Finance Business Controller

The Business Controller is the finance leader for a $120M+ market, a critical business partner for the Country Manager and the leadership team. A strategic business partner to drive optimal long-term profitability, the role will provide overall visibility on the full span of the business activities from demand through to revenue generation, delivering insightful information on a consistent and standardized basis to enhance management decision making.

Reporting to the Southern Europe Finance Director, and dotted line to the Iberia Country Manager, this role requires a "CFO mindset" and has accountability for the full functional performance of market finance, including accounting, AR, AP, payroll, tax & treasury and audit.

This is a highly visible and hands‑on role, partnering closely with the General Manager requiring a strong commercial understanding and business acumen. Although the role is focused on the Italian business, an international mind‑set is required to accommodate global minded customers and to support the EMEA regional strategy. The role plays an important link between corporate policy and the business, helping guide the business to maximize growth & reduce costs whilst ensuring compliance to key standards.

The role acts at a leadership level, working across Commercial & Finance leadership and cross functionally using high levels of influence and commercial acumen to be a real driver of value to EMEA. The role will have many stakeholders that will need to be maintained, kept informed, and work alongside to be successful.

This role requires a curious, proactive, highly driven and energetic individual with a proven ability to challenge and think outside the box, to help reinvigorate this business segment.

Lead engagement of the Finance organization and part of the Management Team.

Lead preparation and presentation of Budget and Quarterly Business Reviews, presenting the financial performance and outlook for the market to the EMEA Senior Leadership.

Accountable for the revenue forecasting cycle, driving weekly flash, monthly and quarterly planning rounds in association with the Markets & Sales Operations, using analytics and processes to gain an improved understanding of all revenue / gross margin related aspects of the business.

Lead the local finance team promoting a continuous improvement culture.

Oversight and accountable for accounting, AR, AP, Payroll, Tax and Treasury activities, including timely filing of statutory accounts.

Preparation of business cases to evaluate new propositions and proposals, ensuring key risks and opportunities are identified and fully understood by the key decision makers, including within the frameworks of US GAAP and SOX.

Promote understanding of the financial impact and performance drivers on business decisions and recommendations in a user‑friendly way, and the ability to communicate effectively to different levels of the organization.

Commercial advisor for market legal, pricing and trading terms with customers, including ownership of contract compliance and execution in line with market and regional guidelines.

Partner during commercial plans and negotiations, across all customer channels, including assessing and supporting deal margin models with Sales Operations to ensure accurate reflection of the opportunities/risks on deals for well‑informed decision‑marking.

Advise market leadership teams on long term pricing impacts to the business of contract pricing and promotions, working cross functionally to implement changes. This includes working with Regional Sales Operations and Product Marketing teams to ensure proposals are in line with Regional long‑term strategies, as well as balancing the healthy growth of revenue, and protecting gross margin and operating income margins.

Recommend strategies to improve the overall P&L, leading implementation of any projects agreed by the leadership team.

Leading special projects that support management decision‑making, such as sales, margin & pricing analysis, cost containment, working capital improvement, return on investment and cash flow analysis.

Communicating…