Teamlead Controlling - Global Consumer Products

Numbers are your great passion and you would like to dive deep into different data? :

• Then join the Finance team of our Global Consumer Products division and take over the responsibility for monthly reporting, business planning & forecasting as well building strong relationships with the Consumer Product Business and the Headquarter Controlling Teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES Areas that play to your strengths : All the responsibilities we'll trust you with: Expand allPlanning & Forecasting

In this role, we’ll trust you to prepare, align and manage the overall Planning Process within Global Consumer Products and to ensure a smooth planning process. You’ll be also responsible for ensuring timely submissions of Business Plans, analyzing plan submissions, checking the quality of planning on errors, making suggestions for improvement in presentation and preparing and consolidating a standard plan-reporting package.Month End Closing / Year End Closing

You’ll analyse submissions for example P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and KPIs, check the quality of reporting packages on errors, consistency and plausibility. Furthermore you’ll make suggestions for improvement in presentations and you’ll be strongly involved in Year End Closing audit. You’ll also prepare the monthly internal and external Reporting as well as the monthly Latest Estimate.Controlling: Analysis, Reporting & Communication

Another aspect of your role will be to ensure full compliance with the Group Controlling and the Reporting Guideline and to continuously enhance and improve standard reporting package for planning and Month End Closing. Moreover, you’ll develop new tools that provide better insights and efficiency gains and prepare ad-hoc reports and presentations based on request. Acting as a contact and sparring partner for Area Finance Manager controllers to ensure alignment on controlling guidelines, reporting standards, etc.

In this role you’ll also would act as a strong business partner for all internal Controlling & Finance related questions and as quality gateway for all Master Data requests and interface to HQ counterparts, like Corporate Marketing Controlling.GENERAL

Finally, you’ll be involved in new and existing finance projects, like Robotics, Global Consumer Products expansions, Sales Reporting and many more. You’ll support the Finance Manager in all operational areas. Further, you’ll build strong relationships within Global Consumer Products and to other Headquarter Finance teams. Moreover you’ll share best practices, insights and ideas, as well as highlight risk and opportunities and drive and develop the Controlling Team to meet the internal business requirements and the Corporate Guidelines in all aspects.

• EXPERIENCE

• Your areas of knowledge and expertise : that matter most for this role:

• Minimum 5 years’ work experience in Controlling with excellent MS Office Excel knowledge and high level of finance knowledge including Controlling, Accounting and Taxes

• Ability to quickly identify and analyse causalities, risks and impacts, structured and well organized working style, flexibility to quickly adapt in a fast-paced environment

• High level of engagement, self-directed person, team-player mentality with very good communication and presentation skills

• Familiarity with integrated business analysis Tools (SAP BI / Hyperion) and a background in fashion industry are a strong plus

• University Degree in Business Administration or similar (minimum Bachelor)

• Fluent in English, German is an advantage

• Permanent