Customer Financial Controller

The Customer Financial Controller is a diverse and challenging role which includes:
• Responsibility for key accounts Finance Function. Involvement might be required for Financial Accounts, Tax, Treasury.
• Direct and regular contact with CBU (Customer Business Unit) Director. Be part of the CBU Core Team. Act as a Business Partner, ie act as a SPOC for all finance related queries. This might include participating in elaborating Business Case for new deals, analyzing current deals operations.
• Regular contact with Benelux Operation Manager and Cluster Head
• Direct and regular contact with Benelux Cluster Head.


Main areas of responsibility are:

- Revenue analysis:
• Prepare month end closing on key accounts (review invoices, prepare revenue accruals/deferrals, prepare credit note inputs, prepare ERS/VBS entries on revenues and costs), participation of the pre close requests
• Revenue forecast: support Benelux Sales Operation and country finance controller: for key accounts, support the forecast performed by the countries by performing sanity checks prior to forecast submission, analysis of country run rates, on case by case by preparing full forecast for complex customer,
• Attend the country business review (TSPR) meeting and follow up on actions to finance
• Produce ad hoc analysis upon request from the country manager and finance management. Establish on a monthly basis the Risks and Opportunities


- Profitability analysis (GM & Capex):

• Be the profitability SPOC on key accounts supported, follow up on specific cost-saving initiatives, provide finance contribution to the CCPR (Country Cluster Profitability Review) monthly review, prepare ad hoc analysis for Finance management's review
• For accounts with full support provide monthly:
Semester Outlook based on actuals and updated forecast
Bridge between Monthly Semester Outlook and prior month Semester Outlook
Bridge between Monthly Outlook and prior month Outlook
Bridge between Monthly Semester Outlook and prior Semester
Bridge between Monthly Semester Outlook and prior Year
• For accounts with 'partial' support provide monthly:
Analysis of actuals from one truth
Bridge between Monthly Semester Outlook and prior month Semester Outlook if significant change is identified
Produce ad hoc analysis notably estimation of loss to go provisions upon finance management request.
Produce PL refresh for customers, this list being decided with IPC team, Europe Profitability Controller, Country Financial Controller and Cluster Director bi-annually.
Produce Big Ticket reviews for selected customers
Prepare all ad hoc linked to key customers for CBU Directors, Cluster Head, Finance management.

- Cash:

• DSO estimate prior to target settings
• Contribution to action plans in order to improve the DSO on the perimeter
• Monthly analysis of DSO vs target for accounts with full support


- Budgets:

• Prepare revenue budget on case by case for complex customer
• Attend to review with BU's for Domains interlocks and manage further queries
• Prepare Capex budget for key accounts

- Business cases:

• Review of pre-sale business case for in-country "full support" customer and participation to the DAC meetings and IC preparation meetings
• Prepare all analysis requested by commercial management such as One Truth baseline (One off events removed, remove products not in the business case perimeter…)
• Review presentations and ensure Europe finance validation is completed before IC (scorecard to provide).
• Post-IC for selected customers: prepare margin and revenue forecast over contract length, prepare detail comparison to initial business case, prepare all finance slides and bridges for the review, set up preparation reviews with Country and Finance Management, follow up post IC actions.

• Attractive financial bonus
• Extra days of holidays
• Cafeteria Benefit System
• Full compensation of sick leave for certain amount of days
• Complementary retirement savings contributions
• Financial support regarding life milestones
• Contribution to private healthcare
• Referral program
• Flexible working time
• Home Office