Business Controller: Financial Planning And Analysis at Danone

• To ensure that the BU is planning and tracking its performance regularly, through monthly forecasting and monitoring of the business activity and of its financials, and ongoing assessment of risks, opportunities and gap to targets.

Level of finance functional competence required

Functional competence

• Compliance, Governance & Control
• Performance Architect
• Accounting, funding & Tax
• Strategic Thinking

Enablers

• Program, Project & Change Management
• Process Design & Continuous Improvement
• Data & Technology
• Effective Communication

Academic and trade qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce Accounting Degree
• Honours and CIMA would be an added advantage

Work experience and skills

• At least 4 – 6 years relevant working experience as a Business Partner role for a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company
• Should ideally have worked for a multinational company
• Must have budget building and controlling experience

Personal characteristics and behavioural traits

• Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
• Personal integrity
• Strong relationship builder
• Analytical thinking
• Strong Influencing skills
• Enthusiastic with a can-do attitude
• Ability to build authentic relationships
• Be able to challenge and question status quo,
• Create meaningful vision, to have a holistic and connect different parts of information
• High efficiency in systems and process development