As a Business Controller, you will be responsible for monitoring and analysing business performance, supporting budgeting and forecasting activities, and providing financial insights to local leadership and senior management.
You will work closely with different business functions to ensure accurate financial reporting, identify performance gaps, and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Review monthly P&L results and key performance indicators, identifying variances, errors and improvement opportunities.
- Analyse actual results against budget and forecast, develop corrective action plans and monitor their implementation.
- Prepare and coordinate monthly performance reviews and management reporting.
- Monitor working capital indicators, including DSO, DPO and DIO, against defined targets.
- Support the preparation of the annual budget and forecasts, covering P&L, CAPEX, working capital and operating expenses.
- Develop financial business scenarios and forecasts in response to significant business changes.
- Prepare cash flow forecasts and support funding requests when required.
- Define and maintain cost allocation rules, accounting principles and business structures.
- Monitor overhead and operational cost centres and ensure accurate cost reporting.
- Work closely with business teams to understand operational KPIs and assess their impact on financial performance.
- Support invoicing and internal cost recharge processes.
- Participate in procurement approval workflows and provide financial input where required.
- Support statutory and group audits.
- Monitor outstanding receivables, doubtful debts, and related collection processes.
- Manage local insurance requirements and monitor related processes and payments.