Business Controller UK/ROI

Background and Experience

• Masters degree in Finance  
• 2-5 years work experience with proven track record in financial planning & analysis 
• First experience with BI systems and strong MS office skills (XLS and PPT) 
• Fluent in English  
• Excellent people; communication and presentation skills, good team spirit 
• Business orientation and entrepreneurial spirit 
• Excellent analytical skills 

Accountability and scope factors

Responsible for continuous, reliable and consistent financial support to strategic and operational decision making, as well as execution at all levels of the BU’s 

Responsible for appropriately and accurately reflecting the financial impact and effect of decisions in the budget and forecasts 

Operationally responsible for producing budget and forecasts in a timely, accurate and effective manner and clearly communicating these to appropriate audiences (100% timeliness and accuracy in reporting and forecasting/ Proactive scenario simulation in forecasting) 

Actively steer the BU full P&L in line with BU and Division strategies in collaboration with Commercial Directors and Sr. Controller 

Job Purpose

The Business Controller UK /ROI contributes to the overall success of the organization by effectively managing all financial matters for the respective BU’s of the Europe Division. He/she acts as a financial business partner to the Commercial Directors UK and supports account managers in financial matters. 

Mission and Key Tasks

• Actively partner with the Commercial Directors to deliver the BU and Customer Financial KPI’s (Top- and Bottom-line targets; AR targets; Forecast accuracy, etc.) 
• Deliver excellent Financial Planning & Analysis (Reporting, Forecasting, Planning) 
• Proactively provide financial support to strategic and operational decision making at BU/Customer level 
• Analyze and interpret commercial, operational & financial data and translate these into timely, structured, standard and comprehensible sales, profitability and cost center reporting & analyses 
• Control, challenge, advise and clearly communicate these analyses to the Commercial Directors  
• Act as a catalyst and drive the sales budget, forecast and estimates 
• Develop financial models and simulate multiple scenarios for business opportunities and special projects (e.g. for pricing, new product launches, investment projects etc.), incl. NPV, IRR and Pay-back calculation 
• Develop sustained financial analysis, advise and controls to commercial activity (calculation of anticipated contract margin, scenario analysis, ad hoc reports) & other sales & marketing related projects 
• Support business leaders during project execution with financial analysis and KPI monitoring  
• Perform a post-investment analysis after project finalization

Job complexity and challenges

• Exposure to Divisional Management / Group Functions 

• Full P&L and AR responsibility for UK&I. 

Location

 Remote/Home based with  occasional visits to our Hemel and Corby office or to the Ontex Headquarter in Aalst, Belgium