AddressJob Location: Parsippany
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? 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.
About the Role:
We are looking for an Overhead Controlling & Reporting Analyst to join our growing team. This individual will:
- Support the month end process with responsibility for overheads controlling by reporting to Headquarter the group activities progress.
- Manage the flow of information of financial reports, locally and to head office, by reporting month end results.
- Collaborate in the Selling, G&A budget, forecast and long-term plan exercises for the company’s commercial and industrial, including submission to Group tools (Oracle Hyperion).
- Support the SG&A Group Initiatives.
- Control, analyze and report all costs with all the relevant explanation about the main variances to the top management.
- Responsible for Overheads related to the IT, R&D and Open Innovation activities.
- Report to HQ the projects progress and explain variances in the R&D and Open Innovation structural costs.
- Monitor variances for other operating costs and report to management.
- Assurance over the discontinuities brought by company acquisitions and core business development.
Main Responsibilities:
Month End closing
- Support the month end process, including preparation, financial analysis and input of financial data, i.e. calculation of expense accruals for selling, G&A for all business divisions.
- Ensure completeness and reliability of financial data.
- Ensure proper system processes have been successfully performed in SAP financial modules for OVH and other operating costs.
- Distribute financial results internally.
- Investigate month over month variances - follow-up with business functions within the organization on the variances.
- Issue overheads reports to department heads comparing actuals versus budget for commercial, industrial and food service division.
- Integrate newly acquired companies in the Financial Reporting systems & processes, including the market segment expansion.
- Monitor variances over the activities planned for the IT and the actuals.
- Support R&D and Open Innovation Lab in tracking the actuals costs versus the forecast.
- Track the progress of the initiatives of the Chicago Lab to monitor the CAPEX progression.
- Analyze the Other Operating Costs and report any discrepancies versus the forecast.
Budgeting and Forecasting
- Actively participate in (weekly, monthly and session) Overheads forecast process as well as the development of the company’s annual budget and 5-year plan.
- Working with cross functional team to ensure proper inputs are received.
- Support the forecast plan for the company’s acquired in order to include it in the Area long-term plan.
- Industrial OVH costs, R&D and Open Innovation BDG and SAF loading activities in HFM.
Reporting
- Prepare financial reports and models, both regularly scheduled and ad hoc business requests supporting all business functions.
- Create, organize and maintain reports and database, including BI tools.
- Prepare and distribute monthly Reports, track actual results, and explain variances.
- Responsibility for Overheads reporting on IT, R&D, Open innovation and Industrial OVH.
- Create, organize and maintain reports for top management.
Who we are looking for:
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Business Administration
• Knowledge of financial and management accounting
• A minimum 3 to 5 years relevant finance experience
• Knowledge of Financial Reporting systems is an asset (Hyperion Financial Management and Essbase)
• Knowledge of SAP (FI/CO modules) is an asset
• Solid expertise in reporting tools and models
• Ability to set and achieve goals
• Ability to work independently and in teams
• Initiative to complete and follow up on projects until completion
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively to all levels of the organization
• Ability to solve problems and set priorities
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.
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.
Ferrero N.A. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
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