CONTROLLER COMERCIAL SENIOR ( FILIALES)

Recognized multinational food company seeks to incorporate a Finance BP for IT/ES that will be the right hand for financial topics of the Managing Directors Italy and Spain and the business partner of the commercial teams of Italy and Spain . As the main Finance interface of the assigned business, this role supports and advises the local management team in commercial and operational decision-making processes, drives change and recommends solutions in supporting the achievement of the business goals and targets of the country cluster Italy / Iberia. The Finance BP acts as a promoter of Finance digitalization and standardization initiatives and enables the transition into a new finance operating model. The Finance BP is responsible / accountable for the short- and long-term financial performance of the country cluster Iberia & Italy together with the Italy and Spain management teams. The role is key in shaping and defining the strategy of the Cluster with respect to volume & profitability, pricing decisions, customer/product/market mix, costs and working capital management.MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES● Act as a business partner to the IT/ES country cluster Managing Directors and the IT/ES commercial teams; Co-pilot with the business and provide meaningful decision support to management whilst influencing and challenging key decisions ● Develop together with the country cluster Managing Director and his/ her commercial team the commercial strategy for the area of responsibility and drive strategy implementation ● Steer the MTP (mid-term plan) for the Cluster as per process and guidance set by Global FP&A ● Drive the financial performance of the cluster, focusing on profitability and working capital management, in line with strategy and business objectives ● Provide (together with FP&A) the business and management with analytical support to enable an understanding of the business dynamics ● Closely cooperate with FP&A in terms of preparing budgets and forecasts, identifying and supporting cost savings ● Lead and coordinate projects to improve business performance, in particular profitability and working capital improvements ● Drive and coordinate commercial business case preparation related to business expansions/ outsourcing deals, chocolate academies and sales offices ● Support transition to the new finance operating model (incl. GBS leverage) ● Drive improvement initiatives of finance processes, with focus on digitalization and standardization ● Collaborate with Pricing to ensure an accurate pricing of products to customers (based on FP&A analysis of pre- and post-calculated costs), including a correct reflection of interest costs in price levels ● Ensure integrity and financial controls in the Clusters of the organization by using and building on data, information and intelligence from global finance functionsEDUCATION, LANGUAGE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS ● Bachelor’s / Master’s in Finance, Accounting, Economics or similar ● English business proficiency, both written and oral ● Extensive experience in finance (prior roles in accounting/FP&A/business partnering in a multinational company, preferably in B2B / food industries) ● Strong stakeholder management skills in matrix organization ● Open minded and curious, eager to continuously learn and explore various aspects of finance, self-starter ● Analytical / hands-on / flexible, very solution oriented and performance driven to achieve the targets ● Strong team player ● Knowledge of SAP (incl. BW) ● IFRS knowledgeLEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES & PERSONAL STYLE● Stakeholder management ● Analytical / hands-on / flexible / strong drive to deliver / very solutions oriented ● Problem solving and decision-making skills ● Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines while maintaining focus in an environment with conflicting demands ● Strong team player