Head of Controlling

Job Description

General Management and Strategy

• Manage and coordinate all controlling activities for the plant
• Translate plant controlling strategy into action plans and ensure implementation
• Contribute to strategic and operative planning of the plant (e.g. with respect to investments, capacity and headcount planning)
• Ensure the achievement of controlling targets according to internal and external customer expectations
• Initiate and control investments for controlling equipment (e.g. training materials, external trainings, etc.)
• Interface to sector or BA functions in order to gather local controlling requirements and demands and other feedback
• Participate in and/or steer global or local controlling related and cross-functional projects
• Conduct employee dialogues, personnel development and coaching

Responsible for fixed assets analysis and fixed assets inventory count

Manage and review standard cost calculations on new products as well as yearly update of Standard costs at year-end

Prepare, review and manage the budget and forecast of controlling cost centers

Implement and conduct activities according to the budget established

Ensure that the financial goals are met

Finance and Controlling

• Ensure and apply Continental finance and accounting guidelines and ensure implementation and conformity with all Continental controlling systems, tools, standards and processes with high data quality and transparency
• Ensure production controlling according to standards (production order controlling, production parameters like scrap and utilization, shift model review, perform standard costs calculation, support of plant variation analysis, support of cost center controlling all areas)
• Ensure investment controlling (valid for local investments e.g. infrastructure) according to standards (preparation of financial analysis supporting investment and eCRs, management of plant invest budget)
• Ensure personnel controlling according to standards (evaluation of staffing utilization, shift model analysis (variations) as input for production planning, fix HC planning and allocation, ePRs)
• Ensure logistics controlling if needed (according to plant size) according to standards (inventory analysis and reporting - WOC, special freights, ICO business like transfer price calculation, equalization)

Reporting

• Support monthly closing and report monthly according to standards
• Prepare standard reports to plant and business management
• Prepare and review monthly results (e.g. P&L)
• Prepare budget and forecasts based on production volumes
• Analyze variations/operational and non-operational effects

Qualifications

• University degree, preferably in business administration, accounting, finance, controlling or related discipline (depending on plant size)
• 5 or more years of professional experience in various finance and controlling functions
• cross functional experience e.g. in production, supply chain, quality or CBS preferred
• 3 or more years in a leadership position, preferably in operational units with functional and disciplinary responsibility for other individuals
• experience in working with international teams on production topics and understanding of foreign cultures
• Proficient in english
• Cost and financial accounting
• Production Variations
• Finance and controlling IT systems (e.g. SAP R/3, S/4, etc.)
• Problem solving and decision making tools and techniques as well as total cost management
• Leadership & management skills (incl. team-building, delegation, performance management and people development techniques)
• Project management skills, tools and techniques
• Preferred knowledge of automation tools e.g. Power BI, Knime, etc.