DSM – Bright Science. Brighter Living.™
Royal DSM is a purpose-led global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living. DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders. DSM delivers innovative business solutions for human nutrition, animal nutrition, personal care and aroma, medical devices, green products and applications, and new mobility and connectivity. DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10 billion with approximately 23,000 employees. The company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. More information can be found at www.dsm.com.
Working for DSM means doing something meaningful; contributing to a better world.
Are you someone with a strong personality looking for opportunities, thinking out of the box and share your vison and own your point of view?
For the Finance function, we are looking for a
Global Business Controller
/
Global Finance Business Partner
as part of the DSM Nutritional Product (DNP) organization (fulltime), a key position in Finance team for our Animal Nutrition & Health (ANH) global business. This role is based in Kaiseraugst (near Basel), Switzerland.
The Challenge
The successful candidate will support the Global Controller to oversee and steer the financial performance of the Animal Nutrition & Health global business. In a team of three global controllers and six regional controllers, he/she will be the key contact for the global Marketing organization for the financial planning and analysis of the ANH business, with a focus on sales growth, profitability and operational expenses controlling. Additionally, the position holder will act as controller of the global key accounts and be responsible for the Working Capital reporting and analysis of DSM’s largest business unit. The incumbent of this role will be exposed to the global dynamics of our €3 Bio. global business and will directly interact with the ANH leadership team.
This position reports to the VP Finance and Global Controller ANH.
The Position:
• Sales and profitability analysis of the global business.
• Support the Marketing organization in business analysis and profitability improvement.
• Commercial controlling of global key accounts.
• OPEX control of global functions in collaboration with budget holders.
• Working Capital controlling: forecasting, tracking, and reporting.
• Consolidation & Analysis of global financial results.
• Preparing monthly/quarterly management reports and adding in-depth analyses.
• Managing yearly budget and quarterly revised annual forecast process.
• Variance analysis vs budget, forecast, prior year.
• Contribute to the establishment of business cases prepared within the unit.
The Ideal
We are looking for an experience, ambitious and talented team player with:
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics/Finance/Controlling, MBA preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of demonstrated hands on experience in a multinational environment.
• Very strong analytical skills, structured work approach.
• Commercial controlling experience with a strong affinity to business matters.
• High level understanding of basic accounting principles.
• Outstanding skills in Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Business Warehouse, and SAP-CO.
• High drive for results, pro-active attitude with “can-do” mentality.
• Capability to lead and drive. Independent self-starting work style.
• Strong skills in communication and stakeholder management.
• Fluent in English; other languages will be a plus.
The Reward
DSM's wide diversity of disciplines makes it possible to offer employees a great variety of roles throughout their career. For instance, you may start your career in an area related to your education/qualifications, but your future is what you make of it. At DSM we stimulate people to determine their own career path and we encourage international careers. We strive to be an Employer of Choice and ensure that our employees are nurtured and given the opportunity to develop their talents. To learn more about DSM’s HR vision and policy, please visit our website at www.dsm.com/career.
The Procedure
The DSM Recruitment and Selection Process is in line with the general procedure outlined on our website: www.dsm.com/corporate/careers. Please apply on-line via our career portal and send your CV & cover letter in English and include information on your current remuneration. For questions about the procedure you may contact; Thomas Elsenburg (Recruitment Business Partner): Thomas.Elsenburg@DSM.com.
Please submit application before deadline: September 29th 2019
Reference check procedures are part of the DSM Recruitment & Selection Process. You will be contacted when these references checks are required.
Royal DSM is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Royal DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10 billion with approximately 23,000 employees. The company is listed on Euronext. For more information about DSM see www.dsm.com or connect on