Role: FP&A Controller
Location: Netherlands
About the role:
This position forms part of the EU regional FP&A and business finance team. Playing a pivotal role in building and driving the regional planning, financial modeling, and performance management, you will be working with senior team members in and outside the team on a country level, regional as well as with corporate stakeholders. As part of your work, you will take a role as a senior member of the business finance team, driving financial process improvements, projects, and stakeholder management together with the director of FP&A
and business finance.
Essential Functions:
Responsibilities:
• Indirectly guide and assist your team’s other members
• Drive the monthly forecasting and financial closure to guarantee accurate reporting, a thorough understanding of the data, and the ongoing management of risks and opportunities.
• Directing and supervising a number of improvement projects for our EPM financial software suite, including EPBCS/HFM, SAP/BPC, data management, financial modeling, and forecasting.
• Lead the maintenance and improvement of recurring models, templates, and processes
• Challenging the business through sound business partnerships by preparing an in-depth analysis of the monthly results, forecasts, and drivers.
• Help the director of FP&A with the organization of management presentations, business review decks, and other decision support materials.
• Work x-functionally with peers, such as commercial finance, accounting, and IT in structuring analyses and system processes.
Qualifications:
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or economics (MBA a plus)
• 5-8 years of experience in a Finance function (Finance, Accounting/Reporting, Financial Modelling, Business Analysis)
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Extensive and in-depth knowledge of finance and business intelligence platforms including Oracle HFM and SAP BPC
• Ability to work structured and focused whilst getting things done
• Strong team player and able to collaborate very effectively in a highly matrixed organization
• Demonstrated ability to work on teams exemplified by implemented results or changes to processes.
• Strong Excel management skills, competence with managing massive datasets, and exceptional attention to detail
• Self-starter and highly driven person with a track record of accurately identifying and resolving issues in a fast-paced setting where deadlines and scopes may change often.
• Comfortable working with challenging financial system situations and together with the technical team drive optimization to our use of data and structures efficiently whilst getting to the root cause of the numbers and variances
• Aspirations to grow into a manager role over time
