Business Controller - Aftersales Services

Official Distributor for Volvo Construction & Equipment, Volvo Penta and Volvo Trucks & Bus, SMT offers a wide range of products in more than twenty countries of North, West & Central Africa, Belgium, the Netherlands and GB.

We operate an outstanding own sales and service network which excels in operational agility and entrepreneurial spirit. By engaging in partnerships with our customers, we create value delivering state-of-the-art services and products. Our ambition in both territory coverage and product portfolio is a strong commitment to support our customer’s growth.

In order to support the growth of our Finance Department, we are currently looking for a Business Controller dedicated to Aftersales Services to join our Team.

If you are passionate about Africa and Finance, this position is for you!

Responsibilities

You will be a member of the SMT Africa - Finance department and will report to the Head of Finance. You will be in charge of reviewing monthly closing and reporting of your subsidiaries for all Aftersales Services. You will also manage the key performance indicators as well as coordinate the annual budget process for Aftersales Services.

As a Business Controller, you will be responsible for the following tasks for your subsidiaries:

• Responsible for the analysis of the monthly reporting package, of the key financial ratios for your countries ;
• Active involvement in the monthly closing work with local team ;
• Participation to the monthly Aftersales Business Reviews ;
• Coordinate the budget process of your subsidiaries (once a year) and forecast of the entities (twice a year) ;
• Support the countries’ profitability by activity, and help in the overall performance tracking ;
• Be a real business partner to your stakeholders : Managing Directors & Aftersales Directors ;
• Aftersales Performance Tracking for all the subsidiaries ;
• Monitor all key actions impacting performance with particular attention to Aftersales ;
• Participate in the development and follow-up of key reports in Power BI
• Your visits to Africa (subject to global situation, of course) will help you to better assess the situation and support the entities ;
• Be an ambassador of the Group’s policies as well as for the continuous improvement of accounting and business control procedures.

Profile

• Master degree in finance/accounting/audit ;
• Minimum 3 years in business control preferably in the automotive industry (dealership) ;
• Audit experience is a plus ;
• You’re fluent in French and English ;
• Good expertise of Windows Office suite and Power BI would be nice to have ;
• Good knowledge of financial systems (ideally MS Dynamics NAV, Lucanet) ;
• Autonomous with a true team spirit ;
• Persistent, rigorous and Professional in his relationship ;
• Teaching & listening capacities in order to support fully the local finance teams ;
• Nice to have : knowledge of the principles of financial consolidation ;
• Ready for frequent visits to Africa (10% of time).

Offer

• A salary in line with your experience and achievement as well as other benefits (Car, group insurance, hospitalization insurance, representation allowances,…) ;
• A real opportunity to enhance your experience and develop your skills ;
• A function with an international influence that combines autonomy and initiative ;
• A framework with a human dimension and a dynamic corporate culture, energetic and ambitious, where team spirit, customer satisfaction, flexibility and the quality of the services are recognized as its main values.