Business Controller

Scope

The Business Controller acts as a strategic finance partner to management, providing financial insight, analysis, and guidance to support decision-making and ensure the company meets its business objectives. The role combines financial planning, performance management, and business partnering responsibilities, with a strong focus on driving efficiency, profitability, and strategic alignment.

Job Description

• Provide financial analysis to support business decisions, oversees business operations of one or several Business Divisions (including monitoring market and revenue trends, analyzing inventory and costs movements directly linked to the Business Division,…)  
• Partner with senior management to support strategic projects, long-term planning, and scenario modeling.
• Review and challenge investment business cases, ensuring sound financial justification and alignment with strategy.
• Act as finance business partner for cost controlling, supporting both operational and strategic decision-making.
• Lead the monitoring, analysis, and reporting of OPEX and CAPEX, ensuring accuracy and transparency.
• Drive the budgeting and forecasting process for costs, collaborating closely with department heads and management.
• Provide in-depth variance analysis vs. budget, forecast, and prior year, highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Develop and maintain cost models, KPIs, and dashboards to support performance monitoring.
• Ensure correct capitalization and depreciation treatment in line with accounting principles and policies.
• Contribute to cash flow analysis and cost efficiency initiatives, identifying savings opportunities.
• Drive process improvements and automation in cost controlling and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with internal financial policies, procedures, and controls.

Profile

• Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration
• 5 years of experience in controlling, financial analysis, or business partnering, ideally with cost focus.
• Strong business acumen and ability to challenge stakeholders constructively.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to translate financial insights into business recommendations.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities under deadlines.
• Leadership mindset with ability to mentor and influence colleagues.
• Strong expertise in OPEX & CAPEX controlling, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Advanced Excel skills; solid experience with ERP and BI tools (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Power BI, Hyperion, etc.).
• Deep understanding of financial statements, CAPEX accounting, and cost allocation methodologies.

Offer

Becoming Part of the EVS Team not only means that you will receive a competitive salary in line with your skills and the market, but also a range of other additional wellness and healthcare benefits. Our flexible schedules and hybrid way of working (homeworking) policies will help you preserve your work-life balance. EVS will give you the tools to develop your skills and your career by giving you the opportunities of internal mobilities and a wide range of trainings. We encourage our motivated talents with a friendly, lively, and inclusive environment.

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