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 (