Financial Controller (24 Months)

In order to reinforce our Finance department within our dynamic brand, we are currently looking for:

Financial Controller

YOUR MISSION:

As part of the Finance Manufacturing Team, you will contribute to follow-up the Manufacture's performance, with a strong focus on product profitability, monthly actuals reviews, annual budget, rolling forecasts and 3-year strategic plans.

This position is reporting to the Head of Manufacturing Controlling. In addition to Panerai Manufacture, you will be acting as a key contact person for our Product Marketing team based in Milan regarding specific topic.

HOW WILL YOU MAKE AN IMPACT?

Business Partnering

• Act as a finance business partner to Manufacture's departments to comment, challenge and explain financial performance
• Drive insightful analysis and financial visibility to enable strategic and operational decisions
• Share and explain the monthly results throughout the manufacturing organization
• Promote financial discipline within the organization, ensures quality of the financial forecasts and compliance of corporate finance policies
• Develop a close and proactive collaboration with all manufacturing departments and marketing team
• Work on ad hoc Finance project by bringing better functional efficiency and effectiveness
• Develop budgets, estimate and rolling forecast according to the financial frameworks for most of the Manufacturing departments.
  
  
  • Monitoring of financial targets/KPIs and related processes
  • Manage the reporting in the Group's reporting tool (Anaplan)
  • Collaborate with finance teammates on various closing tasks
  Product profitability and coefficients
  
  
  • Leader on calculating and analyzing product's coefficients and profitability.
  • Develop and provide insightful analysis on markups
  • Work closely with our Finance Business Analyst for digitalization and data-visualization to provide adequate analysis for business and strategic decision making
    
    Back-up for the following topics:
    
    
    • Industrial management control: analysis of factory losses and cost variance
    • Product costing management: build up standards in SAP Product Costing, analysis of variances, certification of finished products and components
    HOW WILL YOU EXPERIENCE SUCCESS
    
    
    • Master Degree or equivalent in Finance
    • A minimum of 3 years relevant experience in a similar role in an industrial environment.
    • Previous experience in the watch industry is a plus
    • Strong analytical mind with excellent interpersonal communication skills and problem-solving capability
    • Must be results oriented, customer focused and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
    • Good experience or knowledge of SAP/ Business Intelligence with a strong focus on manufacturing specificities
    • Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially in the use of Excel and PowerPoint
    • Knowledge of PowerBi and/or SQL would be a plus
    • High proficiency in written and verbal communication skills in French and English
    HOW DO WE KEEP YOU SMILING
    
    
    • You will be part of a dynamic Maison where your skills and talents will be recognized
    • You will share with us the same values such as "enriching communities, care attitude, continuous improvement, efficient accountability
    • You will work in a multicultural team and develop international experience
    • You will navigate with us on our sustainability journey
    • You will develop and take your career at the next level with potential opportunities within Maison and the Richemont Group
    INTERVIEW PROCESS
    
    1st Stage - After your application has been selected, our recruitment team will reach out to you within 2 weeks to conduct an introductory call
    
    2nd Stage - Interview with the line manager
    
    3rd Stage - Interview with the HR Manager / Direction
    
    Panerai is an equal opportunities employer ensuring that all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process. We want to offer an inclusive environment of mutual respect and we are determined that no applicant experiences discrimination based on gender, gender expression, disability, origin, background, religious beliefs or sexual orientation or any other basis protected by law.