Financial Business Controller

As Business Controller for the Global Freight Forwarding Line of Business you will report to and closely work with the Director of Controlling & Reporting and assist him on the various tasks of the department.

You will act as a key business partner for Top management and country teams. Your day-to-day will consist in working with various internal stakeholders in Finance, Sales and Operations teams located in France and across the world.

You will take part in the achievement of the business growth and conversion ratio target for the Global Freight Forwarding line of business by analyzing customer profitability, activity, risks, and costs.

Your main responsibilities will be:

Customer tenders

• Coordinate the Tender process which involves multiple stakeholders (Global Account managers, Business Controllers, Legal team, etc.)
• Build the forecasted P&L and present it to the Top Management

Customer performance analysis

• Challenge status-quo and provide insights on performance to the Freight Forwarding Top management
• Understand the bottom-line performance calculation (allocation rules) and be the owner of all Business Intelligence Reports
• Participate in ad-hoc analysis
• Contribute to monthly reporting material

Business Intelligence

• Create, standardize, and improve reporting, in close collaboration with the BI team
• Proactively present suggestions for process/business improvements and assume accountability for implementation of relevant initiatives
• Maintain Customer Master data
• Ensure data quality control

Special items

• Calculate customer incentives
• Assess the right sizing of our salesforce
• Assist Top Management in decision making
• Be the Global Freight Forwarding Finance transformation referent on Customer topics

Applicant's profile (experience, interpersonal skills)

Graduate with a Master's Degree specialized in Finance with 3-year successful working experience in audit (Senior) and/or within a finance control department.

You should demonstrate strong analytical, problem solving and inter-personal skills. You are Data- and Business Intelligence-oriented and can build strong collaborative relationships across all levels of Finance and the wider operational business and interact with Top Management.

Fluent English is mandatory to communicate with stakeholders located worldwide.