Senior AH Commercial Controller

The Position

This role at Boehringer Ingelheim supports the Animal Health business unit by providing financial governance, analysis, and recommendations to drive sustained business success for the livestock business segment in Australia and New Zealand.

Tasks & Responsibilities

1. Planning and budgeting coordination
   
   
   
   • Manage processes such as monthly sales, gross to net and opex forecasting, annual budgeting, and  ensuring accurate data recording and collaboration with Business Segment Unit
   
   
   
   


2. Financial accounting and month-end processes
   
   
   
   • Responsibilities include executing month-end closing activities (journal entries, accruals, reporting), reviewing allocations,preparing business unit data, and managing customer rebate calculations and account receivables reconciliations with timely and accurate inputs. 
   
   
   • Prepare and execute with ownership the month-end processes, including month end accruals & provisions as required.Ensuring the appropriate checks and balances prior to finalisation.
   
   
   • Calculation of monthly rebates for customers, setting-up correct quarterly accruals in system, ensure the payments are coded accurately, monthly rebate reconciliations, analysis of deviations (where relevant to BU)
   
   
   
   


3. Reporting and analysis
   
   
   
   • Prepare monthly reporting package to Region, anticipate regional requests, provides business analysis and comments.
   
   
   
   


4. Business support
   
   
   
   • Provide financial analysis & advice for decision making regarding commercial investment and new products.
   
   
   • Work closely with business counterparts to bring visibility and analysis of customer group level,Operational expenditure and evolving issues (where relevant for the BU)
   
   
   • Conduct pricing and costing analysis for new products (where relevant to the BU)
   
   
   • Stakeholder feedback indicates a good understanding of the business and commercial analysis
   
   
   
   


5. Other/Ad hoc
   
   
   
   • Initiate changes to cost centre structures as required
   
   
   • Interact with external auditors and provide support to business related questions
   
   
   • Lead and/or contribute to Finance, X-functional and local projects as required
   
   
   
   

About Our Future Employee

• Bachelor’s degree / master’s degree in business administration or equivalent


• Qualified CPA/CA


• Minimum 3 year working  experience as a commercial/financial analyst/business controller


• Strong background in sales controlling and income statement (P&L) management,


• High level of problem-solving capability and critical thinking


• High attention to detail and accuracy


• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, staying calm and focused when managing competing deadlines


• Exceptional communication skills and motivation to interact regularly with the business to build understanding and relationships


• Ability to use data to influence and steer the business


• Adept at business partnering and advising


• Ability to interact with all levels of organisation


• Builds credible and trusting relationships


• Organised and disciplined to ensure reliability and adherence to expectations and protocols


• Experience with data and automation


• Previous experience in FMCG industry is desirable