Commercial Controller

**Bedrijfsinformatie**: for our client, a global market leader in the food industry, we are looking for a Plant Controller
**Taken**:
**Monthly financial management reporting & analysis**
- Perform monthly management consolidation and financial reporting process (Commercial P&L);
- Perform variance analysis (Price Volume Mix, including waterfall charts) to forecast, budget and prior year;
- Keep oversight of product and customer profitability, including periodic updates on postponed rebates.

**Financial Planning (forecasting & budgeting)**
- Execute the commercial budget process;
- Contribute in the preparation of the monthly rolling forecast. Maintain and improve forecast accuracy;
- Contribute to the monthly financial outlook and escalate variances.

**Business Partnering**
- Collaborate effectively with the Sales Director and Sales Managers to monitor and improve product and customer profitability;
- Participate in financial modeling, scenario analysis, monitor the impact of sales prices increases (particularly monitoring the offset of input inflation);
- Interact with all levels and functional areas of the organization to obtain a key understanding of business drivers;
Meet company objectives by pro-actively identifying risks and opportunities, providing actionable management information, challenging the business and following up on remediation and/or action plans;
- Work closely with both local, divisional and corporate finance teams.

**Procedures and policies**
- Ensure compliance with divisional and corporate procedures.

**Systems**
- Improve data visualization, storytelling and increase use of data-based decision making through the use of BI systems (Qlikview and IBM Planning Analytics / Tm1).

**Profiel**:

- 5-10 years of relevant professional experience, preferably in an industrial company that is operating internationally;
- Master’s degree in economics or equivalent (MBA/CMA);
- Fluent in English and Dutch, other languages, especially French are an asset;
- Strong business acumen;
- Proven track record of business partnering;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel and PowerPoint), knowledge of ERP (SAP) and experience with BI tools (QlikView & IBM Planning Analytics / TM1);
- Strong drive, entrepreneurial and can-do attitude;
- Analytical and conceptual skills bringing pragmatic and effective solutions;
- Hands-on attitude and down to earth;
- Self-starter, able to plan and prioritize;
- Effectively partner with the business while maintaining objectivity and independence;
- Eager to work in a team where members challenge and support each other;
- Good communication skills, able to convince and influence others;
- Willing to travel occasionally (