Cluster Management Control Director at Camusat

Job description

Job purpose

Reporting to the cluster Finance and Administration Director, the Cluster Management Control Director:

• Is responsible for coordinating preparation of the annual budget, the quarterly forecasts, monthly reports as well as indicators facilitating analysis of the cluster profitability.
• Provides economic and financial analysis necessary for the operational and strategic management of the cluster and its subsidiaries as well as management of activities and decision making.
• Oversees the production and consolidation of management reports and guarantees their integrity.
• Oversees the effective implementation of processes, accounting and financial rules of the group within the cluster

Functions and responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly reports for the cluster management and the group management control department
• Preparation of reports for the cluster management and the group management control department within the given deadlines
• Monthly analysis of the cluster performance by review of variations between the actual results and budgeted amounts then investigate and report on the related causes
• Providing monthly comments for the cluster performance
• Preparation of reports for operations team
• Preparation and presentation of cluster activity dashboards as per the defined frequency.
• Preparation and presentation of ad hoc analysis as per the request of cluster or regional management
• Analysis of the company’s performance
• Closely monitoring the tools and KPIs that enable evaluation of the cluster’s performance
• Generate and analyse the defined indicators
• Highlight and propose areas of optimization
• Identification of improvement areas through benchmarking of the cluster subsidiaries and monitoring their implementation within the cluster
• Participate and be the lead of ad hoc projects (Including IT projects for the finance department)
• Preparation of short- and medium-term forecasts and being the lead of the budget process
• Adapt the budget creation procedures and oversee their implementation by the operations staff in collaboration with the regional finance and administration directors
• Collect, analyse and summarise budget data from countries and/or regions.
• Prepare forecasts and reforecasts as per the groups’ defined schedule
• Facilitate ad hoc studies and specific business cases
• Control the closing of accounting
• Be in charge of intercompany flows coordination
• Being in charge of consolidation of the monthly P&L
• Participate in development of analytical accounting in collaboration with the group’s management control department
• Internal Control and Audit
• Follow up and share the internal audit recommendations within the cluster
• Oversee the application of group rules within the cluster.
• Control and optimization of the information system
• Participate in the development of the accounting and financial information systems by acting as the project manager
• Risk Management
• Identify and quantify the risks affecting the company (interest rate, foreign exchange, raw materials, the effects…)

MISSION QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY

• Respect the rules defined in the Environmental Management System framework
• Report any identified environmental non-conformities

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree with specialization in accounting, control, audit or finance or equivalent from experience in these fields
• Business school with a specialization in finance
• And/or 5 years university degree in management and finance,
• And/or MBA in business management or finance
• 10 years’ experience as a corporate controller or equivalent
• Experience in management of teams.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Proficiency in use of management tools and concepts (SAGE, Qlick…)
• Mastery of reports summarizing techniques
• Excellent relationship and business skills
• Competency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel and Word) and be up to date with new communication and information technology
• Proficient in English and French.

REQUIRED QUALITIES

Very good communication/ Reliability/ Discretion and Confidentiality/ Dynamism/ Proactivity and anticipation/ Availability/ Leadership/ Ability to Convince/ Negotiating skills/ Persistence/ Analytical skills/ Willingness to learn/ Critical analysis skills