bayt.com
Job Description
Primary objective/General overview:
- The Business Controller Junior supports the Business Controller & Finance Director in overseeing the
- business and financial operations of MENA region and shares responsibility for the organization’s economic
- and financial performance. Support the Business with a focus on commercial planning & controlling
- activities and reporting activities.
Key accountabilities and responsibilities:
- Coordinate all Planning cycles with a focus on the Top-line including a 3-year plan, 1-plan and all
- quarterly forecast including coordination of different stakeholders (Commercial, Marketing Team)
- involving in the process
- Work on Planning cycle as far as concern Top-line including 3-years plan, 1-plan and all quarterly
- forecast including modeling, checking, and uploading in systems
- Prepares the budget, forecast, long-term plan, variance analysis between budget, forecast and
- actuals
- Monitoring the managerial P&L data and business performance on a monthly basis, outlining and
- commenting on main trends and differences vs BDG or PY and identifying possible improving action
- with focus on the Top-line
- Participation in the Monthly Business Review flow & updated for Top management & corporate,
- providing all the Sales data in collaboration with the Sales director
- Ensure the timely and accurate reporting and controlling of business results by organizing and
- summarizing controlling reports for all assigned countries, ensuring accurate and insightful business
- follow up with profitability analysis and variance reports in order to suggest cost efficiency
- measures and initiate corrective actions
- Management of the credit notes issued on the period for all the perimeter
- Perform Discounts analysis and manage Target Bonus accrual for customers at the brand level
- Provide insights at the request or at own initiative regarding quantitative and qualitative developments
- by means of periodical and ad hoc reports and/or analyses, based on reporting guidelines
- Reporting re-design, and optimizing reports to assist Marketing and Commercial teams in tracking
- actual results
Skills
- 2+ years experience in Finance/ Controlling
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Business or equivalent from an accredited and renowned
- University
- A professional post-graduate qualification such as Chartered Accountant, ACCA,or MBA is a plus
- Financial Acumen for Sales
- Financial Management
- Strategy & Planning
- Planning & Budgeting
- Reporting & Consolidation
- Proficient in Excel
- SAP, Business Object
- Organizational Skills