Financial Controller (Permanent position)
Neuchâtel, NE, CH
For our manufacture based in Neuchâtel, we are currently aiming to reinforce our Finance department and recruiting a:
Financial Controller
YOUR MISSION:
Within the Finance Manufacturing Team, which is part of HQ Panerai finance, you will contribute to follow-up the Manufacture’s performance, with a strong focus on monthly actuals reviews, budget and internal control.
This position is reporting to the Head of Manufacturing Controlling.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE AN IMPACT ?
Business Partnering:
- Act as a finance business partner to Manufacture’s departments to comment, challenge and explain financial performance.
- Safeguard the financial objective through both P&L and assets of the departments by analyzing financial impacts of budget/ forecast deviations, and maintaining the independent view of Finance in business decisions.
- Drive insightful analysis and financial visibility to enable strategic and operational decisions.
- Share and explain the monthly results throughout the manufacturing organization.
- Promote financial discipline within the organization, ensures quality of the financial forecasts and compliance with corporate finance policies.
- Develop a close and proactive collaboration with all manufacturing departments.
- Work on ad hoc Finance project by bringing better functional efficiency and effectiveness.
- Key contact for Richemont accounting department.
Financial planning & closing:
- Develop budgets, estimates and rolling forecasts according to the financial frameworks for some of the Manufacturing departments.
- Monitoring of financial targets/KPIs and related processes.
- In charge of global stock forecasting working closely with Supply Chain team.
- In collaboration with Richemont accounting department monitor monthly closing process.
- In charge of investments (CAPEX): ROI calculation, approval requests and booking.
Internal controls:
- ICS leader for the manufacture, in charge of animating ICS program in accordance with Group ICS Policies and Procedures.
- Manage the Group Riskonnect reporting system to ensure that accurate and complete information is documented by control owners, including control activities, results of control reviews and progress of remediation plans for manufacturing scope.
- Coordinate with external auditors/ internal auditors on review of in-scope business cycles or process reviews and ensure issues are resolved timely.
Manufacturing controlling activities:
- Contribute to industrial performance analysis.
- Contribute to product costing management.
Finance transformation projects & process automatization:
- Identify, define, and drive process/system improvement projects in line with the business needs; whilst continuously improving tools and processes.
- Work closely with our Finance Data Analyst for digitalization and data-visualization to provide adequate analysis for business and strategic decision making.
HOW WILL YOU EXPERIENCE SUCCESS
- Master degree or equivalent in Finance
- Between 5 and 10 years relevant experience in a similar role in an industrial environment.
- Previous experience in the watch industry is a plus
- Strong analytical mind with excellent interpersonal communication skills and problem-solving capability
- Must be results oriented, customer focused and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Good experience or knowledge of SAP/Business Intelligence with a strong focus on manufacturing specificities
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially in the use of Excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of PowerBi and/or SQL would be a plus
- High proficiency in written and verbal communication skills in French and English
HOW DO WE KEEP YOU SMILING
- You will be part of a dynamic Maison where your skills and talents will be recognized
- You will share with us the same values such as “enriching communities, care attitude, continuous improvement, efficient accountability”
- You will work in a multicultural team and develop international experience
- You will navigate with us on our sustainability journey
- You will develop and take your career at the next level with potential opportunities within Maison and the Richemont Group
INTERVIEW PROCESS
1st Stage – After your application has been selected, our recruitment team will reach out to you within 2 weeks to conduct an introductory call
2nd Stage – Interview with the line Manager
3rd Stage – Interview with the HR Manager / Direction
Panerai is an equal opportunities employer ensuring that all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process. We want to offer an inclusive environment of mutual respect and we are determined that no applicant experiences discrimination based on gender, gender expression, disability, origin, background, religious beliefs or sexual orientation or any other basis protected by law.