Country Controller Austria

The Country Controller reports directly to the Regional Controller.

This role provides financial leadership to the country managers and sales teams located in Austria and Switzerland.

The role will be based in our EMEA HQ Office in Hannover, Germany.

Responsibilities: What you will do
- Contribute to the development and implementation of local strategies in compliance with corporate policies enhancing business growth and customer profitability within the region
- Head up for collection, analysis, presentation, and distribution of financial information required by Regional Management team.
- Monitor and audit customer reimbursements, related contracts and ensure full compliance in accounting records
- Conduct regular business reviews, set benchmarking, offer audits, cash flow analysis and profitability reviews on customer and product level
- Manage and conduct regular reviews for month-end actuals deliverables, rolling forecast and budget for Austria and Switzerland with the regional management team
- Prepare and analyze income statement and balance sheet reporting for month-end activities, rolling forecast and budget for the related commercial activities within the region
- Review and report monthly variance against prior year, forecast & budget
- Work closely with Regional Business Center (BBC) coordinating and monitoring the accounting functions and procedures impacting on the Legal Entities under own responsibility (BBC team supports for Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables and G/L Accounting).
- Enforce internal controls ensuring SOX compliance and improve local processes

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: What we look for
- University degree, ideally in business administration, accounting or finance.
- Solid years of professional experience in Finance, preferably in a multinational, matrix driven organization
- Professional level of working proficiency with MS Excel, SAP is an advantage
- Strong technical and analytical skills. Technical experience will cover the range of financial systems, ERP systems, pricing systems, tax and accounting standards, with a thorough understanding of
- Expertise in positively developing profitability by optimizing processes and cost structures
- Customer focused, both internal and external and business acumen
- Accountable and drive for results
- financial control, financial analysis, financial reporting and audit.
- Experience in public accounting is an asset
- Strong intrinsic motivation, positive charisma, and pro-active mindset
- Cross-cultural communication skill is a plus
- Fluency in German and English is a must

Benefits: What we offer you

As a technology leader with strong brand (i.e. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us:

- Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement and sustainability.
- Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible and trust-based working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our mobile work policy and company kindergarten.
- A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments such as holiday, Christmas as well as company pension scheme.
- Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of our preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs.
- Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike and use public transportation subsidized by Clarios (Job Ticket).
- Our well-advanced onboarding process and buddy program supports you to quickly grow into the position and team. By using the offering in our Internal Learning Academy, LinkedIn Learning and EMEA Mentoring Program you will be able to further grow professionally and personally.
- Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding a flat in location surrounding if appliable and depending on individual factors.

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About Clarios:
Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. We power progress through ever-smarter solutions for virtually every kind of vehicle. With 16,000 employees in over 140 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous ESG focus - advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We recover, recycle and reuse up to 99% of our battery materials. Clarios is a Brookfield portfolio company.