As a Financial Controller, you'll ensure the accuracy and compliance of financial records, manage month-end close activities, and enhance internal controls in a fast-growing international environment.
Division Controller (f/m/d)
📜 Description
- Oversee the division's financials including Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow, and other KPIs for both actual and forecast.
- Drive month-end closings including bridging the management and IFRS financial statements and preparing various reports and presentations.
- Initiate process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy of existing tools.
- Support divisional management with decision-making and collaborate with other finance and risk departments.
🛠️ Requirements
- Strong analytical skills with a proactive, self-driven attitude, and willingness to learn.
- Excellent communication skills, innovative mindset, and a positive attitude towards change.
- Experience in data analysis and reporting using MS Office, Power BI, SAP, Tagetik, VBA, and SQL.
- Knowledge of IFRS (especially IFRS 9), derivatives, budgeting, forecasting, and closing processes.
- Results-driven, with good negotiating skills and the ability to thrive in an international, multidisciplinary, and dynamic environment.
- Degree in Business Administration, Business Analytics, Data Science, or as a Chartered Expert in Financial and Managerial Accounting and Reporting.
- Fluent in English; German is a plus.
✨ Benefits
- Working HoursEnjoy flexible working hours and the option to work up to 50% remotely – for the perfect work-life balance.
- Generous pension planWe pay 60% of your pension contributions - for a secure future.
- Health comes first100% continued payment of salary in the event of illness or accident and access to an exclusive mental health platform with five free sessions with a psychologist.
- Parental leave16 weeks maternity leave (100% continued pay) and 10 days paternity leave (100% continued pay) to spend valuable time with your family.
- Support for your familyUp to 20% reimbursement of childcare costs (max. CHF 4,800 per year).
- Exclusive discountsAttractive discounts on petrol, insurance and mobile telephony with partner companies such as Shell, Avia, Sunrise and Swisscom.
- Public transportationNo problem: with the SwissPass (max. CHF 190) you can get from A to B at a reasonable price.
Full job description
Workload: 80–100%
Are you ready to drive financial excellence and contribute to Axpo Solutions' growth agenda? As Division Controller, you will manage the division's financials, drive process improvements, and build tools that provide valuable business insights.
What you will do:
Oversee the division's financials including Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow, and other KPIs for both actual and forecast. Drive month-end closings including bridging the management and IFRS financial statements and preparing various reports and presentations.
Establish and manage mid-term planning, budget, forecast and financial controlling planning processes on divisional level in line with divisional strategies, while working alongside liquidity managers to take liquidity considerations into account.
Initiate process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy of existing tools. Build new models for analysis, reporting and forecasting using different systems and data from numerous sources.
Support divisional management with decision-making, providing recommendations, and collaborating with other finance and risk departments including the local teams across our subsidiaries in Europe. Present complex financial concepts clearly to various stakeholders.
What you bring & who you are:
Strong analytical skills with a proactive, self-driven attitude, and willingness to learn.
Excellent communication skills, innovative mindset, and a positive attitude towards change.
Experience in data analysis and reporting using MS Office, Power BI, SAP, Tagetik, VBA, and SQL.
Knowledge of IFRS (especially IFRS 9), derivatives, budgeting, forecasting, and closing processes.
Results-driven, with good negotiating skills and the ability to thrive in an international, multidisciplinary, and dynamic environment.
Degree in Business Administration, Business Analytics, Data Science, or as a Chartered Expert in Financial and Managerial Accounting and Reporting.
Fluent in English; German is a plus.
Even if you don't meet all the requirements, we look forward to your application.
About the team: Our team fosters a collaborative and innovative work environment. We empower our employees to drive change and contribute to the company's success, offering a supportive team and opportunities for professional growth.
Benefits:
At our company, we strive to create a culture of continuous learning, personal growth, and inter- national community involvement. We're passionate about providing our employees with the tools and resources they need to succeed, and we're confident that you'll love being part of our team!
Working Hours
Enjoy flexible working hours and the option to work up to 50% remotely – for the perfect work-life balance.
Generous pension plan
We pay 60% of your pension contributions - for a secure future.
Health comes first
100% continued payment of salary in the event of illness or accident and access to an exclusive mental health platform with five free sessions with a psychologist.
Parental leave
16 weeks maternity leave (100% continued pay) and 10 days paternity leave (100% continued pay) to spend valuable time with your family.
Support for your family
Up to 20% reimbursement of childcare costs (max. CHF 4,800 per year).
Exclusive discounts
Attractive discounts on petrol, insurance and mobile telephony with partner companies such as Shell, Avia, Sunrise and Swisscom.
Public transportation
No problem: with the SwissPass (max. CHF 190) you can get from A to B at a reasonable price.
At Axpo Group, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of non-discrimination, tolerance, and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications regardless of race and ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, as well as socioeconomic, cultural, and religious background. We are committed to ensuring a respectful and inclusive recruiting process and workplace for everyone.
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