Industrial Controller – Business Partner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in France.

📋 Description

• Lead, evaluate, and ensure the reliability of product standard costs.

• Engage in standard cost revision cycles.

• Analyze discrepancies between standard and actual costs.

• Oversee industrial cost components: materials, labor, overhead, logistics, and subcontracting.

• Collaborate with operational teams to ensure the accuracy of bills of materials, routings, labor rates, and master data.

• Identify cost overruns and formulate corresponding action plans.

• Assess profitability by product, product family, or production line.

• Guarantee the integrity and reliability of industrial and financial data within ERP and decision-support systems.

• Maintain and enhance cost structures and financial metrics.

• Assist users in utilizing systems and developing best practices.

• Contribute to digitalization, automation, and Business Intelligence initiatives.

• Create reports and analytical tools to facilitate decision-making.

• Evaluate forecast costs for new products and technical modifications.

• Conduct financial analyses necessary for investment or launch decisions.

• Monitor project financial assumptions and evaluate variances between forecasts and actual outcomes.

• Identify opportunities to enhance product competitiveness.

• Implement Group financial policies.

• Participate in SOX controls and internal or external audits.

• Ensure the reliability of financial processes and management data.

• Recognize and execute continuous improvement initiatives.

• Collaborate with R&D, Industrialization, Production, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Quality teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master’s degree (Bac+5 equivalent) in Finance, Management Control, Business, or Engineering with a focus on Finance.

• Ideally, a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

• Extensive experience in industrial management control and/or costing.

• Familiarity with standard costs, variance analysis, margins, and industrial performance.

• Understanding of processes in a production environment.

• Proficient in working with information systems and capable of identifying data discrepancies.

• Experience with an industrial ERP system is essential.

• Knowledge of JDE or SAP is advantageous but not mandatory.

• Advanced skills in Excel.

• Experience with Power Query, Power BI, databases, or automated reporting is highly regarded.

• Proficient in professional English, adequate for understanding and drafting business communications and occasionally participating in discussions in English.

• Curious, meticulous, and self-driven.

• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, Production, Supply Chain, Procurement, R&D, and Quality teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual compensation ranging from €43,000.00 to €86,000.00 per year.

• This position may qualify for short-term incentives, subject to specified conditions.

• Competitive total compensation package that may include additional benefits and well-being programs.

• Reasonable accommodations are available upon request to facilitate participation in the recruitment process.