Country Business Controller

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About BIA

BIA Group is active in the sales, rentals and after-sales services of equipment intended for public works, mines, quarries and transport. The Group operates in Europe, Africa and Asia and has more than 1300 enthusiastic employees.

Summary

• Support the Country Administration and Finance Manager in providing Country operations and management with relevant performance (KPI's) analysis, reporting and recommendations to improve the profitability of the operations
• Conduct business control activities on the country in accordance with Group Business Control standards and procedures
• Control that the accounting of operations reflects a clear and fair view of the performance at all time (monthly closing) 

What will be your responsibilities?

• Review and control the statutory and analytical P&L of the entity you are responsible for to ensure conformity with the Group reporting standards. Request the necessary adjustments when required.
• Under the supervision of the Country Administration & Finance Manager and in collaboration with the Chief Accountant, perform the monthly closing procedures on time (cut-off, posting of adjustment, complete run of settlement in the ERP system, load of statutory accounts into reporting and consolidation tool, etc.).
• With the functional support of the Central Business Control team, analyse the performance of the entity: Prepare gross margin reconciliation between FI and COPA for the purpose of all deeper gross margin analysis by segment or individual operation.
•  Ensure that the gross margin meets the expected targets (offers, budget, etc.)
• Review all costs and analyse the variances with the budget
• Prepare the monthly reporting (including the Performance review meeting) on the consolidated figures
• Propose recommendations to improve the commercial and global performance of the entity Overall understanding of the business/activities by country/ entity/ Segment and highlight the main drivers of performance.
• Assist the Country Administration & Finance Manager in other tasks, including assisting in monthly management accounts and finalizing yearly audit files
• To assist in preparing Financial Statements and Cash Flows analysis in due time To follow up on the receivables and payables
• Control that the internal procedures, processes and related accounting flows (and analytical) are leading to clean and fair financial information in the ERP; request and follow-up the necessary change.
• Participate to the yearly budget and forecast/reforecast by preparing the necessary assumptions and templates and providing relevant comparison and analysis 
• Prepare adhoc reporting and analysis for internal or external partners (Insurance, bank, operations).
• By delegation of authority and within given limits, control and approve/ release expenses note, purchase orders, offers, credit limits, payments, etc. 

Who are we looking for?

Education & Qualification:

Advanced accounting understanding and skills incl. IFRS

Experience

Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar function AND similar size-and/or complexity of organization 

Autonomous and capable of working in a team

Analytical mindset and result driven

Being able to have a helicopter view while going into details on specific items

Proficient user of MS Office suite tools

What's in it for you?

• A permanent contract 
• A competitive salary and an interesting package of extra-legal benefits 
• A human sized company with international dimension, encouraging autonomy and team spirit 
• Cooperate in a team with experienced and passionate colleagues within a successfully growing family-owned company 
• Benefit from a challenging career opportunity with an extensive training program 
• In this challenging job you get the possibility to take initiative and further develop the function