Financial Controller
Employer · Carl Zeiss Sport Optikai Hungaria Kft.
Financial analystAccountant
Finance managerFull-timeMátészalka
Carl Zeiss Sport Optikai Hungaria Kft. is looking for an experienced Finance Controller based in Mátészalka to support financial closures, business planning, product costing, and the operation of the SAP CO module.
Tasks
- Operation and maintenance of the SAP CO module: Management of cost centers (CO-OM-CCA), internal orders, profit centers (EC-PCA), and cost objects, keeping master data up to date in the system.
- Management of closing processes: Active participation in monthly, quarterly, and annual financial/controlling closings (running allocations and distributions in SAP, inventory valuation, variance analysis).
- Business planning and forecasting: Contributing to the preparation of annual operational and strategic business plans, uploading and coordinating plan data in SAP (or SAP BPC/SAC systems).
- Variance Analysis: Preparation of periodic management reports, KPIs, and ad-hoc analyses; identifying the causes of variances from the plan and proposing action plans.
- Product costing and profitability (for manufacturing companies): Cost calculation, running calculations (CO-PC), and analyzing customer/product group profitability (CO-PA).
- Supporting related departments: Close cooperation with Finance/Accounting (FI), Logistics (MM/PP/SD), and IT teams to ensure system integrations and accurate data flow.
- Product cost calculation (SAP CO-PC): Calculation of base and standard costs (Standard Cost), annual and periodic updates in SAP; preparation of calculations for new products.
- Management of overhead allocations and distributions: During the monthly closing, rolling forward and distributing the costs of service/support cost centers (e.g., Maintenance, IT, HR) to direct manufacturing cost centers in SAP based on predefined keys (Assessment/Distribution).
- Manufacturing variance analysis (Variance Analysis): Analysis of differences between actual and standard manufacturing costs (material price variance, material usage variance, scrap, efficiency losses).
- Inventory valuation and working capital management: Monitoring slow-moving stock, supporting the creation of impairment provisions, participating in controlling support for annual inventory counting processes.
- Tracking investments (SAP IM/PS): Financial tracking of machinery and real estate investments (CAPEX) affecting production, internal orders, preparing activations.
Requirements
- Education: Higher education in economics / finance / accounting.
- Experience: At least 2–5 years of relevant professional experience in controlling (experience in a manufacturing or multinational environment is an advantage).
- System knowledge: Strong, confident SAP knowledge (specifically: SAP CO module; knowledge of S/4HANA, SAP BW, or SAP Analytics Cloud is an advantage).
- Analytical skills: Advanced MS Excel skills (pivot tables, complex formulas, macros are a plus).
- Language skills: Professional proficiency in English (and/or German) spoken and written (due to international reporting).
- Personal competencies: Precision, structured mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and good communication skills.