Finance Controller

The Finance Controlling Department serves as the strategic navigator of the organization, moving beyond traditional reporting to drive informed, data-driven business decisions. Acting as the 'economic conscience' of the company, the department bridges the gap between historical accounting and future-oriented strategy by providing rigorous variance analysis, supporting and leading the annual budgeting process, and delivering actionable latest estimates. By serving as a critical business partner to cross-functional leadership, Controlling identifies opportunities for margin optimization and provides the financial transparency needed to evaluate all commercial and marketing activities. Ultimately, the department’s mission is to transform complex financial data into a clear roadmap for profitability, ensuring the company’s long-term stability and agility in a competitive market.

GENERAL

• Be the finance business partner for Marketing and Indirect cost stakeholders, building strong relationships based on trust, challenge, and collaboration.
• Own financial governance for Marketing and Indirect costs, ensuring spending discipline, transparency, and value creation.
• Actively contribute to the development of a performance-driven finance culture, focused on impact rather than reporting only.
• Ensure compliance with internal financial policies, approval matrices, and control standards.
• Continuously improve controlling processes, tools, and ways of working in line with business needs.

MONTH END CLOSING

• Own the accurate and timely month-end closing for Marketing and Indirect cost areas.
• Prepare, review, and validate accruals, provisions, and cost allocations in line with accounting standards and internal guidelines.
• Ensure actuals reflect business reality by working closely with budget owners.
• Investigate and explain deviations versus plan, ensuring issues are resolved at source.
• Maintain high data quality and reliability across financial systems and reports

REPORTING AND ANALYSIS

• Deliver clear, concise monthly performance reporting with focus on insights, not just numbers.
• Analyze cost variances versus budget and forecast, identifying risks, opportunities, and efficiency levers.
• Translate complex financial data into meaningful business insights that support decision-making.
• Support management with ad-hoc analyses, business cases, and ROI evaluations.
• Enable stakeholders to understand cost drivers and make informed, value-based decisions.

PLANNING AND FORECASTING

• Lead annual Budgeting and Revised Estimate cycles for Marketing and Indirect cost areas.
• Partner with stakeholders to challenge assumptions and drive realistic, value-oriented plans.
• Monitor spend trends and update forecasts to reflect latest business developments.
• Support scenario planning and prioritization of resources in line with strategic objectives.
• Ensure strong alignment between financial plans and business strategy.

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

• Acts as a contact and sparring partner for the Key Account Managers, Brand Manager, Communication Manager, Sports Manager, Events Manager, Culture Manager, Consumer Collection Manager and Operations Manager.
• Works closely with the various contacts, has a service mentality but also challenges them, asks questions, gives suggestions and insights.
• Knows all trade terms (on & off invoice) of customers, their budgets and the customer P&L.
• Prepares trade term impact simulations, challenges assumptions and profitability.
• Works closely with the KAMs on reducing the exposure between customers/products.
• Works closely with the KAMs to calculate promotional ROI.
• Matches POS/VISIT placement plans to budget, update on placement status.
• Knows the contract terms of the media agencies, the media plan (classic vs flanker) and the status of spending commitments.
• Works closely with the Brand Manager to increase the effectiveness of the media plan by also taking into account all other marketing and sales activities (local and international).
• Knows the contract terms with athletes and opinion leaders as well as event agencies (fixed vs variable contract components).
• Supports the Brand Manager, Sports Manager, Events Manager and Culture Manager in budget reallocations and simulations.
• Benchmarks the costs of marketing activities and their impact on the consumer and challenges where appropriate. Considers potential 3rd party sponsoring income and questions assumptions.
• Knows the Sampling and Student Brand Manager programs and their costs.
• Knows the contract terms of logistics service providers for finished goods and visit material.
• Evaluates new product launches and their impact on profitability.
• Prepares scenarios and simulations with the input from the budget owners and models the impact.
• Performs ad hoc calculations, for example impact of price increase, and simulates “what if scenarios” (e.g. the customer does not accept the price increase).
• Supports the budget owners in budget reallocations and ensure overall budget adherence.
• Prepares product launch proposals jointly with KAM and calculates profitability down to the basic and advanced exposure rate by taking the GKA and LKA shelf price and retail margin into account.
• Defines the common list price for new products. Calculates the profitability of the new products after one year to compare the launch proposal's basic and advanced exposure rate (ex ante, ex post).
• Calculates the new list price if a price increase is planned for the country. Supports the price elasticity assessment by product and the volume impact due to price changes.

1-3 years of experience in a controlling or management accounting role within a consumer goods or fast-paced commercial environment.

Bachelor’s degree in Economics or equivalent.

Professional finance qualifications or progress towards ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent are considered an advantage.

Strong IT literacy with advanced Excel skills and exposure to integrated reporting or business intelligence tools (e.g. SAP BI, Cognos, Essbase, Hyperion).

Solid understanding of marketing mechanics and their financial and profitability impact.

Strong analytical capability with a proven track record in profitability and cost analysis.

Ability to quickly identify financial risks, assess impacts, and propose viable alternatives.

Confident communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage internal stakeholders up to General Manager level.

Structured, well-organized, and detail-oriented approach to work.

High level of self-motivation, resilience, and ability to perform under pressure in a fast-moving, collaborative team environment.

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