Title: Controlling Specialist Turkey, Azerbaijan & Georgia

Location: Ataşehir

Working type: Hybrid

Job Description

• Prepares, collects and interprets financial information for local management, support preparation of budgets, actual reports and forecasts,
• Responsible for standard costings and variance analysis for actual costs and preparation of cost centers monthly report and controlling monthly cost report,
• Monitor and analyze financial performance metrics to identify opportunities for cost savings, revenue generation, and operational efficiencies,
• Accountable for functional budgets, cost charging and allocations as well as their follow-up (reporting & forecasting)
• Support ad-hoc headquarter requests ( e.g. risk management reporting)
• Project involvement in all acquisitions / divestitures considered in the country and involvement in other projects where there is a finance or controlling aspect. (e.g. SAP transition)
• Preparation of management presentations including business, industry and macroeconomic developments
• Ensure alignment of financial transactions, policies, and procedures with the organization's short and long-term business objectives, as well as compliance with regulations, accounting principles, and relevant standards.
• Follow up ICTP related topics and take active role for Service Level Agreement & Cost Sharing Agreement process and alignment with stake holders

Competencies:

• Takes ownership and shows persistence to achieve results and to exceed expectations / Actively considers risks, costs and benefits / Proactively seeks and acts upon business opportunities.
• Empathizes with internal stakeholders and customers by seeing needs from their point of view / Acts decisively and takes personal accountability for customers in difficult situations.
• Thinks and acts in collaboration with other teams or units / Creates and supports opportunities for cross-unit collaboration to create value.
• Applies active listening skills demonstrating critical judgment, empathy and openness / Communicates in a trustworthy manner with self-confidence and authenticity

Qualifications

• University Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, Statistic or similar fields. MBA is a plus.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in finance, accounting, budgeting and financial analysis or a similar role, preferably in international companies
• Excellent communication skills in English
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook) and SAP
• Good financial analysis skills plus the ability to understand and support operational objectives are required in order to translate complex data into actionable insights
• Well organized, team-oriented, analytical in thinking and entrepreneurial with highly proficient at adopting the perspectives of different contact persons and units
• Familiar with scenario analyses and plausibility checks and distinguished by a highly developed technical and content-related grasp