Regional Commercial Controller - Gulf & Arab Countries

Job Location: Dubai

Company description

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? ‎38,767 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.

Diversity Statement

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.

About the Role:

If you have a great eye for details and enjoy budget forecasting, this role
can interest you. As a Regional Commercial Controller, your main focus will be
to prepare Budget and Forecast scenarios, supporting Commercial teams in
defining targets and meeting Group requests. You will take care also of the
maintenance of all the internal simulations and reporting systems. In
addition, you will run the monthly analysis on A&P and Trade Spend GAPs, as
well as other monthly reporting activities. You will be providing appraisal on
gaps between target versus results and identify adjustment actions. As part of
your role, you will need to analyze and suggest proposals for improvement of
growth & profitability and take part into monthly closing activities.

Main Responsibilities:

Your main responsibilities will include Budgeting and Forecasting ,
Closure activities , Performance Analysis, Business Decision
Support & Internal Control.
As part of the budgeting and forecasting, you will support the Regional
Controlling Team and the Commercial Teams in the definition of the Budget and
Forecast, in line with the objectives and guidelines & in compliance with the
functional criteria, methodologies and tools. You will support in the
discussion with local business units and functions, translating the strategic
targets into operative, achievable targets.
This role will require you to provide economic and financial projections, and
by managing and reviewing the information received from local and central
teams.
During Closure, you will perform FI-COPA monthly closing in SAP, with
reconciliation and reclassification activities, as required. In addition to GR
and accruals monitoring at monthly closures, ensuring correct cost
recognition. Also, it will be required to maintain price structures,
discounts, and standard cost of SKUs.
As part of the performance analysis, you will prepare monthly the functional
reporting and analyses gaps between forecasts and actuals. You will initiate
adjustment actions, investigating the causes with the relevant functions and
countries and providing the necessary KPIs.
In addition, you will play a trusted advisor role to the business to develop
models, scenarios, and economic appraisals for new initiatives. You will
support the Commercial and Marketing functions in the optimization of trade
spend and advertising and promotion expenditures, applying cross-country
comparative analyses (SKU and Gross Margin analyses).
As part of the finance team, you will be ensuring compliance with Ferrero
internal control framework and group policies.

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for an incumbent with strong business acumen, financial
knowledge, brilliant stakeholder management ability and at least ‎3 to ‎5 years
of relevant experience.
You should have a bachelor's a degree in accounting, economics, finance, or a
related field. It would be considered a plus if you have a recognized
professional qualification from a professional institution, such as the
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) or the Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
On the technical side, you should be tech-savvy, as we require SAP knowledge,
Strong Microsoft Excel, and Power Point skills.
You must have good communication & presentation skills, in addition to fluency
in English language.

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

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.
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.
Requisition ID
‎59352
Job function
Finance, Administration & Control
Country
United Arab Emirates
City
Dubai
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