Financial controller

Job Description

Position: Financial Controller & IT Key User

Organization

• Direct report to Entity Financial Controller for Cheb & Hof sites
• Location: Raciborz

Mission

• He/she  mission is to analyse the plant/ business P&L and to ensure the follow-up of fixed costs management
• He/she is in charge to analyse and improve the Working Capital turns together with the local management team
• He/she is responsible of the balance sheet accounts accuracy
• He/she is responsible of taxes package and statutory accounts
• He/she is responsible of the consistency of the forecasts and budget construction for the site and helps the local management team to identify corrective actions.
• In this role he/she will be a key-user supporting end-users during implementation and running of a new ERP solution

Roles

• Business performing and partnering

• Ensure adequate tracking to assess impacts of actions plans on financial results
• Initiates/attends meetings with business owners (production, supply chain, technical, …) on a regular basis in order to follow-up events occurring in the field.
• Continuously looks for and identifies cost reduction and cash generation opportunities at a plant and business level.

• Forecasting and planning
  • Coordinate the annual budget construction and the monthly forecast of the site and business and detailed analysis
• Record to report

• Provides an accurate, timely and transparent reporting on results & KPIs (budget, actual, forecast) for the plant (financial & operational reporting)
• Controls and manages the monthly closing process and reporting. Ensures accruals are adequate. Validates manual entries with an impact on P&L and balance sheet.
• Justifies the site’s balance sheet accounts (especially inventory closing balance and fixed assets).
• Coordinates the product costing process and controls related master data.

• Internal Control

• Enforces group and entity financial procedures and translates Nexans procedures at local level. Fosters internal control in all functions
• Ensures periodic stock takes are properly conducted and controls inventory adjustments.

• Business Applications Key User

• Understand all information process of the plants and trains new users
• Analyse and define all requests and needs from business, processes and individual users.
• He/she translates ERP-updates into user friendly language and trains users in the application.

Key Interfaces

• Local Management Team
• Accessories Controllers
• Supply Chain, Purchasing, Sales and Back Office of site
• Entity Financial Controller for Cheb & Hof sites

Expected results

• Reliability and timeliness of reporting information of the plant
• Consistency of methods & tools
• Better internal customer satisfaction
• Successful ERP Implementation

Requested Competencies and Qualification

• Financial Competencies

• Result oriented and hands on
• Experienced in controlling techniques
• Good understanding of warehouse activities
• Strong interest for Information Systems

• Soft Skills

• Autonomous
• Transparency
• Good synthesis and communication skills

Languages: Mandatory :English or French