Business Controller

Financial Stewardship & Accuracy:

• Ensure the transparency and integrity of regional financial data through monthly reporting to HQ and leadership.
• Strategic Decision Support: Act as a value-added business partner by translating complex data into actionable insights that drive ROI and business growth.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Bridge the gap between cross functions and operations (Country Management, IT, Facilities & Procurement) to ensure budget alignment and cost accountability.
• Sourcing Competitive Intelligence: Support country sourcing strategy through data-driven insights by analysing and interpreting data to monitor market sourcing trends, gather competitive intelligence and generate sourcing opportunities.
• Operational Excellence: Modernize and simplify workflows (SOPs) to increase the speed and accuracy of the planning cycle.
• Digital Transformation: Support the evolution of the Business Controlling function by transitioning from legacy systems to advanced cloud-based platforms

What you'll do

• Planning, Forecasting & Reporting
• Support and participate in coordination of regional financial planning and forecasting cycles.
• Produce monthly reporting packages and review decks for the Leadership Team.
• Analyze P&L performance, specifically focusing on Actual vs. Budget variance analysis.
• Prepare quarterly postmortem reviews for Merchandising teams and Country Management teams to evaluate selection performance.

Business Partnering & Analysis

• Serve as the Finance Business Partner for the Country Management, IT and Facilities/Procurement divisions.
• Build financial models to simulate the impact of new business initiatives.
• Execute ad-hoc financial analysis to support urgent business needs.
• Assist with approving and monitoring Asset Requests of the organisation.

Strategic Sourcing / Market Mapping

• Support the development of strategic sourcing initiatives through data-driven insights
• Conduct market research, source and gather datasets or platforms relevant to Company products and categories
• Analyse, interpret, visualize data and provide insights on market trends, competitor sourcing footprint and the identification of sourcing opportunities
• Work closely with Analytics team and Concept & Services team to streamline process flow and drive engagement of the competitor market mapping dashboard internally
• Stay up to date on sourcing, industry trends and competitor actions

Process Governance & Optimization

• Assist and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all reporting and planning activities.
• Identify 'bottlenecks' in current processes and implement simplifications to drive organizational efficiency.

Digital & Systems Transition Projects

• Play an active role in supporting the implementation of digital transformation projects.

What you'll need

• A Recognised University degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field; CPA is a plus
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Business Controlling or FPA
• Advanced ERP & Reporting; experience with SAP, BI Tools
• Experience as Model Builder in Anaplan is a plus
• Comfort working within Google Workspace environment for collaborative financial modelling, and hands-on experience in Python/Appscript for data maintenance.
• Hands-on experience utilizing AI tools like Gemini to optimize daily workflows and data modeling.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and to deliver accurate results
• Independent, proactive and well organised with a focus on detail and accuracy
• Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex financial concepts
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and adapt to a fast-paced environment
• Sensitivity to different timezones to work with stakeholders from various geographies
• Knowledge of supply chain and retail industry is a plus
• Change Management Mindset