Senior Specialist, Procurement Financial Controlling

Job Purpose:

As a Direct Procurement Finance Controller, you are responsible for supporting and monitoring the financial performance in line with the Procurement strategic frame.

As a business partner, you collaborate closely with the Direct Procurement division to provide insights that enable cost optimization and critical decision-making, always ensuring compliance in accordance with company’s standards.

The Direct Procurement Finance Controller role comprises of overseeing supplier performance and managing mass production BoM.

Job Role:

• Develop analytical dashboards and data models to track procurement key-indicators (part price variance, supplier performance, strategic levers’ negotiation performance...) in partnership with procurement team.
• Build automated analysis of pricing adjustments, both increases and reductions. Also build tools to track and simulate economic indicators within purchase scope to anticipate financial impact.
• Design standardized and integrated reports aligned inside and outside finance, such as Direct Procurement team, Head of Controlling and FP&A.
• Coordinate and respect deadlines for the financial reporting processes (Actual, Forecast, Budget and Business Plan costs), ensuring financial consistency between key indicators & financial reporting and ensuring correct cost classification in accounts.
• Implement automated linkage from supplier negotiations to unitary vehicle cost impact.
• Automate variance analysis reports against budget, prior year performance, latest forecast.
• Ensure monthly mass production BoM’s robustness in respect to structure and cost.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized University;
• Bachelor’s degree on Engineering preferably;
• MBA is a plus;
• Advanced English speaking and written is a must.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years on Procurement Controlling,
• Experience in consolidating internal indicators;
• Experience with FP&A cycles (budget, forecast and actual results consolidation);
• Hands-on ERP (SAP) implementation is a plus;
• Experience in an international company is a plus.