Financial Controller (French Speaking)
- Recruiter
- Marks Sattin
- Location
- England, West Midlands, Birmingham
- Salary
- £68000 - £80000 per annum + Package
- Posted
- 19 May 2017
- Closes
- 26 May 2017
- Ref
- MS19052017
- Contact
- Matt Taylor
- Job Title
- Financial Controller
- Category
- Manufacturing / Engineering
- Experience Levels
- Manager
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
On behalf of a global manufacturing business, I am seeking a French speaking Financial Controller to drive the commercial finance function for The UK.
Reporting directly to the Finance Director, the role-holder will provide insight on current performance issues and challenges and drive improvement actions across the commercial team.
Key responsibilities as Financial Controller include:
- Drive decision support to the commercial team and supporting marketing in commercial justifications evaluating and modelling pricing and marketing strategies alongside range reviews
- Providing support and understanding of the financials of the sector and challenge performance and strategy
- Manage the commercial accounting team providing development opportunities alongside delivering to KPI's
- Ensure financial controls are sustained across functions and Management Information is provided to the business
- Ensure robust control process on all customer investment transactions with appropriate reporting
- Coordinate commercial budgeting and forecasting to identify challenges and build gap-filling action plans
- Support Marketing Team on decisions and trade marketing budget management
- Support Innovation team with scenarios, decision support and tracking including post-evaluation
- Pre and post-evaluation of promotional investment
To be considered for the position of Financial Controller, candidates must be/have: - ACCA, ACA or CIMA fully qualified
- Fluent in French and English (essential)
- Experience in driving and leading commercial finance teams within very cross-functional environments
- Experience in working closely with Sales & Marketing
Package on offer for the position of Financial Controller:
- £68,000-£80,000 basic dependant on experience
- Fully expensed company car
- Competitive bonus and pension scheme
- Discount on products
Financial Controller // French Speaking // Global Manufacturing Business // West Midlands