Controller, SG&A  (EMEA)

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Position overview:

The Controller SG&A EMEA will be responsible for the financial planning, analysis and reporting of Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA's (BPEMEA) SG&A costs.

Key responsibilities include: 

• Management of one direct report (Financial Analyst)
• Assisting in preparation of annual budget and regular forecasts (4 times a year)
• Preparing and reviewing of monthly regional SG&A reporting, with some responsibility for individual cost centres
• Maintaining an on-going relationship with departmental budget holders to assist them in controlling their costs and with HR to ensure alignment with headcount reporting
• Supporting FP&A Director and EMEA P&L Controller in delivering SG&A Reporting to Executive management
• Coordinating the preparation of SG&A forecasts and budget for all non-plant locations in Europe, critically challenging assumptions and areas of discretionary spend
• Actively monitoring balance sheet positions relevant to SG&A costs
• Developing reporting capabilities in the Travel & Expense space with Concur reporting
• Supporting wider Planning, Analysis & Reporting team on ad-hoc financial accounting tasks as required
• Actively contribute to the overhaul of the BPE Chart of Cost Centres (CoCC) and delivery of Functional Reporting in line with Finance Transformation plans

What are we looking for?

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
• BA/BSc or equivalent
• Experience of cost analysis and monitoring
• Experience of working with cost centre managers from a non-finance background
• Management accounting  skills and strong computer skills (especially Excel) 
• High level SAP knowledge desirable
• Fluent English

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.
When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.
Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
 

No agencies please.

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