OVH Controller/Contracts and Services Business Partner
Job Location: Greenford
Company Description
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.
Diversity Statement
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.
About the Role:
If you have a great eye for details and are a perfect organiser this role can interest you. As a member of the Financial Team he will have a dual role. You will be overheads controller with focus on planning, forecast and closure processes ensuring compliance and accuracy of SG&A costs. Identifying potential risks and opportunities, advising on cost center allocations, conducting variance analysis to support decision-making processes. At the same time you will be contracts and service business partner by supporting the Procurement department in setting up the negotiations with suppliers and providing with financial insights in order to get the most value added related contractual conditions.
Main Responsibilities:
As Overheads controller you will be responsible for aligning with Group guidelines regarding overheads costs. You will participate during monthly closure process, ensuring solid accounting of overhead costs. You will prepare monthly closure reporting related to OVH for all relevant department with explanations. You will perform cost planning by cost centers and activity based costing. You will review monthly performance and identify areas of risks/opportunity and
develop/follow up action plans to achieve targets. You will interact and collaborate with other teams and departments to ensure accurate tracking/accounting of all costs.
As Contracts and Service Business Partner you will be the Finance business Partner for the Procurement department, supporting and challenging all financial impacts. You will ensure compliance with Ferrero group guidelines & policies and ensure that GOS for Purchase to Pay cycle is in place. Modelling financials to support supplier negotiations. You will be responsible for analyzing and validate market projections (e.g. inflation) and their financial impact for future Procurement decisions. You will understand the drivers and the impact on the business of contract changes and define KPIs and Financial impact to ensure proper SLA (service level agreement). You will support the procurement team to evaluate suppliers financial sustainability (Supplier P&L/BS main KPIs), monitor contract conditions also from working capital / DCF implications and drive cost optimization initiatives and processes improvement
Who we are looking for:
Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance.
Solid experience in similar roles gained in multinational companies ideally within the FMCG sector
Knowledge and strong interests in financial analysis preparation, accounting, planning, taxes, or administration preferred
Fluency in English
How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.
Strong analytical mind, attention to details on one hand and great organisational skills on the other, are the key to success. Employee contribution and engagement at Ferrero is based on the individual, team and organisation dimension, so you should have the ability to work independently, as a team member and build good relations with stakeholders on all levels. Being flexible and dealing with a dynamic working environment and embedding new knowledge and skills in existing competencies will definitely help you to become a high performer here.