Job details

Employment type: Full-time

Job category: Finance

Job industry: Automotive

Experience level: Mid-Senior Level

Description

Responsibilities
As part of the Group Controlling team, you will play a key role in financial reporting, planning, and analysis at the corporate level. Your main tasks include:

• Monthly Reporting & Planning:
  • Contribute to monthly reporting (Actual/Forecast) and planning processes with a focus on profit and loss statement, operating assets, working capital, and cash flow
  • Support and advise divisions and subsidiaries during reporting and planning cycles
• Financial Analysis & Reporting:
  • Analyze the Group’s income statement and key financial metrics for monthly reporting, budgeting, and strategic planning (Main Focus)
  • Prepare reports for the Executive Board on operating assets, working capital, and cash flow
  • Develop Group-level analyses on topics such as financial investments, divestments, depreciation, working capital, and Days Sales Outstanding
• Accounting & Transactions:
  • Post division and business area transactions, including intercompany profit elimination
• External & Internal Reporting:
  • Provide information for external publications such as annual and quarterly reports
  • Assist in preparing internal reports including Group reports, Supervisory Board reports, and planning books
• Process & System Development:
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of reporting processes and controlling tools at Group level
  • Ensure system-side accuracy and functionality of queries and reports
• Special Projects & Ad-hoc Analysis:
  • Prepare ad-hoc analyses and support special tasks and projects

Qualifications

• Degree in economics or business administration
• Initial professional experience, preferably in controlling, accounting, and/or auditing
• Strong affinity for numbers and analytical thinking
• Knowledge of IFRS desirable
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken; besides it, German language knowledge would be an advantage
• Proficient in MS Office; SAP knowledge is an advantage
• Strategic mindset, flexibility, and assertiveness
• High level of commitment and ability to work under pressure

Additional information

What We Offer:

• The 13th salary – Paid once a year, in December;
• Meal tickets - With a value of 40 Ron;
• Hybrid schedule – Work-life balance is important, so we offer a flexible schedule. Please agree on this with your superior;
• Private Health Insurance – Health is the most important, so we offer you a medical subscription through Signal Iduna;
• Referral bonuses - We encourage colleagues to refer new candidates to us and, at the same time, to get the chance to receive a bonus;
• Bookster – Feed your body and your mind. You can borrow books and you’ll receive them at the office;
• Sports benefits- It’s important to stay active, so we offer you the 7Card;
• Discounts at our partners – We collaborate with different vendors, and we receive discounts for various products/ services like rubbers, restaurants, kindergartens, etc;
• System for Rewarding Improvement Ideas – We have an internal improvement program (Continental Idea Management) that gives you the opportunity to come up with ideas and to be honored with an attractive bonus (this is established by the CIM team according to your improvement idea);
• Happy days – If you or your child is getting married, or you become a parent, you receive some extra free days;
• Life events celebration - If your family is growing, we praise your newborn with a bonus;
• Unfortunate events - In case of unhappy events in your life, we support you by offering you free days and financial support (handled on a case-by-case basis);
• Extra vacation days – You begin with 22 vacation days/year, and starting with the 3rd year with us, we offer you 1 more day of vacation and, afterward from 2 to 2 years you’ll get one more extra day (the maximum you can achieve is 27);
• Transport from the Timisoara area – You can choose to come with the bus provided by the company if you’ll work from the plant location/office;
• Professional development - Many opportunities to develop yourself within the company;
• Diversity and multicultural mindset - We encourage you to join us no matter who, where, or what you are. We have colleagues from different nations and a variety of languages are spoken in our company.

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