Job description:

Finance / Controller
Job Summary:Finance professional with Ability to understand and monitor business performances and trends as well as in-depth technical knowledge of P&L structure and experience in the FMCG sector (Preferably Food & Beverage) in the U.S., Canada and Mexican market through specialty distributors is required.

Competences and Responsibilities:
Support the team in all financial activities and decisions and act as the primary
point of contact between business units.
Preparation of budgets and phasing by clients and product lines.
Top line: volumes, prices, revenues
Costs: promotion activities plan, rebates, product placement fees (slotting/listing), adv, marketing and trade marketing
Support sales and marketing team in the preparation of sales forecast
Support the Business Control and Administrative functions in accounting closures and reporting (on a monthly and annual basis)

Qualifications:

At least 5 years of experience as a Finance / Controller in companies with a retailers through Distributor business model.
Analysis of business performances including sales, costs, G&A.
Analysis of promotion activities results
Support for pricing definition activities
Ad hoc reporting and profitability analysis supporting the management team
Analysis of actual/budget variances and according to corporate KPIs
Working capital control and analysis
Advanced use of Excel (pivot tables) Power Point and Word
Use of Promotion Activities SW Tools and Distributor portals
Experience with Retailer, Distributor business
Experience working with an international company

Why is This a Great Opportunity:

Excellent growth potential!