Commercial Controller
Frozen Belgium
- Westrozebeke, Flandre-Occidentale
- CDI
- Temps-plein
- Perform monthly management consolidation and financial reporting process (Commercial P&L)
- Perform variance analysis (Price Volume Mix, including waterfall charts) to forecast, budget and prior year
- Keep oversight of product and customer profitability, including periodic updates on postponed rebates
- Execute the commercial budget process
- Contribute in the preparation of the monthly rolling forecast. Maintain and improve forecast accuracy
- Contribute to the monthly financial outlook and escalate variances
- Collaborate effectively with the Sales Director and Sales Managers to monitor and improve product and customer profitability
- Participate in financial modeling, scenario analysis, monitor the impact of sales prices increases (particularly monitoring the offset of input inflation)
- Interact with all levels and functional areas of the organization to obtain a key understanding of business drivers. Meet company objectives by pro-actively identifying risks and opportunities, providing actionable management information, challenging the business and following up on remediation and/or action plans.
- Work closely with both local, divisional and corporate finance teams
- Ensure compliance with divisional and corporate procedures
- Improve data visualization, storytelling and increase use of data-based decision making through the use of BI systems (Qlikview and IBM Planning Analytics / Tm1)
- 5-10 years of relevant professional experience, preferably in an industrial company that is operating internationally
- Master’s degree in economics or equivalent (MBA/CMA)
- Fluent in English and Dutch, other languages, especially French are an asset
- Strong business acumen
- Proven track record of business partnering
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel and PowerPoint), knowledge of ERP (SAP) and experience with BI tools (QlikView & IBM Planning Analytics / TM1)
- Strong drive, entrepreneurial and can-do attitude
- Analytical and conceptual skills bringing pragmatic and effective solutions
- Hands-on attitude and down to earth
- Self-starter, able to plan and prioritize
- Customer focused
- Effectively partner with the business while maintaining objectivity and independence
- Eager to work in a team where members challenge and support each other
- Good communication skills, able to convince and influence others
- Willing to travel occasionally (<15%)