Regional Controller

About Us!

Coface is a team of 4,500 people of 78 nationalities across nearly 60 countries, all sharing a corporate culture across the world. Together, we work towards one objective: facilitating trade by helping our 50,000 corporate clients develop their businesses.

With 75 years of experience, Coface is a leader in the credit insurance and risk management market. We have also developed a range of other value-added services, including factoring, debt collection, single risk insurance, bonding, and information services.

As a close-knit, international organisation at the core of the global economy, Coface offers an enriching work experience on several levels: relational, professional, and cultural.

Every day, our teams are making trade happen. Join us!

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES for the position of Regional Controller Coordinator

• Responsible for supporting the Region Latin America and Finance teams in the monthly, quarterly and budget process.
• Improving financial reports while driving productivity via process optimization, information analysis and data quality.
• Communicate the countries all Group and Regional requirements and changes in the financial process.
• Prepare analytics, value added information for management decision and coordination of the monthly, quarterly reporting, budget and business plan process.
• Follow up and control budget achievements and deviations during the year while tracking major risks and opportunities.

Activities:

• Budget coordination:

- Support in the management of the Budget process, including production, planning and communication of main targets (monthly, annual, medium term, etc…).

- Prepare analytics, summary, all relevant information for sr. management.

- Support the development of calendar with key deliverable dates, support country needs in the process, gather,consolidate, all relevant data, make recommendations.

• Analysis and Reporting:

- Review and analyze Regional and individual Country results.

- Intercompany transactions reconciliation and follow up.

- Review all financial plans (P&L mainly) and compare actuals with forecast, budget and previous year results with the aim to identify trends, risks and opportunities, look for explanations for major variances.

- Collaborate with the Accounting in forecasting and budgeting costs, review accruals, interests, tax related items..

• Forecasting processes:

- Work with the Controller and CFO to help setting up the goals process with the region and countries

- Communicate with the other regional departments to incorporate their cost

- Deliver financial analysis as requested

- Provide support in calculating and controllingof Regional Management cost and fees.

Experience Requested:

• 7+ years of prior experience in FP&A or Controllership roles
• Vast experience in working with SAP ERP and an expert in working with windows package
• Experience in working in regional roles and projects or previous interactions with international headquarters.
• Desirable experience in working for multinational companies.
• Desirable experience with PowerBI.
• Manage Information sytems to prepare financial reports and analytics
• Proficiency in computer management tools: spreadsheets, databases.
• Ms Advanced functions in Excel (LOOKUP; Conditions; pivot tables)/ powerpoint