Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Job Objective

Support the Regional Budget & Reporting Manager and the Regional CFO on their responsibilities relating to the reporting process for actuals, budget, and forecast.
Coordinate with the different contributors to the reporting cycle and proceed to the timely update of the reporting within the tools used by Thales,
Prepare the documentation used by the Regional Management (Regional VP, Regional CFO) during monthly performance update review (BOR) with Thales Management,
Prepare, provide and present analysis that are reliable, relevant and accurate to all Finance, and non-Finance stakeholders, necessary for decision making,
Contribute to the ramping-up of the Finance Function for the Region, by improving the quality, harmonizing, standardizing and simplifying the analysis provided to Finance and non-Finance stakeholders, contributing to the deployment of the tools and reporting process defined by Thales and proposing improvements to the Finance processes.

The Responsibilities that the Junior Budgeting and Reporting Controller can be summarized into three main categories:

Reporting,
Controlling,
Digitalization.

This also includes ad-hoc analysis and the consolidation of financial data gathered from the different entities and businesses across the Region
1 REPORTING:
BORs (Business Operations Reviews): the BOR is a monthly review that presents the financial data of the month to both the Local and Corporate Top Management.
The Junior Budgeting and Reporting Controller responsibilities include:

Reading and understanding the BOR instructions & calendar, to translate it to clear guidelines to all different stakeholder (VP, COO, PMO, Bids, etc ),
Having ownership of the BOR documentation preparation and reporting in Magnitude,
Consolidating and understanding the supporting documents and comments coming from the businesses and multiple stakeholders,
Providing valuable insights on the Region performance through quality comments included in the BOR on key variations between targets and achievements,
Ensuring adequacy of figures in various dashboards (OCF, WCR, Order Intake, Revenues),

2 CONTROLLING
Budget & Operation Controlling responsibilities:

Provide the Region Management with timely and reliable analysis on performance achievements,
Assist in all other ad-hoc reports upon Management request.

3 DIGITALIZATION
ERP and tools management and development:

Ensure the proper use of Magnitude and Anaplan and support the on-going development of new modules and tools,
Contribute to the development and improvement of the existing templates and tools currently used by the finance teams.
Strong understanding of Excel, ability to design and create consolidation files and templates.

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualification

At least 3 years of relevant work experience in similar positions
Knowledge of IFRS
Experience in MNC with multidimensional reporting organization
Prior experience managing budgets, conducting in-depth financial analysis and submitting recommendations for consideration
Bachelor degree in Accounting / Audit or corporate Finance (mandatory)
Master degree in Accounting / Audit or corporate Finance (preferred)
Controlling or Accounting certification (CIMA, ACCA, CPA) (preferred)

Preferred Skills

Clear communication and interpersonal skills
Proactive, highly organized, meticulous attention to detail
Inter-relational & organizational skills (Data & Time reliability)
Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office), including advanced Microsoft Excel and Power Point knowledge and experience. Prior knowledge of Magnitude reporting tool and Anaplan
Ability to handle multiple projects and adapt to changing priorities
Ability to work independently, to take initiatives and strong organization skills,
Must speak, read and write English fluently and have ethic awareness.

Budgeting and Reporting Controller Thales

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