Financial Controller

Overview

• Own the company management reporting, performance controlling, costing/pricing discipline, and cash flow planning, using outputs provided by the centralized transactional finance function.
• Deliver monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet, KPIs) with clear commentary.
• Perform analytical review of transactional outputs (completeness, accuracy, cut-off, unusual movements).
• Produce and present variance analysis (actual vs budget/forecast/prior) with root-cause and actions.
• Maintain standardized reporting packs by site/plant, product, customer/channel.
• Lead annual budget and periodic rolling forecast cycles.
• Build scenario analyses (volume, yield, input costs, FX, pricing) and quantify impacts.
• Support investment and operational decisions with business cases and sensitivity analysis.
• Own costing methodology: standard costing / actual costing, BOM/routings where applicable, overhead absorption.
• Analyze yield, scrap, downtime, efficiency and production variances (materials, labor, overhead).
• Maintain and validate pricing models, price updates, margin bridges, and profitability by product/customer.
• Identify margin leakage and drive corrective actions with Operations and Commercial.
• Produce weekly cash position and 13-week cash flow forecast; reconcile forecast vs actual.
• Monitor and report working capital: AR aging/collections, AP maturity, inventory days and slow-moving stock.
• Define and enforce finance control standards: close calendar, reconciliations, approvals, segregation of duties.
• Ensure audit-ready documentation and compliance with group policies.
• Act as finance process owner for ERP/reporting tools: requirements, controls, UAT, and sign-off.
• Act as the financial partner to Dairy, Farms, Milk Division and Feed Mills.
• Support divisional management with clear financial insight on cost, margins, and cash.
• Translate operational performance into financial impact.
• Challenge assumptions and support decisions on pricing, production, and investments.
• Remain independent from operations while being close to the business.