Financial Planning & Analysis Director (FP&A)

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Job Description

Your Challenge

Group management reports and related KPIs

• Leads and direct the timely monthly management consolidation and reporting process
• Provides an executive summary of key regional trends, performs monthly analysis (deviation vs. forecast, budget and last year) and prepares underlying management reports with a focus on key value drivers
• Definition, implementation and follow-up of key performance indicators (security, production, sales, HR, Capex, financials). Ensure consistent performance analysis across regions
• Design & implementation automated, “click & refresh”, templates for financial analysis, budgeting, and long-term planning reporting
  

Long-term planning, annual budget and forecast

• Maintenance & improvement of the long-term planning tool
• Preparation of planning instructions, including timetable, major assumptions (foreign exchange, interest rates and other macro-economic data) while making sure these instructions are commonly understood across the Group
• Ensures the collection of financial data, their consolidation, analysis and interpretation
• Leads and directs the budget of headquarters cost (support services i.e. Finance, HR, Legal… as well as technical support i.e. R&D, Geology…)
• Acts as Point of Contact together with the Accounting and Consolidation Director to support the regions in meeting the Group reporting deadlines and in their understanding of reporting templates and value creation drivers
• Prepares presentations for the Executive Committee, the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors
• Performs ad-hoc analysis for Group Executive Committee Members
  

Sanity check

• Leads and monitors with the financial analysts the implementation and the follow-up of needed reconciliations between the financial data embedded in the consolidated database and the underlying data coming from the management reporting systems
  

Business Owner for the reporting database

• Identify and implement changes to blueprint, systems and procedures
• Maintenance and creation of reports to visualize management information in databases
• Continuous development of the reporting database
  

Reporting improvements

• Acts as a change agent to improve financial processes, and drives collaboration with regional VP Finance to improve reporting standards
• Reflects on the value of current reporting structure and reports, collects feedback from report users to continuously improve the quality and value of the reporting
  

Ad hoc support

• Assist the Group CFO in ensuring the leadership and continuity of the controlling function, through the production of specific financial analysis on an ad-hoc basis
• Collaborate with the Accounting and Consolidation director in the update of Group Accounting Policies & Procedures with a specific focus on the income statement and operating balance sheet items related to policies
• Actively participate in the quarterly closing to reconcile operating balance sheet and income statement items.
• Supports the Group affiliates regarding financial aspects and Group reporting related questions
• Supports and works with other functions throughout the Company on various development projects and ad-hoc requests
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

Requirements

Basic requirements (Education, Level of Experience, Language)

• University degree or equivalent
• Audit experience of at least 2 years gained in a Big4 company supplemented by transaction services/M&A background is preferred
• Solid controlling experience of at least 5 years gained in an international company is also contemplated
• Experience with the industrial business environment
• Advanced skills in financial and business analysis
• Fluent in English, both written and oral, other European languages are a plus
  

Needed Knowledge’s

• Controlling expertise (planning, budgeting and accounting)
• Management consolidation knowledge
• Advanced skills in Excel® and PowerPoint®
• Knowledge of SAP and Power-Bi is an advantage
  

Needed Skills

• Flexible
• Excellent communication and presentation skills – good storytelling is a must
• Excellent analytical skills (ability to both go into the details and take a helicopter view)
• Ability to interpret and challenge critical key performance indicators and translate these in relevant management reporting
• Creativity (willing to bring creative and innovative solutions to problems, reporting and benchmarking needs)
• Intellectual agility (ability to play with figures – the ability to understand the business reality behind the figures)
• Persistent/tenacity (willing to do the last miles)
• Rigorous
• Assertive
• Stress management under tight deadlines
• Be flexible and able to train and coach others
  

About Us

READY TO JOIN A ROCK-SOLID FAMILY?

Carmeuse started out as a small family-run business in Belgium.

Today it’s a leading global producer of lime, high calcium limestone and dolomitic stone. Its products are essential to energy producers, environmental services, construction and manufacturing.

With over 90 production facilities spread across almost every continent, and over 4,500 employees working at Carmeuse every day, the company’s most treasured resources are its people.

Carmeuse is dedicated to maintaining a workplace that fosters equal opportunity and creates a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity. If you require particular assistance with any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you can submit your request by sending an email tohrsupport @ carmeuse.com. This option is reserved for people requiring adaptation due to a disability. The information received will be processed by Carmeuse and then directed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure the proper consideration of the application or hiring process.