Junior Business Controller

**Description**:

- Great People Work Here._

How would you like to be part of exciting innovation pipelines, working with incredible international teams all dedicated to the evolution of a proud 300-year-old brand?

TwiningsOvo, International Markets (IM), operate across 100 exciting global markets, coming together to create the next generation of exquisite tea & Ovaltine ranges. Our teams operate in highly entrepreneurial commercial environments, suited to those who love business challenges and want to have a significant impact.

Here in IM, you’ll develop cross-cultural leadership skills quickly, leading projects across diverse, inclusive, and multi-cultural teams. If you’re a team player, dedicated to your craft, you’ll be sure to grow personally and professionally, taking advantage of the incredible career opportunities across our global TwiningsOvo network.

We've been in the Italy for over 40 years, working with distribution partners. Italy presents a significant growth opportunity and is a priority for Twinings' investment in the coming years. We are now looking for a talented and driven Junior business controller to join our team in Milan.
The Junior business controller will report to our Local Finance Manager in Milan, playing an important role in supporting financial reporting and analytics, while driving the financial performance of our Italian business.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Ensuring that the company’s financial reports are accurate and comply with local and group regulations and accounting principles.
- Assist in the analysis of marginality and profitability by country, product line, and customer, with a clear understanding of how pricing, cost, and investment decisions impact margins.
- Anticipate and identify performance trends and issues, providing constructive challenges to the business.
- Aid the controlling department in the development of tools and reports to measure business performance.
- Monitor and control expenses process, office costs, purchases order.
- Assist regional top management with presentations and dashboards on all relevant projects.
- Contribute to financial budgeting and forecasting activities, ensuring assumptions are robust and timely revised.

**Skills, Knowledge and Expertise**:

- University degree in Finance, Business Administration or equivalent.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel.
- Experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools, ideally SAP, SAP BI, SAP SAC, Power BI.
- Fluent Italian and English skills both written and verbal
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data.
- An entrepreneurial and creative mindset with a collaborative working style.
- Positive and proactive attitude.
- Excellent attention to detail.

**About Twinings**:
Twinings has become one of the world’s most loved tea companies over its 300-year history because we never stop learning, never stop experimenting and never stop inventing. We are passionate about tea from bud to cup and have been working with some of our tea estates around the world since the early 18th Century.

More than 300 years later, the passion for tea is still here - and so are we We still sell tea from Thomas's shop, and we still work hard to bring the most exciting new blends to tea lovers around the world. Now, we have over 500 varieties and our teas are cherished all over the world. Our expert master blenders taste more than 3,000 cups of tea every week. So you can be sure the next cup you taste will be every bit as good as the one yesterday or the day before.

**How we feel about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**

TwiningsOvo is committed to bringing together humans from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We seek to create a diverse, equitable & inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do impactful work together. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability, age or any other status protected by law and are committed to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our workplace.

Applicants may be entitled to reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act. A reasonable adjustment is a change in the way things are typically done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity.