International Senior Finance Controller (M/W/X)

Your missions

Regional Controlling

• Provide a framework and challenging insight to the regional long-term financial planning (“Financial Dynamics”) and support in preparing the strategic business plan.
• Ensure optimal resource allocation for working capital in line with the development strategy of the Maison, highlighting potential risks and opportunities for management, e.g. boutique investment requests.
• Support in identify areas for cost savings and assist the regional management in looking for efficiency improvement in operations. 

Financial Planning, Performance Reporting and Analysis

• Support the coordination of the regional budgeting and monthly forecasting process according to guidelines from the Maison HQ and Group Finance.
• Monthly follow-up of multiple subsidiaries and results analysis (fixed and variable costs, DSO, Capex, headcount, second choice stock, margins, discounts).
• Prepare and develop the monitoring of consolidated operating expenses of Cartier (monthly follow-up, budget, ad-hoc analysis).
• Take a lead in development of management reporting needs & tools.
• Ad-hoc analysis for your regions (commission scheme, profitability…) .

Your profile

• You hold a Master’s Degree (Business School or Engineering) with at least 5 years of experience in a multicultural, matrixed environment (ideally FMCG or audit multinational).
• You have a proven track record of managing, budgeting and reporting against a full P&L and balance sheet.
• You have experience owning a sizeable P&L and have demonstrated experience and success in managing the inter-relationship between management reporting and accounting and financial controls.
• You are fully familiar and able to get the most out of query designers (SAP / SEM & BW, Anaplan, PowerBi, Looker).
• You are fluent in English, French or German would be a strong asset.
• You possess outstanding written and oral communication to help develop a close relationship with the region’s management to better understand business drivers through regular meetings
• You are pro-active in bringing ideas and anticipating internal and external business issues that may impact organizational results.
• You have strong analytical skills on an international consolidated basis, from manufacturing to distribution, with the ability to put it into context of financial reporting needs and a solid understanding of Management Accounting in the context of IFRS.
• You have business sense and synthesis skills in particularly complex business situations and environments.