budget owners during the planning process. Prepares year to go best estimates.

Qualifications :

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a controlling role in consumer goods. 
• In depth understanding of promotional mechanics and the related financial impact. 
• Highly analytical and very skilled individual in the area of profitability analysis.
• Ability to quickly identify and analyse risks & impacts and able to define alternatives.
• Good communication and presentation skills. Capable of communicating and presenting 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.
• IT literate excellent MS Excel knowledge familiar with any integrated business analysis tool is a strong plus (SAP BI/ Hyperion etc.).

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time