Financial and Operational Controller ESO

The ASSA ABLOY Group is the global leader in access solutions. We provide access solutions, trusted identities, entrance automation and service for institutional and commercial customers, and for the residential market. Every day we help people feel safe, secure and experience a more open world.

Develop your career with the global leader in access solutions and join our quality team in Bucharest!

As a Financial and Operational Controller ESO, reporting to ESO CFO, the job holder will control financial reporting operations for the region and HQ entity, consolidate and control financial and operational reports, providing day to day support to the business and look onto the financial and operational performance of the region. The job holder will provide analysis of Key Performance Indicators to support business development.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure quality reporting and analysis of financial and operating trends to enhance effective decision making by the management.
• Ensuring consistency with, and fulfilling of, Group and Divisional internal reporting requirements.
• Monthly/ quarterly/ Yearly closing and reporting process
• Analysis of weekly and monthly results for (PL and BS)
• Preparation of relevant information for budgeting and forecasting (one Annual Plan, two to three yearly budgetary exercises, monthly short-range results view).
• Strong Inventory monitoring and control at regional level, coordinating activities across all sites and reporting inventory progress and issues to the MD and COO of the region
• Monitoring the inflow of material and components, consumption of material and components and GIT and open PO’s with a focus on inventory reduction
• Makes proposal for inventory management tools and review to the management

• Preparing presentations and data for business reviews and management operational reviews
• Cost controlling and expenditure approval

• Cash flow monitoring
• Prepare ad hoc reporting and analysis
• Support BS reviews and support Year end Audit internal audit for own entity-HQ
• May participate in further audit in the group
• Other projects and ah-hoc requests in own area of expertise

Education,Skills, Work Experience:

• University degree with the specialization to finance
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience
• Strong Knowledge of controlling, preferable in prior experience in manufacturing environment in other international companies
• Knowledge of accounting and Income tax law
• Advanced user of office suite with focus on PowerPoint, Excel, HFM. Max ERP is an advantage
• Very good English skills written and verbal

This role also requires:

• Accurate, flexible, communicative, ability to work independently as well as in team
• Leadership skills with a walk the talk attitude

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access. 

As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.