Controller, Accounting, Financial Reporting

Imagine this. You are the senior finance owner for one jurisdiction, connecting site-level operations to group reporting and ensuring reliable financial information, compliant reporting and sound operational decisions.

The Country Controller is the senior finance owner for one jurisdiction. The role is accountable for the integrity of local accounting, timely and compliant close and statutory reporting, the quality of manufacturing cost and inventory accounting, and the reliability of local forecasts. It combines technical accounting authority with hands‑on operational finance partnering.

The Country Controller connects site-level activity to group reporting and applies group policies, processes and controls consistently within local legal and regulatory requirements.

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• Own the monthly, quarterly and annual close for the country’s legal entities, in line with the group close calendar.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting to group under IFRS, and prepare statutory financial statements under local GAAP.
• Manage intercompany transactions, reconciliations and currency effects for the local entities.
• Coordinate with Tax, Treasury and external advisors on local statutory, VAT, tax and regulatory filings.
• Act as the escalation point for local close issues.

• Own operations cost accounting for the country - inventory accounting, cost of goods produced and sold, and capitalization of labor and manufacturing overhead.
• Maintain the product costing framework (BOMs, routings, labor and overhead rates) so it reflects operational reality and group standards.
• Run the variance process (purchase price, usage, mix, yield, labor efficiency, overhead absorption). Identify root causes and route material variances to accountable owners with tracked actions.
• Control inventory economics - variance capitalization, release to COGS, and E&O and slow-moving stock exposure.
• Apply IAS 2 capitalization judgments for inventory, WIP and program costs consistently with group policy.

• Run a systematic reconciliation and substantiation program with clear account ownership, cadence and aging thresholds.
• Ensure local use of the group chart of accounts is consistent and escalate structural change requests.
• Provide balance sheet inputs (working capital, provisions, capex accounting) to forecasting.

• Oversee local AP and AR processes, including segregation of duties, sub‑ledger‑to‑GL reconciliation and payment terms governance.
• Support DSO and DPO discipline, credit control and dispute resolution.
• Identify and remediate control gaps in transactional accounting.

• Lead local forecasting and budgeting inputs with explicit assumptions on volume, pricing, efficiency and capacity.
• Provide a clear bridge from operational results to financial outcomes in monthly analysis.
• Own operational KPIs with financial linkage (e.g. yield, efficiency, days on hand, forecast accuracy) and deliver management reporting to local leadership.
• Ensure cost accounting actuals and forward‑looking projections use consistent methodology.