Senior Financial Analyst

Result-oriented retail ( tire business) & conti trade ( non tire business) controlling of market China. Create a transparent picture of the financial situation of the entire tire & non tire business by providing reliable and detailed analysis of all business areas to enable the market to steer the business and to report to Business Area RE Tires APAC. Initiate business discussions based on analysis, that reflect the business risk & opportunity & push for improvements.

Steering the budget and strategic planning, forecasting and actuals tracking.

Monthly Reporting

▪ Key responsible Controller for the area of Net Sales, CMC, PE, EBIT, Ros (incl. price, rebate, accrual structure) for Non-tire business

▪ Define and create a set of reports and analysis to steer the Retail business (including but not limited to ContiTrade).

▪ Review the Retail & Marketing PE marketing & sales funds on a monthly basis

▪ Create / maintain standardized quarterly review meeting files to BA and collect monthly updates from the retail team

▪ Secure a high level of data quality through semi-automated reports and cross-checks.

▪ Provide operational background information / comments / Risks&Opportunities / early warning to Management team

Budget / Strategy Process

▪ Responsible for B-Charts and related reports for yearly Budget Review Meeting.

▪ Check plausibility of budget planning vs. actual development and communicated planning assumptions ( 5Years).

▪ Ensure update of system data and reports in case of errors or change requests (e.g. out of the Budget Reviews)

▪ Create the required management reports and presentations.

Retail & Marketing Operational support & Analysis

▪ To support our " Big retail" strategy in Market China from Controlling dept. ( incl. review all retail policies)

▪ Involve & provide professional business suggestions on some "make or buy" discussions

▪ Optimize & cost control on shop spending ( YOY development ca. 4000 shops )

▪ Coordinate with legal, compliance, tax depts on retail business system enhancement to ensure all the activities are compliant & meet business development needs ( e.g. RMS, O2O...)

▪ Involved in Retail & Marketing's projects bidding process and give comments/output from controlling's perspective.

▪ Consulting business team in terms of providing analyses & Corporate standards (e.g. by highlighting potential financial and non-financial consequences, risks and opportunities of business decisions).

System key user & Controller countersignature

▪ Approval Matrix maintenance & controller countersignature for retail , marketing & conti trade ( e.g. CEOS, eSR, MET, VIP, Helios, e-sign, CLM...) 

CST & 2W Controlling ( shared service)

▪ Month end closing ( data collection, analysis and upload into Cosimo, SAP/ FIRE system)

▪ Set up a reporting for customer / channel / product profitability.

▪ 5 Years Budget preparation

Controlling projects/ others

▪ Provide on request ad-hoc analysis to China market team ( focus on Retail + Conti trade)

▪ Participate in projects / create business plans if requested

▪ Other ad-hoc Controlling tasks

Degree in economics/business management or other related disciplines, preferrable with major in Controlling/Accounting.                              

3-5 years controlling (Finance, Audit) experience in a multinational company, inhouse working experience is a must, preferable with FMCG/Retail industry.

Good knowledge of systems and internal processes.

work experience in international business environment.

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