Head of Controlling

Job Location: Bucharest

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000  dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

If you have a great eye for details and you are a perfect organiser, this role can interest you.

As Head of Controlling, you will lead the controlling department in Romania (including 1 Resource at the moment). you will be a Business Partner for Romania Business Unit, responsible for the Planning & Budgeting processes for the full profit & loss, the monthy closure activities related to the controlling module and the support to CFO and the different Business functions. In this role, you will gurantee the deliverable to Headquarter; will also support the implementation and mantainance of the Controlling tools.

Main Responsibilities:

• Perform the planning activities related to Profit & Loss for Budget, SAF1 in Essbase and the final upload in HFM (ORACLE);
• Perform and supervise the monthly closure activities in SAP and assure that all activities are done in accurate and timely way;
• Perform the planning of the Overheads costs and the monthly actual follow-up and variance analysis vs. the planning scenarios with the different department;
• Follow-up on a monthly basis the Advertising and Promotions spending, underlining to the marketing department and to the management the main variances vs the planning scenarions;
• Support the Business with Reporting and ad hoc analisis to drive strategic decisions;
• Prepare and share with the management on a session basis the Ferrero Profitabilty by client and the Trade partner profitability with Ferrero in coordination with the Trade Marketing department;
• Calculate the Transfer price for the new commercial year and upload them in SAP;
• Supervise the weekly sales upload and the weekly sales stima preparation to be sent to the Area Europe;
• Coordinate the price list preparation process and the control that the price list modificaton are done according to the internal policy;
• Supervise the process related to the new products economic evaluation;
• Supervise the process related to investment proposal and the control of the investment;
• Coordinate the implementation of new group policies and the re-assessment of the existing policies or group operating standards based on the group requirements;
• Support the other departments in case of questions on the applications of group policies and internal procedures;

Who we are looking for:

• Bachelors’ degree in Economics is an advantage;
• Minimum 8 years of proven experience in Controlling in a multinational environment;
• Good command of English;
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft Excel;
• Good SAP Knowledge CO module;
• Good Knowledge of HFM and Essbase;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Problem solving oriented;
• Ability to organise and meet deadlines;
• Flexibility;
• Good communication skills;
• Team player;

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world. 

Strong analytical mind, attention to details on one hand and great organisational skills on the other, are the key to success.  Employee contribution and engagement at Ferrero is based on the individual, team and organisation dimension, so you should have the ability to work independently, as a team member and build good relations with stakeholders on all levels.  Being flexible and dealing with a dynamic working environment and embedding new knowledge and skills in existing competencies will definitely help you to become a high performer here.