Group Controller

Founded in 2004, Baobab Collection has experienced strong and sustained growth over recent years. Having become a benchmark in the high-end candle and diffuser market thanks to its very distinctive identity, Baobab Collection products are true decorative objects. Today, the brand is present on all five continents and is distributed through its flagship stores in Brussels, Paris, Lille, Antwerp, London and New York, as well as in more than 500 exclusive points of sale such as Harrods and Le Bon Marché. To find out more, please visit our website: Main role: Day to day reporting & performance monitoring of Baobab Collection group activities Business partnering and driving value-creating initiatives across commercial and operating teams Develop and control of Inventory and Margins processes / reporting / accounting impacts Development, maintenance and key user of group reporting tools (PBI, Emasphère, Odoo), Finance IT Assistance to the CFO and Chief Accountant during month and year end closing processes Main responsibilities and key activities: Reporting, analysis, partnering, closing Preparation of monthly financial reporting decks: financial reporting consolidation, variance analysis, bank covenants, coordination of explanations with the accounting teams, management reviews and questions. Deep understanding of P&L, B/S, Cash Flow statements, and monthly KPIs Responsible for the Forecasting, Budgeting processes (accounting teams to Emasphère) and forecasting Help management further develop KPIs & reporting along business requests, including margins / profitability / cash flows / Balance Sheets analysis Business partnering on strategic projects across business lines including but not limited to supply chain optimization initiatives and pricing strategy Support company's international expansion and investments across the business and regions Financial reporting tools, key user Be the internal expert in Emasphère (Baobab Collection group consolidation and reporting tool) and Power BI (sales/margins reporting). Get trained on those 2 solutions, with the aim to maintain and further develop their capabilities Develop and maintain, help improve reports / KPI's created in those systems Liaise with IT and external consultants in order to keep data integrity into the systems Be comfortable in using different sources of data for integer reporting, and in helping automating data interfaces to our key financial reporting tools Position himself over time as the group Key User for finance reporting tools Become an Odoo finance key user. Drive improvements in inventory valuation in Odoo Monthly control of the standard cost process across systems (inventory, margins) Support in developing new group management report P&L along std cost / variable costs set up Assistance to the CFO and Chief Accounting Officer Participate in process improvements (systems or other) impacting group finance and accounting teams Support Chief Accounting Officer and accounting teams during month end process Monthly consolidation of accounts in Emasphère Provide support during the annual audit of the group across legal entities Support the CFO and Chief Accounting Officer in coordinating outside consultants, in The yearly legal consolidation exercise The follow up of each affiliate's official annual accounts / tax declarations processes PBI, Emasphère initiatives Support CFO in his other responsibilities, including Tax structuring, Legal, IT, Facility related matters Qualifications and Experience: MSc from Business school Financial management (Financial Planning & Analysis), audit, controlling or M&A/ Corporate finance experience of 7+years, with a focus on data management, financial reporting and stakeholder support Competencies: Strong analytical and synthetic skills Proficiency in (including ability to maintain or act as internal expert in) digital finance tools such as Power BI, Emasphère, ERP Power BI, An Excel master, ideally Power BI and Emasphere intimate, Odoo knowledge a plus Ability to easily interact with local accounting teams, management, board members, external consultants Proficiency in French and English Autonomy, sense of initiative, self-starter, hands-on, ability to work remotely from management Internal & External contacts: Local internal and external accounting teams and IT Odoo implementation teams, internal and external Business and operations teams across the company Baobab Collection management team, including CEO, Executive Committee members, CFO, and Chief Accounting Officer May be exposed to Baobab Collection Group board members Outside consultants, Emasphère, Power BI consultants, Odoo / other ERPs support teams OPEN TO FREELANCE STATUS