Finance COE Controller, Analyst
PPG
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Brno • 🇨🇿 Czech
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
ERPOracle
About the role
- Serve as a strategic finance partner to SBU leaders, commercial teams, and marketing stakeholders.
- Deliver insightful financial analysis, scenario modeling, and recommendations to support business decisions.
- Translate complex financial data into clear narratives and actionable insights for non-financial stakeholders.
- Own the monthly closing cycle, reporting packages, and key performance metrics for assigned SBU and location.
- Analyze and communicate financial results, including variance analysis, performance drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Prepare and present monthly segment/channel/customer profitability reports (MCSs).
- Lead and support annual budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Build weekly/monthly estimates in collaboration with business teams.
- Develop business cases for strategic initiatives, including capital investments (ACTs).
- Drive standardization, simplification, and automation of financial processes across SBUs.
- Contribute to the implementation of new tools, systems, and best practices within the Finance COE.
- Support the centralization of FP&A and controlling activities, ensuring consistency and scalability.
- Provide ad-hoc analysis and financial modeling as required by senior management.
- Collaborate on cross-functional initiatives and transformation projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in FP&A, controlling, or business finance.
- Proven ability to work independently and influence stakeholders across functions.
- Strong analytical mindset with commercial awareness and business acumen.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to build trust and credibility.
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with financial systems (HFM, SAP, Oracle, or similar ERP/data warehouse tools).
- Experience in a multinational or matrix organization is a plus.
Benefits
- 25 vacation days + 2 personal time off (PTO) days
- Pension and health insurance contributions
- Childcare allowance
- Meal vouchers, cafeteria system, Multisport card
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
financial analysisscenario modelingvariance analysisbudgetingforecastingfinancial modelingprofitability analysiscapital investmentsperformance metricsdata analysis
Soft skills
analytical mindsetcommercial awarenessbusiness acumencommunication skillsinterpersonal skillsinfluencing stakeholderstrust buildingcredibilityindependencecollaboration