Planning & Reporting Controller Jr (Milan, Milan, IT)

Description

Supports the Controlling Manager and Controlling team in Budgeting, Forecasting and Planning activities and, more in general, support the organization to achieve financial and operational objectives.

Role and duty

• Support month-end reporting related activities, ensuring timely, accurate and consistent submission of standard report to HQ and qualitative reporting to the internal Top Management;
• Involved in the budgeting and forecasting processes: planning, data collection from all departments, consolidation, challenge data, present relevant reports to the local management and HQ;
• Support the implementation and control of measures related to P&L and Balance Sheet items;
• Control business KPIs by analysing consistency a deviation between budget, forecast and planning and propose corrective actions to local management;
• Analyse costs, pricing, variable contributions, sales results and the company’s actual performance compared to the budget, forecast and prior year;
• Identify issues and advise management on action plans and operational strategies to solve them;
• Prepare and analyse reports on costs and margins, including specific analyses to support any management decisions;
• Prepare and analyses the monthly reports on market/channel/product performances;
• Support pricing definition and analysis;
• Support a continuous development of controlling methods and systems to monitor the economic efficiency of the business;
• Support the development of tools and reports to measure the business performance;
• Take part in the implementation and roll out of Finance IT systems and tools in order to support and automate controlling activities and reporting;
• Carry out specific analysis when needed.

Competences

• Degree in Economics or Finance;
• Previous experience in financial Controlling in a multinational company is a plus
• Solid knowledge of planning and control principles and method
• Good accounting knowledge, preferably in a Big4 environment
• Good knowledge of financial mathematics is preferable
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Advance SAS Knowledge
• Experience with ERP and Business Intelligence

Personal flairs

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Optimistic, proactive and structured approach to work with good analytical and process analysis skills;
• Strong problem solving attitude;
• Willing to work well in a fast-paced, results-oriented and rapidly changing environment