Description

For 45 years, the Laurastar Group has combined innovation, ambition, and excellence to create long-lasting products that beautify and purify your clothes and home. The family-owned Swiss group's expertise now extends from ironing and fabric care to hygienic steam systems aimed at creating a healthier home for you and your loved ones. Thanks to its unique Dry Microfine Steam DMS technology, Laurastar is the world leader in high-end steam systems, with over 3 million products sold in over 40 countries worldwide. In Switzerland, where the Group’s headquarters are located, almost a quarter of households own at least one of the brand’s most popular products. Laurastar employs around 280 employees, including its subsidiaries in Germany, France, Benelux and Hungary.

Our motivated, well-trained, hard-working, result-oriented employees are the foundation of our success.

If you would like to contribute to this success, we look forward to meeting you!

We are looking for our future,

Finance Controller F/M

to join our world headquarters in Châtel-St-Denis.

The Finance Controller supports the Laurastar Group’s financial controlling activities across reporting, budgeting, and analysis. Working closely with the Global Controlling Manager, the role offers broad exposure to financial processes in an international environment, offering an excellent opportunity to develop skills in financial controlling, analysis, and collaboration with various departments.

Main role:

• Supports controlling activities for the Laurastar Group
• Assists the Controlling team in financial reporting, analysis, and budgeting tasks
• Contributes to ensuring accurate and timely financial information for decision-making
• Drive process standardization and continuous improvement to enhance consistency and improve company-wide data accessibility/comprehension
• Based at Laurastar HQ in Châtel-St-Denis, with the possibility of two days of remote work per week.

Key activities:

Monthly closing and reporting tasks:

Review P&L results with budget owners to analyze variances and discuss corrective actions

Perform data proofing and ensure consistency and accuracy of financial figures

Analyze trends and flag anomalies for review

Process adjustments and corrections in financial systems as needed

Prepare monthly reporting packages with clear explanations of results

Maintain and update reporting tools and templates for monthly cycles

Prepare and update regular reports and analyses:

Assist in preparing monthly reporting packages by department

Help consolidate figures and perform basic variance analysis

Lead the preparation of the budgeting and forecasting processes, including:

Coordinating with department heads to collect and validate inputs

Managing and maintaining budget templates and planning tools

Consolidating data and ensuring accuracy in financial systems

Prepare analyses and presentation materials to support the Global Controlling Manager for Executive Committee reviews

Own the streamlining, simplification, and standardization of financial and operational processes across the organization. Lead continuous improvement efforts to harmonize procedures and boost consistency, enhancing data accessibility and usability company-wide

Assist in maintaining data in the ERP and reporting systems:

Support data entry and updates related to cost centers, selling/transfer prices and product master data

Support internal control tasks:

Help document processes and controls

Assist in monitoring compliance with internal control guidelines

Collaborate with other departments (Sales, Marketing, Production, Supply Chain) on financial topics as needed

Contribute to ad hoc analyses and projects under the guidance of the Global Controlling Manager

Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a controlling or financial analysis role
• Good communication skills in both English and French (written and spoken)
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions ( PowerPivot for data modeling and analysis) with experience with BI/reporting tools (, Qlik) is a plus
• Proficiency with ERP systems (Oracle EBS/Fusion is a plus), any knowledge of AI is a plus
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with a business-oriented mindset
• Ability to manage deadlines and prioritize multiple tasks in a dynamic environment

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