Financial Controller

Job description / Role

Continually innovating and at the cutting edge of their field, our Client is an international High Tech company that is one of the dominant market leaders of Geospatial Measurement systems. With a portfolio of premium products in new and novel areas, their brand is trusted by professionals worldwide.

Having experienced rapid growth in recent years, with tens of thousands of customers supported by more than 4,500 employees in 33 countries, they are seeking to take the company to the next level. As a result, they are now in the search for two ambitious, Financial Controllers for each of their two key market regions, UK and Dubai.

Role: Financial Controller / Finance Business Partner
Location: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom or Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary: Competitive

Responsibilities Include:
- Carry out analytics to support the decision making process on product-price-positioning for new product launches and over the entire product lifecycle for a defined product portfolio, covering also the aspect of efficient & effective product bundling to reduce complexity
- Support the benchmarking process of our product pricing against the competition, taking in to account the local market conditions
- Control both the price list setting and discount setting processes; monitoring appropriateness against Group levels and local responses.
- Recommend corrective actions for pricing & discount setting and drive or monitor the implementation with the different stakeholders
- Provide KPI reports on the above duties that drive future improvement project or refine the pricing process.

These roles are key to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the EMEA Decision Makers with solid fact base analysis underpinning success.

Requirements

- Ideally a Bachelors degree, a Qualified Accountant or completing a recognised Accounting Qualification (ACA,ACCA,CIMA) with demonstrable experience in an Accounts or Finance function.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a commitment to cross border collaboration where peers and colleagues are geographically dispersed.
- Strong in information analytics & reporting using Microsoft Excel, Business Information Warehouse (or equivalent) and Other Sources (e.g. Internet Research or Data Provider)
- Ability to contribute in improving the methods/processes/tools/organisation by dedicated global projects

Travel Requirements:
Domestic and international travel will be required for this role up to 30%.

If you feel that this is the right move for you and want to join a growing international business then please apply now!

Due to the highly confidential nature of this search all the information about this role that can be disclosed at this present stage has been disclosed on this advert. Only CVs submitted via this website or other websites with the advertisement will be accepted. We do not accept CV’s emailed directly to consultants. If we feel that this role is right for you we will be in touch.

About the Company

As an organically grown independent company with worldwide spread – Mercuri Urval is a unique consultancy partner to international companies. The Mercuri Urval Global Client Services division meets the special needs of international clients.

If you need a global partner that can offer best practice and international consistency in Talent Management, Business Transformation and Executive and Board Services, Mercuri Urval could be your partner.

Our dedicated consultants work with specialised international business consultants to deliver on your needs.