Business Analysis & Controlling Business Partner Lead
Budapest, Hungary Permanent Date posted Nov. 13, 2024- Grade: L3-2
- Hiring Manager: Viktoriya Akhmetova
- Location: Budapest, Hungary
- Remote working is possible, limited travel is expected
- Job type: Permanent, Full time
About the job
Our Team:
You will be a part of the Europe Business Analysis & Controlling Center of Excellence (CoE) within the Opella Global Finance team, aimed at building a best-in-class BA&C organization supporting European countries of the EULA Region. This CoE, strategically located in Budapest, provides high-quality finance services for Commercial Operations, ensuring improved processes, tools & enhanced user experience, strengthens business focus and BA&C expertise, as well as promotes simplification, harmonization and automation within the Opella Finance organization.
The main focus of the BA&C CoE team is P&L execution, including Actuals closing, forecasting, reporting & analysis as well as partnering to local Finance Performance Leads & Business stakeholders.
Job Purpose:
- Be a financial partner for country/zone Finance Performance Leads in all BA&C activities
- Role model for the BA&C team
- Strategic liaison between country/zone (finance and business) and BA&C team (regional / global)
Main responsibilities:
Be a Business Partner for business teams
- Point of contact for all BA&C related activities for the country/zone
- Provide support to finance & business departments with detailed analysis of cost of goods sold and structural OPEX
- Provide insights and support ‘optimal’ business decision making
- Perform primary review of the Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Financial reports and associated analyses
- Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes
- Support Senior Management Team and Heads of Departments with in-depth analysis
- Prepare presentations for the Senior Management Team (local, regional & global) to highlight financial trends and summarize business plans
- Support and lead special projects and ad hoc analyses
Lead Closing Activities
- Consolidation, analysis and synthesis of the monthly closing
- Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances
- Monitor cash flow, escalating significant variances
Participate in budget & forecast
- Coordinate the annual budget and forecast cycles
- Other activities and deliverables such as preparing budget presentations, monthly performance presentations
Perform other finance tasks
- Identify and request or perform Master data management in systems
- Participate in internal control and audit processes to ensure compliance within his/her perimeter
- Other tasks and duties as delegated by the manager
About you
- Experience: 8-12 years of work experience preferably in Corporate Finance or Accounting environment
- Soft skills: Strong Leadership skills, Capability to negotiate and convince, Strategic thinking and process impact understanding, Ability to influence in a context of high resistance to change, Ability to understand and simplify complex processes, Strong analytical skills to resolve critical issues and ensure projects stay on track, Effective collaboration skills with peers, stakeholders, and partners across the organization, High level of interpersonal/ communication skills with an ability to communicate and present at different levels of the organization, Transversal mindset and ability to work across processes, geographies, languages, cultures, business maturity levels, Ability to work in a fast-paced and demanding environment, Ability to multi-task with proven follow-through and adherence to changing priorities and deadlines
- Technical skills: Proficiency in Excel, ERP (e.g., SAP), reporting tools (e.g., TM1) and data visualization platforms (Power BI, Qlik sense, etc.)
- Education: Degree qualified in Accounting and/or Finance is required, ACCA and/or CIMA, CFA is preferred
- Languages: fluency in English is required, 2nd foreign language knowledge is preferred (French, German, Italian)
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