Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company which provides a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. The Group believes it is the world leader in food, environment and pharmaceutical products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and for supporting clinical studies. In addition, Eurofins is one of the key emerging players in specialty clinical diagnostic testing in Europe and the USA.

Group's key figures are approx. 3 billion Euros turnover, more than 940 laboratories across 59 countries and more than 61.000 staff.

Job Description

Location: İstanbul / İzmir

The Business Controller will work closely with the Business Line Leader and Business Unit Managers of the Food and Feed National Business Line and fulfil a range of responsibilities under their guidance.

These responsibilities do not include the accounting function, as this is covered by the National Service Center (NSC) of the Group.

She/He will be in charge of ensuring the financial reliability and accuracy of all reports provided and preparing in-depth analysis and advice to local and regional management. In this respect, she/he might provide financial and business controlling studies supporting strategic decisions.

 

1- Financial Reporting

Analysis of monthly and quarterly P&L reportingGeneration of monthly and quarterly sales reportingImplementation and guarantee of the strict application of financial rules of the Group

2- Budget and Forecast

Organisation and preparation of annual budgetOrganisation and preparation of quarterly forecastOrganisation and preparation of yearly plan

3- Business Control

Monitoring and reporting of CAPEXAllocation, monitoring and reporting of entity feesLeads yearly exercise of costs per test calculation and intercompany prices revisionDefinition and implementation of financial KPIs such as margin by services, clients, segments, etc.Identification and analysis of variation between actual performance vs. budgetGeneration and analysis of detailed P&L by entity, sub-business units and/or segments

4- Others

M&A: Analysis and supportCost analysis and savings-planTracking and optimisation of outsourcing costs

Qualifications

·        Successfully completed studies in economics, business administration with a focus on finance

·        2 to 5 years of professional experience in finance and controlling

·        Dynamic, proactive personality with a strong sense of responsibility with regard to priorities and data quality

·        Strong interpersonal skills (e.g. interview skills, oral and written communication skills, presentation skills)

·        High degree of personal responsibility, initiative and organisation

·        Strong problem-solver with “can-do” mentality, able to both pragmatically define solutions and capture and understand all relevant details when necessary

·        Advanced level of  MS Office skills, especially in Excel

·        Strong analytical and communicative skills

·        Excellent level in English (written and spoken)