Finance Business Controller Europe

Your MISSIONS

Business partnering with Europe Managing Director

• Contribute to strategic planning and development as a member of the regional Executive Team
• Manage region’s profitability and drive investments choices accordingly
• Responsibility for the overall financial management, budget, forecasting and internal reporting processes for the region
• Drive continuous improvement in financial planning and reporting processes, leveraging automation and advanced analytics tools
• Close monitoring of all distribution channels

 Regional financial consolidation & drive on P&L targets

• Coordinate all activities needed to develop budget and periodic revisions, collecting data from the markets, verifying consistency and providing an accurate aggregation of data before transmission to HQ/Division/Group stakeholders
• Perform periodic analysis of actual versus budget (costs, sales, investments, margins, etc.) to identify the causes of possible discrepancies and propose corrective actions
• Ensure corporate compliance as per regulatory and legal requirements
• Drive performance through accurate analysis of sales, distribution, SISO equations, products activations

 Coordination & animation of Finance community in markets

• Indirect management of markets Finance Managers
• Coordinate and assist Country GMs and Finance Managers to carry out the Budgeting and Reporting activities
• Promote cross-functional collaboration and act as a support to local teams

 Facilitation & roll out of all operations processes & KPIs

• Define a clear vision for all operations processes (demand planning, business planning, merchandising) and oversee projects for the region
• Cooperate with IT teams to implement new functionalities & tools
• Direct management of a regional team of 3 (Regional Business Planner, IT Manager, Business Analyst).

your PROFILe

• Master’s degree in finance or economics
• 8+ years’ experience in a financial business partner role within a retail and wholesale environment
• Proven good understanding of operations in a customer service-oriented business
• Experience in the analysis and evaluation of performance data, both financial and operational
• Commercially astute with the ability to process complex information and able to influence investment choices
• Experience of financial governance processes, including risk management and internal audit
• Professionalism, conscientiousness, reliability and integrity
• Able to prioritize and plan own workload in accordance with strict deadlines
• Ability to work proactively and independently, to handle change and to work as part of a team
• Good knowledge of SAP, BO/BI, Advanced Excel and Power Point
• Fluent in English and French
• Strong Transversal leadership towards highly qualified teams GM, CFO, HQ stakeholders