Controller

Job Description

The Controller leads and coordinates the controlling function and acts as a finance business partner to leadership and operational teams. The role drives reliable management and Group reporting, budgeting, rolling forecasts, performance analysis, KPI follow-up, SAP/ERP process discipline, cost management, cash flow oversight, investment review, internal controls, audit readiness, and continuous process improvement. The role enables business decisions by challenging assumptions, identifying risks and opportunities, and driving the development and alignment of the controlling team. 

Key Accountabilities: 

• Lead and coordinate the controlling function to ensure reliable monthly management and Group reporting, budgeting, rolling forecasts, KPI follow-up, variance analysis, business reviews, and strategic initiative monitoring. 

• Challenge business assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and provide decision support on operational, strategic, and investment topics. 

• Analyze and explain financial performance, including revenue, margins, costs, cash flow, working capital, balance sheet positions, exceptional items, and performance gaps versus budget, rolling forecast, and prior year. 

• Drive the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of controlling and reporting processes, including management reporting, Group reporting, dashboards, templates, planning, rolling forecasts, SAP/ERP controlling routines, master data, allocations, data quality, and system-based controls. 

• Manage cost management, process improvement, CAPEX/OPEX review, business case development, and follow-up of agreed actions and savings initiatives. 

• Coordinate key finance governance topics, including internal controls, audit readiness, policy compliance, transfer pricing, tax, IT cost monitoring, and contract risk review in alignment with Group functions. 

• Lead the development, guidance, and alignment of the controlling team through clear expectations, business priorities, succession planning, and sharing of best practices. 

Qualifications

Key Knowledge, Skills and Behaviors: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required; CPA, CMA, MBA, or equivalent qualification preferred. 

• 5 years of Big 4 public accounting experience highly preferred, preferably combined with senior experience in controlling, FP&A, audit, accounting, or finance leadership. 

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant finance, controlling, audit, accounting, or business partnering experience. 

• Strong finance knowledge, including accounting, consolidation, IFRS and US GAAP reporting, management reporting, internal control, budgeting, rolling forecast, and financial analysis skills. 

• Strong SAP/ERP experience, including controlling module knowledge, master data maintenance, reporting structures, allocations, data quality, system-based controls, reporting tools, and Microsoft Excel. 

• Experience supporting operational teams, plant or site finance, or an industrial, manufacturing, or multi-site environment preferred. 

• Strong business acumen, communication, leadership, and stakeholder-management skills. 

• High attention to detail, integrity, accountability, and ability to operate independently. 

Key Relations: 

• Regular interaction with business leadership, operational teams, plant or site controllers, accounting, tax, group finance, IT, legal, auditors, procurement, supply chain, shared service teams, and senior management. 

Key Metrics Areas: 

• Performance success will be measured by management and Group reporting quality, budget and rolling forecast reliability, KPI follow-up, cost savings, cash flow and working capital performance, SAP/ERP controlling discipline, investment governance, audit readiness, internal controls, process improvement, and team development. 

Additional Information

Why join Tessenderlo Kerley:

Working at Tessenderlo Kerley

• Work/life balance
• Fun and rewarding environment
• Learning, development and teamwork
• Community involvement/outreach
• Challenging and meaningful work

Benefits & Rewards:

Life and disability insurance

Health and dental insurance

Employee Assistance Program

RRSP and TFSA program

Tessenderlo Kerley is part of Tessenderlo Group, an industrial group that focuses on agriculture, valorizing bio-residuals, machinery, mechanical engineering, electronics, energy, and providing industrial solutions with a focus on water. With its headquarters in Belgium, the group is active in over 100 countries, and it has a global team of more than 7,000 employees. Its belief that “Every Molecule Counts” is at the heart of the strategy of the group: Tessenderlo Group continually strives to valorize its products and processes to the maximum and to add value to everything it does. For more information about Tessenderlo Group, its people, and its brands, please visit www.tessenderlo.com.

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