FINANCIAL & INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLER

Our client is a leading multinational company in the food industry. For the Italian branch we are looking for the:

FINANCIAL & INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLER

Reporting to the CFO the candidate will be responsible to oversee the day to day activities and ensure that accurate financial and management accounts are produced.

The major responsibilities will be:

• Work under control of the Italian Finance Director and in cooperation with Accounting Department
• Preparation and posting of determined IFRS adjustment entries (month-end close)
• Preparation of reporting package and its annexes as well as Statutory financial statements
• Preparation of cash flows reporting
• Taking part in the preparation of annual budget and forecasts
• Standard and product cost maintenance, analysis and reporting;
• Costs optimization analysis
• Variance analysis
• Taking part in the preparation of business cases and investments analysis
• Other ad-hoc analysis and reporting requests
• Supporting other departments about economic and financial issues
• Supporting the auditors during internal / tax / external audits
• Improving the financial processes and decreasing the financial risks
• Work close with Operations team to identify opportunities, convert them in numbers and perform regular follow-ups
• Effectively being the back-up for the Finance Director during his absence

We’d like to meet analytical and structured person with strong communication skills, ability to learn quickly, high problem-solving skills and proactive approach.

Fluent English requested.

This position will be based in: Modena