Business Controller
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At Stanley/Stella, we create premium, sustainable apparel with a strong commitment to quality, transparency, and responsible business practices. As our business continues to grow internationally, we rely on strong financial insights to support good decision-making and sustainable growth.
Our Finance team plays a key role in helping the business understand performance, anticipate challenges, and make informed decisions across all functions.
As a Business Controller, you support the Controlling team in delivering accurate financial reporting, analysis, and business insights that help drive decision-making across the company.
You will contribute to month-end reporting, forecasting, and planning activities while developing a strong understanding of the business and its financial drivers. Over time, you will progressively take ownership of your own scope and grow into a trusted business partner for departments such as Logistics, Marketing, and HR. You will help identify opportunities, anticipate risks, and support continuous improvement of financial processes and tools
Reporting & Analysis
- Support monthly and annual closing activities, including reconciliations and financial consolidation.
- Analyze business performance and key variances versus budget, forecast, and prior year.
- Monitor revenue, margins, inventory, and other key financial indicators.
- Support cash flow forecasting and tracking.
- Prepare financial reports, presentations, and materials for management reviews and board meetings.
- Deliver ad hoc analyses to support business needs.
Business Partnering
- Collaborate with commercial and operational teams to provide financial insights and performance reporting.
- Support strategic and operational decision-making through data-driven analysis.
- Contribute to business cases, investment analyses, and performance improvement initiatives.
- Help identify risks, opportunities, and areas for enhanced business performance.
Financial Planning
- Support the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
- Assist with financial modelling and scenario analysis.
- Contribute to the monitoring of operational and financial KPIs.
- Support investment evaluations and business planning activities
Process Improvement
- Contribute to the optimization and automation of controlling processes and reporting tools.
- Support digitalization initiatives and the use of data-driven solutions.
- Ensure compliance with internal financial policies, accounting standards, and reporting guidelines.
Collaboration
- Work closely with the Business Controller team, Business Analyst, Accounting, and Credit teams.
- Build effective relationships with stakeholders across the business.
- Report directly to the Head of Controlling.
- You hold a degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- You have at least 3 years of experience in controlling, financial analysis, audit, or a similar finance role.
- You have a solid understanding of finance, accounting principles, and financial reporting.
- You are comfortable working with Excel and have experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
- You are interested in data, systems, digitalization, and process improvement.
- You combine strong analytical skills with attention to detail and a structured way of working.
- You communicate clearly and can adapt your message to different audiences.
- You enjoy collaborating with stakeholders across different departments.
- You are fluent in English and French.
- You are proactive, hands-on, and motivated to learn and grow in a dynamic environment.