Head of Group Controlling (m/f/n)

Department : Group Controlling & Accounting | Location : Esch-sur-Alzette | Contract : Permanent | Job Requisition N°20228

Your tasks
 

•    Team Leadership: You lead, organize and develop the Group Controlling team, allocate responsibilities, review key deliverables and develop their technical, analytical and business-partnering capabilities. 
•    Group Performance Management: You manage and coordinate the Group performance management process, analysing financial and operational performance, challenging performance drivers, risks and opportunities, and providing decision-support insights to the Head of Group Controlling & Accounting. 
•    Management Reporting: You lead and coordinate the preparation of the monthly, quarterly and annual Group management reporting, ensuring timely, accurate and decision-relevant information for review and validation. 
•    Business Planning & Forecasting: You manage and coordinate the Group's annual budget, three-year Mid-Term Plan and forecasting processes.
•    Financial Analysis & Business Partnering: You analyse and challenge actual performance against budget, forecast and prior periods together with segment and entity controllers, identify root causes of deviations and support the definition and follow-up of corrective actions. 
•    KPI & Reporting Governance: You develop and maintain Group-wide reporting standards, management KPIs, templates, planning guidelines and reporting calendars to ensure consistent and transparent performance measurement. 
•    Group Controllers' Community: You coordinate and support the Group controllers' community, promote consistent controlling methodologies and facilitate effective cooperation and knowledge sharing. 
•    Corporate Controlling: You ensure effective financial controlling of the Group and assigned corporate functions, including cost-centre controlling, budgeting, forecasting and analysis of financial performance. 
•    Strategic Finance Support: You provide financial expertise and decision support for strategic Group initiatives, including investments, CAPEX reviews, M&A, due diligence, business cases and other ad-hoc financial analyses. 
•    Controlling Systems, Data & Automation: You drive the continuous improvement of Controlling systems, BI solutions, data models and reporting processes, including automation, analytics and AI-enabled solutions in cooperation with IT and other Finance functions.

Your profile

•    You have a master’s degree in finance/accountancy.
•    You have a minimum of 5 years of work experience in a similar function.
•    You have strong expertise in management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial performance analysis. 
•    You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear management insights. 
•    You have experience in reviewing M&A business cases and financial models, critically assessing key assumptions, financial impacts, risks and value drivers to support investment decisions. 
•    You have proven leadership and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to coordinate and challenge Finance teams across the Group. 
•    You have strong knowledge of SAP and BI/reporting solutions and a strong interest in automation, data analytics and continuous process improvement. 
•    You have excellent communication skills in English; French and German are considered an advantage. 

What we offer

“Together we build the future of Luxembourg’s energy transition”

•    The opportunity to join a Group that actively shapes the energy transition in Luxembourg and the Greater Region
•    A multicultural and international working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion 
•    A competitive salary with additional benefits (e.g. pension plan, additional health insurance, meal vouchers, private parking, company restaurant, car allowance, etc.)
•    A significant stability of employment and the possibility to evolve within the Group
•    Continuous learning and development career path adapted to the needs of each employee 
•    Hybrid working mode with the possibility to work from home

For external applications, a recent copy of the police record will be requested if you are invited for an interview.