Fp&a Controller

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ProductLife Group is urgently looking for a FP&A Controller in the context of multiple recent acquisitions in Italy to act as a real link between Finance and all other business areas to integrate those companies, preparing value added financial management information and advising to facilitate improved financial performance.

An FP&A’s main function is to transform the overarching company strategy, into a long-range plan with annual operating and capital budgets. With the use of financial modeling, it forecasts operating and profitability performance and sets annual targets for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). By providing an annual budget, it provides management a clear picture of future performance while giving employees a direction to work towards.

About us

**Responsibilities**:
Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you will have to perform a wide range of job duties and responsibilities. The FP&A role requires extensive data reconciliation & consolidation, as well as variance analysis. Additionally, coupling the use of scenario and sensitivity analysis to forecast possible outcomes and using this theoretical information to create key metrics for monitoring.

**These may include, but are not limited to**:
Analyze the trends of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), especially relating to financial metrics such as sales, expenditures, and profit margin.
Close collaboration and business partnering with dedicated Head of Business Unit and Managing Directors, to integrate newly acquired entities in the standardized process : definition of lines of businesses (LOB) to match PLG structure, data collection from external systems to streamline KPIs, etc
Analyze, explain and present findings at both BU and Line of Business (LOB) level against predefined metrics.
Monitor KPIs and identify the cause of any unexpected variances
Gather, analyze and integrate operating and financial data from different IT systems to report at group level
Develop and continually improve budgeting, financial projections, and operating forecast
Ad-hoc business performance reporting
Perform quarterly forecasting exercise
Lead and animate annual budget for identified perimeter
Present the monthly and quarterly financial reports of various units and departments
Support management team and the Heads of Department with data-driven analysis
Implement a business intelligence tool and dashboard reports
Develop financial models and analyze them to support strategic initiatives
Education
At least a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or economics and preferably a master’s degree in business administration (MBA), or a CFA or FP&A certification.
Experience
At least 5+ years as FP&A controller

**Skills**:
We are looking for someone with the following skills and abilities:
Hard skills

Professional English is required.
Proven experience of explaining financial figures to stakeholder from a non-finance background
Advanced Excel level (VBA is a plus)
Proven experience working in highly evolving environment, with the ability to integrate multiple new acquisitions per year.
Experience working with data models and databases
Experience working with ERPs and analytical cost accounting

Soft skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
High level of accuracy and attention to detail
Strong planning and analysis skills
Ability to prioritize and multitask
Data base oriented
Ability to thrive in a business partner environment
Problem solving skills
Critical thinking skills
Adaptability skills
Project Management skills