Controller

Job Description

GENERAL

• Ensure compliance with financial guidelines, manage complete P&L and Capex, and align reporting with regional finance strategies.
• Oversee the value chain process, coordinate data collection and reporting, and ensure accurate and timely financial information distribution to stakeholders.
• Promote efficient controlling processes, support accurate forecasting, and foster strong relationships with budget holders to facilitate objective achievement and informed decision-making.

MONTH END CLOSING

• Coordinates the monthly accrual process following the cost revenue matching principle.
• Ensures master data quality and verifies the consistency of the customer, product and internal order hierarchies.
• Oversee sell-in and sell-out submissions, ensuring high quality, accuracy and detailed explanations of the main deviations
• Submission of the intercompany recharge for brand allocation.

REPORTING & ANALYSIS

• Calculates the volume change, price change and product mix impact by Key Account.
• Calculates the customer mix impact on the total P&L.
• Calculates profitability between channels.
• Calculates/reports the major KPIs (Financial Sales, DSO), and profitability ratios.
• 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 and distributes a detailed monthly report including comments on brand, project (= internal order), account, and cost center level using SAP, BI, Power BI and Hyperion for each budget owner and GM.
• Monitor price differences for finished goods & Visit.
• Support the evaluation of accruals submitted within the region ensuring they accurately represent the business in alignment with controlling guidelines, IFRS and Budget.
• Support Month-end closing by comparing and commenting on actuals figures and current planning scenarios.

PLANNING & FORECASTING

• Coordinates the Business Plan/Revised Estimate data collection and data entry.
• Coordinates 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. (Latest estimates)
• Ensures the reconciliation of systems (BI/Hyperion) for budgeting.

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

• Collaborate with the commercial team to ensure understanding and commitment to financial principles and guidelines, aiming for the achievements of financial results.
• Risk and opportunity identification, support the business in identifying risks and opportunities within the year to inform strategic decisions.
• Stakeholder engagement, serve as the main contact and sparring partner for various managers (e.g., Key Account, Brand, Communications, Sports, Event, Culture, Consumer collection, Operations) providing financial insights and support.
• Financial analysis and simulation, prepare trade term impact simulations, promotional ROI/Profitability calculations, and various financial scenarios to challenge assumptions and assess profitability.
• Budget Management, assist budget owners in reallocations, adherence, and scenario modeling, ensuring overall budget compliance and effective resource allocation.
• Contract and term knowledge, maintain detailed knowledge of trade terms, media contracts, athlete and event agency agreements, and logistics service provider terms to support strategic financial planning.
• Communication, visibility and adherence to internal guidelines and the business plan.

Qualifications

IT literate, excellent MS Excel knowledge, familiarity with any integrated business analysis tool is a strong plus (SAP BI/ Hyperion Financial Management.

Power BI Required.

Advance English Required.