Controller (Saint-Ouen, FR, 93400) bei Brand-Building Packaging | Crown

About this opportunity

We are looking for a Controller, based in our offices in Saint-Ouen, close to Paris.

As part of the European Division Finance Reporting team, you will be responsible for the preparation of European business entities for collecting and validating the monthly reporting, rolling forecasts and Budgets. Also participate to some ongoing projects to meet the aims of improving quality and reducing the cycle time within the department, assist in the improvement of the reporting processes and reporting systems update.

Contacts within Group

Close relationships with the Finance consolidation team, shared service centers, Finance management team (finance managers of European countries), plant finance controllers, plant HR managers.

List of Responsibilities

Monthly reporting, rolling forecasts and budgets

• Make sure entities in European affiliates report data On Time in Full according to group requirements using our reporting application (OneStream) for the actual monthly Reportings, but also Budgets and Forecasts.
• Coordinate reporting with Finance directors, European affiliates, shared service centers and consolidation team
• Review and validate P&L Operating Income accounts, including Sales analysis, cost control analysis and other various non-financial KPI’s
• Also review Balance Sheet accounts and Cash flow statements, mainly focusing on Working Capital and Free Cash flow.
• Review Capex reconciliation (expense validation system vs reporting application) and also review and approve expense validation including leases
• Participate to completion of various analysis and reports for the Division Top Management team: Flash Sales, overdues, Capex, HR indicators, industrial indicators
• Maintain internal controls and procedures around the reporting process, in the group SOX environment.
• Supervise one reporting intern

Projects

• Improve quality and reduce cycle time within the department, taking the most out of reporting application and trying to automate some manual tasks
• Improve process of analytical review with some automated retrieves or reports

Systems

• Participate for updating reporting application structure for European Division
• Participate for the Sales administration database and related internal applications for sales performance, customer and margin analysis.

Education and Experience:

• Typically Finance/Accounting background (degree or University level)
• Ideally with first 3 to 5 year practice in a similar position or in one of the Big auditing companies.

 Requested Skills:

• Good knowledge of Finance reporting in industrial environment
• Good accounting skills
• Good communication skills with operational written and oral English
• Curious and taking initiative
• Computer skills to include Excel and macros