Cost Controller

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Budget Development:
• Collaborate with operational management in budget development.
• Prepare and file budget templates, ensuring consistency and accuracy.
• Challenge data and consolidate financial information.
• Results Management:
• Prepare provisional results and load them into the controlling tool.
• Conduct result and variance analyses against budget and previous year.
• Support the accounting department during closing, presenting and explaining results.
• Propose and implement action plans, conduct ad hoc analyses, and assist in cash management.
• Drive, animate, and monitor performance indicators.
• Forecasting:
• Assist operational management in developing and building forecasts.
• Challenge forecast data for accuracy and reliability.
• Cross-Departmental Collaboration:
• Work effectively with other departments.
• Share knowledge and information.
• Assist operational managers in utilizing financial tools and decision-making.
  

Technical Skills

• Industrial Efficiency:
• Collaborate closely with Plant Manager and corporate team to monitor and analyze industrial equipment efficiency and KPIs.
• Apply strategies to improve overall plant efficiency.
• Management Analysis:
• Perform comprehensive financial analyses with accuracy, consistency, and integrity.
• Utilize financial and accounting data to conduct analyses by profit center.
• Controlling/Financial Business Modeling:
• Provide support to business functions in cost management and decision-making.
• Contribute to the performance of the plan through financial modeling.
• Financial Data Mining and Reporting:
• Process and interpret data to produce effective reports.
  

Transversal Skills

• Analytical Thinking:
• Rigorously analyze data and situations to identify causes/effects and make effective decisions.
• Change Management:
• Maintain effectiveness and adaptability during major changes in work responsibilities or environment.
• Adjust to new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
• Intellectual Curiosity:
• Be receptive to new ideas and opinions.
• Demonstrate openness to learning and adapting to the business environment to contribute to the Group's development.