Junior Group IT Controller

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

Within the Group IT Controlling team, you will be responsible for monitoring and analysing financial data (Group IT expenses), with a special focus on personnel costs. Furthermore, you will help your team members with consolidating and challenging different iterations of the annual Group IT budget. Finally, you will support month-end closing activities including generating financial statements and management reports.

• Support the annual budget cycle, including forecasts and mid-term planning;
• Interact with the various accounting and payroll officers across the world to obtain the monthly payroll data for the IT scopes;
• Update/create the management reporting on a monthly basis;
• Develop solid IT controlling tools, tailored to the needs of the organization (at all levels: Group, Regions, Countries);
• Implement structure changes in the master data (creating BU’s, moving BU’s, creating BUC’s) and maintain oversight of the status;
• Assist in the re-invoicing of IT expenses to the commercial organization;
• Support the coordination & implementation of Group’s Finance policies & procedures.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business Administration;
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and/or Access;
• Data and coding experience is considered as a plus (e.g. VBA);
• Appetite for project management and conception skills;
• Highly analytical and structured approach, strong reasoning abilities;
• Must be self-motivated and able to troubleshoot and work with minimum supervision;
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees and management to maximise performance, creativity, problem solving, and results;
• Very strong interpersonal skills as this role will interface with leaders of the Group as well as local resources and experts;
• Positive forward-looking mind-set with ability to anticipate needs, prioritize competing deadlines and work independently;
• Fluent in English is a must;
• Experience with ERP systems and BI systems, knowledge of IBM TM1/Planning Analytics is a plus.

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