Business Controller

Your purpose at Stanley/Stella.

At Stanley/Stella, we create premium, sustainable apparel with a strong commitment to quality, transparency, and responsible business practices. As our business continues to grow internationally, we rely on strong financial insights to support good decision-making and sustainable growth.

Our Finance team plays a key role in helping the business understand performance, anticipate challenges, and make informed decisions across all functions.

As a Business Controller, you support the Controlling team in delivering accurate financial reporting, analysis, and business insights that help drive decision-making across the company.

You will contribute to month-end reporting, forecasting, and planning activities while developing a strong understanding of the business and its financial drivers. Over time, you will progressively take ownership of your own scope and grow into a trusted business partner for departments such as Logistics, Marketing, and HR. You will help identify opportunities, anticipate risks, and support continuous improvement of financial processes and tools.

Reporting & Analysis

• Support monthly and annual closing activities, including reconciliations and financial consolidation.
• Analyze business performance and key variances versus budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Monitor revenue, margins, inventory, and other key financial indicators.
• Support cash flow forecasting and tracking.
• Prepare financial reports, presentations, and materials for management reviews and board meetings.
• Deliver ad hoc analyses to support business needs.

Business Partnering

• Collaborate with commercial and operational teams to provide financial insights and performance reporting.
• Support strategic and operational decision-making through data-driven analysis.
• Contribute to business cases, investment analyses, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Help identify risks, opportunities, and areas for enhanced business performance.

Financial Planning

• Support the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
• Assist with financial modelling and scenario analysis.
• Contribute to the monitoring of operational and financial KPIs.
• Support investment evaluations and business planning activities.

Process Improvement

• Contribute to the optimization and automation of controlling processes and reporting tools.
• Support digitalization initiatives and the use of data-driven solutions.
• Ensure compliance with internal financial policies, accounting standards, and reporting guidelines.

Collaboration

• Work closely with the Business Controller team, Business Analyst, Accounting, and Credit teams.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders across the business.
• Report directly to the Head of Controlling.

About You

• You hold a degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• You have at least 3 years of experience in controlling, financial analysis, audit, or a similar finance role.
• You have a solid understanding of finance, accounting principles, and financial reporting.
• You are comfortable working with Excel and have experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• You are interested in data, systems, digitalization, and process improvement.
• You combine strong analytical skills with attention to detail and a structured way of working.
• You communicate clearly and can adapt your message to different audiences.
• You enjoy collaborating with stakeholders across different departments.
• You are fluent in English and French.
• You are proactive, hands-on, and motivated to learn and grow in a dynamic environment.

About Us

Founded in 2012, Stanley/Stella has become Europe’s leading brand for premium and sustainable blank apparel. Our mission is simple yet ambitious: to redefine how responsible fashion is made, distributed and experienced.

We combine contemporary design with uncompromising quality and a deeply embedded commitment to sustainability. Every choice, from the fabrics we select to the long-term partnerships we build, reflects our belief that doing better is not optional; it is essential.

At Stanley/Stella, excellence is not a slogan. It is our way of working. We operate with transparency, respect and an entrepreneurial spirit that empowers every team member to make an impact. Together we are shaping a more conscious and inspiring future for our industry and for everyone who wears our products.

Join a company that leads by example, grows with purpose and creates change that lasts.