Financial Controller
Ferrero
Posted on 11 Mar
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Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
Act as a key business partner to the Commercial team by providing financial insights, analysis, and guidance to support profitable and sustainable growth. Collaborate closely with Sales, Trade Marketing, and Channel teams to evaluate commercial initiatives, assess financial implications, monitor performance, and ensure alignment with company financial targets and strategic objectives.
Support the development and management of sales and commercial investment forecasts, track trade investments and promotional spending, and conduct variance analysis against budgets and forecasts to enable informed, data-driven decision making. Contribute to monthly closing activities related to commercial performance, including reviewing commercial accruals and analyzing key financial variances.
Additionally, assess the effectiveness and return on investment (ROI) of commercial initiatives, prepare regular financial reports and performance dashboards for management, and continuously improve tools, processes, and reporting frameworks to strengthen commercial planning, tracking, and financial visibility.
Main Responsibilities:
- Act as a key business partner to the Commercial team by providing financial insights, analysis, and guidance to support profitable and sustainable growth.
- Collaborate closely with Sales, Trade Marketing, and Channel teams to evaluate commercial initiatives, assess financial implications, monitor performance, and ensure alignment with company financial targets and strategic objectives.
- Support the development and management of sales and commercial investment forecasts, track trade investments and promotional spending, and conduct variance analysis against budgets and forecasts to enable informed, data-driven decision making.
- Contribute to monthly closing activities related to commercial performance, including reviewing commercial accruals and analyzing key financial variances.
- Assess the effectiveness and return on investment (ROI) of commercial initiatives.
- Prepare regular financial reports and performance dashboards for management.
- Continuously improve tools, processes, and reporting frameworks to strengthen commercial planning, tracking, and financial visibility.
Desired Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate holds a university degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. You have around 5 years of experience in financial or commercial controlling, ideally within FMCG companies. You demonstrate strong analytical and financial modeling skills and have experience supporting commercial teams through budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis. Hands-on experience with ERP systems, particularly SAP, is essential, as most pricing maintenance, claims booking, and promotional activations are processed through SAP. Familiarity with the Order-to-Cash cycle is also important due to the close interaction with Sales and Trade Marketing teams. As a proactive and agile professional, you are able to work effectively in fast-paced environments and support data-driven decision making. Your strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, along with proficiency in SAP systems and financial reporting tools, will enable you to make a valuable contribution in this role. Fluency in English is required, and Arabic would be considered an advantage.
Company Industry
- FMCG
- Foods
- Beverages
Department / Functional Area
- Finance
- Treasury
Keywords
- Financial Controller
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Ferrero
Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com . Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding.
https://jobs.ferrero.com/job/Jeddah-Financial-Controller-02/1371592433/
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