Overheads Controlling Manager (Temporary – Maternity Cover)

About the job

Danone MENA is looking for a talented Overheads Controlling Manager to be based in Dubai, UAE like you!

In the context of Specialized Nutrition Mena, you will be responsible to build, lead and manage the role will be accountable to organize & mobilize resources (people, process, tools) in the Region.

A- PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Organize & mobilize resources (people, process, tools) to ensure:

• Timely preparation & articulation of Overheads on historical data through a monthly dashboard

• Verification and approval of Payroll on monthly basis

• Accurate Rolling forecast projection as well as reporting in Magnitude/Essbase

• tracking of Balance sheet GL’s under scope to ensure clear picture on monthly basis.

• Value creation through Identifying & tracking productivity

• Secure compliance to Internal control (Dango) within the scope

• Support ad hoc project

B- BUSINESS CONTEXT & KEY CHALLENGES

• Volatile and increasingly challenging business environment (Cogs increase, vessel constraints, Forex volatility)
• Business integration
• Beyond Budget Rolling Forecast – increased complexity, reporting frequency & horizon.
• More sophisticated tools & processes (Themis SAP & Essbase) delivering stronger controls & efficiency however requiring stronger coordination, collaboration & anticipation.

C- KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Payroll Approval
• Monthly Overheads Dashboard with YTD in comparison to LY & Rolling forecast
• Overheads bridge with building blocks v. LY & LRF
• Magnitude reporting for schedules in scope for Actual as well as RF
• Essbase data upload for RF
• X-functional collaboration with HR to ensure People cost data is most recent
• Monthly circulation of T&E report to CODI
• Managing Monthly closing process for Overheads
• PO Approvals for non people cost in scope
• Yearly working on X-charges for hosted team in Dubai relating to other zones.
• Deep dive on IS/IT cost details to ensure legitimacy of IS/IT charges for the CBU

Constantly look for Productivity and ensure crystallization of value created on the initiative

About you

To be successful in the role you should ideally have:

• Management and interaction with multiple stakeholders (internal and external)
• Key Challenge and Build role in Forecasting process
• Technical knowledge (excel macro, Themis (SAP) & Essbase)
• Education 4+ years University or MBA degree in Finance Experience.
• 4 years successful experience in Finance, primarily in Finance Controlling / Business Controlling in Multinational FMCG environment with experience in managing Data & Tools as well as good dashboard animating skills.

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Mastering of Controlling skills, in particular analytic & synthesis capabilities including:

• • Mindset of ensuring avoidable expenses are eliminated
  • Accuracy of data with correct allocation of cost
  • Variance analysis
  • Forecasting principles
  • Good number crunching skills
  • Risk and opportunities management
  • Dashboards
  • Strong book keeping knowledge

SOFT SKILLS:

• Strong communication & presentation skills
• A high degree of reliability, agility, initiative, resilience, integrity, confidentiality and empathy
• Ability to perform in a cross-functional, volatile, uncertain and multi-cultural environment
• Fluent in English (written and spoken), ideally also knowledge of Arabic

About us

We offer
Working in Danone MENA is one of the best places to build a strong career through everyday learning, empowerment, and team collaboration in an open culture & environment. Our culture fosters autonomy and empowerment, where your everyday can be a fresh adventure – full of new possibilities and opportunities for your development.

Danone MENA doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where all hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We recruit, employ, train, and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, national origin, age, genetic characteristic, or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.

So, if you are the Overheads Controlling Manager we are looking for, click on “apply” now.

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