OVH Controller / Contracts and Services Business Partner

Are you detail-oriented with exceptional organizational skills? Ferrero are looking to recruit a Overhead Controller/Contracts and Services Business Partner which offers a fantatsic dual-role position within our Financial Team. As our Overheads Controller, you will drive planning, forecasting, and closure processes, ensure compliance and accuracy of SG&A costs, identify potential risks and opportunities, advise on cost center allocations, and conduct variance analysis to support decision-making. Simultaneously, as our Contracts and Service Business Partner, you will collaborate with the Procurement department to set up supplier negotiations and provide crucial financial insights to secure value-added contractual conditions. This dynamic role offers the opportunity to leverage your analytical prowess and financial acumen across two critical areas of our business. You'll play a pivotal part in optimizing our financial operations while driving value through strategic procurement support. If
you're ready to take on a challenging position that combines financial control with business partnership, we want to hear from you. Join our team and make a significant impact on our financial performance and procurement efficiency., As Overheads Controller, you will be responsible for aligning with Group guidelines regarding overhead costs, maintaining compliance across all financial processes. You will actively participate in the monthly closure process, meticulously verifying and ensuring accurate accounting of all overhead costs. Your role involves preparing comprehensive monthly closure reports related to overheads for all relevant departments, including detailed explanations and variance analyses.
You will implement and manage sophisticated cost planning systems, utilizing both cost center and activity-based costing methodologies. Conducting in-depth monthly performance reviews, you'll identify potential risks and opportunities, and develop actionable plans to achieve financial targets. You'll foster strong inter-departmental relationships, collaborating closely with various teams to guarantee precise tracking and accounting of all costs. Additionally, you'll provide strategic financial insights to support decision-making processes across the organization.

As Contracts and Service Business Partner, you will serve as the primary Finance Business Partner for the Procurement department, offering critical financial analysis and challenging proposed financial impacts. You'll ensure rigorous compliance with Ferrero group guidelines and policies, particularly focusing on maintaining robust General Operating Standards (GOS) for the Purchase to Pay cycle. Your responsibilities include developing complex financial models to support supplier negotiations, providing data-driven insights to secure optimal contractual terms.
You will lead the analysis and validation of market projections (e.g., inflation rates) and thoroughly assess their financial impact on future Procurement decisions. Gaining a deep understanding of contract change drivers and their business impact, you'll define key performance indicators (KPIs) and quantify financial implications to ensure proper Service Level Agreements (SLAs). You'll conduct comprehensive evaluations of suppliers' financial sustainability, analyzing key financial metrics from their Profit & Loss statements and Balance Sheets.

In this role, you will continuously monitor contract conditions, paying particular attention to working capital and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) implications. Finally, you'll spearhead cost optimization initiatives and process improvements, driving efficiency and value across the procurement function

Ferrero is seeking candidates ideally with a Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance. The ideal applicant will also have substantial experience in similar roles, preferably gained within multinational companies in the FMCG sector. We value strong knowledge and keen interest in financial analysis preparation, accounting, planning, taxation, and administration.

Candidates who are passionate about contributing to a dynamic, global organization are encouraged to apply., Strong analytical mind, attention to details on one hand and great organisational skills on the other, are the key to success. Employee contribution and engagement at Ferrero is based on the individual, team and organisation dimension, so you should have the ability to work independently, as a team member and build good relations with stakeholders on all levels. Being flexible and dealing with a dynamic working environment and embedding new knowledge and skills in existing competencies will definitely help you to become a high performer here.

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them., Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding., Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you'll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.