Senior Business Controller

Areas of responsibilities:

Business Control:

• Establish and maintain strong business control processes to ensure compliance, risk management, and governance.
• Monitor and analyze financial and operational performance against targets, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions as necessary.
• Develop and maintain financial policies, procedures, and internal controls to safeguard company assets and ensure accuracy and integrity of financial reporting.

Financial Reporting & Analysis:

• Oversee the preparation of accurate and timely financial reports, including monthly management reports, quarterly forecasts, annual budgets and multiyear plans.
• Conduct in-depth financial analysis and scenario modeling to support strategic initiatives, investment decisions, and business performance optimization.

Stakeholder Management:

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, to align financial goals with business objectives. (Planning & Control cycle)

• Serve as a key liaison between finance and other departments, providing financial expertise and support to drive business results.
• SocGen requests on reporting for ECB requirements to get KPI’s, Trajectory plans of 3 years. Global IT project business cases.

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A): (focus on Digital & IT domain)

• Lead the development and execution of the FP&A function, including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Provide financial insights and recommendations to support strategic decision-making and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with business leaders to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and dashboards to monitor business performance.
• Use/implement management accounting tooling to use predictive modelling for forecasting, budgeting.

Job requirements:

  Personal characteristics:

• Pro-active, self-driven, idea driven, open-minded
• Strategic thinker with a focus on driving results and continuous improvement.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop a high-performing team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively at all levels of the organization.

Education & experience:

• Master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; EMFC preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in finance roles, with a focus on FP&A, business control, or related functions.
• Experience in Automotive, IT related preferred.

Languages

• Fluent in English written and spoken 

IT Applications

• Proficiency in financial planning and analysis tools/software (e.g., SAP BPC, Oracle Hyperion, Anaplan, Lucanet).
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other MS Office applications.
• Experience with business intelligence and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) is advantageous.
• ThinkCell for presentation building; Tempo, Pyramid for time writing
• Predictive BI Tooling (Python, R, Anaconda, etc)

Benefits:

As a member of our team, you will benefit from:

25 days of annual leave
1 sick day/year
half a day off your birthday and 1 day off starting with the second year in the company
Private healthcare at Sanador
Monthly budget in Benefit Platform where you can choose
Fruit Tuesday and free coffee in the office
Hybrid work 2 days/week in the office
Loyalty bonus at 3 and 5 years in the company
Annual salary increase based on your performance
A nice office environment in the city center, close to Timpuri noi metro station