Finance Controller

**Company Description**
Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

We are seeking a highly qualified Finance Controller to join our finance team. In this role, you will leverage your solid experience in structured corporate environments, ideally within the healthcare sector, to manage and supervise our company's financial activities. Your responsibilities will include ensuring compliance with current regulations and contributing to the achievement of our strategic goals.

As a Finance Controller, you will supervise general accounting activities to ensure the accuracy of our financial records and compliance with accounting standards. You will be tasked with preparing and analysing quarterly and annual financial statements, as well as handling monthly closings. Managing the budgeting and forecasting process will be a crucial part of your role, where you will provide detailed analysis and support for key business decisions.

Your expertise will be essential in monitoring and managing the company's cash flow, along with identifying opportunities for optimisation. You will develop and implement internal control systems to ensure the integrity of financial information, and collaborate with internal and external auditing teams during financial reviews.

You will provide financial reports and in-depth analysis for company management and stakeholders, participate in strategic company projects, and support management in due diligence activities and integration during mergers and acquisitions. Your responsibilities will also include monitoring financial performance and identifying areas for improvement alongside ensuring compliance with tax and fiscal regulations.
**Qualifications**
To excel in this role, you should have a Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, or a related field, with at least 7-10 years of experience in similar roles. Experience in structured companies and the healthcare sector is preferred. You should possess in-depth knowledge of Italian and international accounting principles (GAAP/IFRS), excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and strong attention to detail.

You must be able to work under tight deadlines and have IT skills, particularly with accounting software and ERP systems (preferably SAP). Effective communication and interpersonal skills at all levels of the organisation are crucial, along with a proactive approach, autonomy, and a strong focus towards results. Fluency in Italian and English, both written and spoken, is essential.

**Additional Information**

**Sustainability matters to us** We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal

**Company description**: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 900 laboratories in 62 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytica