Controlling Business Partner

Your mission

Bringing more value to the Business in a cost-efficient way is our ambition as Controlling Function.

Why join the Controlling department?

Bringing more value to the Business in a cost-efficient way is our ambition as Controlling Function.

To achieve this ambition, Controlling department continues its Transformation Journey, which is based on 3 pillars : Organisation, Planning & Forecasting, Analytics & Digitalisation.

As Controlling Business Partner - Southern Eastern Western (SEW) Europe, you support this transformation of the Controlling Department and contribute to achieving our ambition by strengthening value contribution and business impact.

As a Controlling Business Partner

• You proactively steer enterprise risk and opportunities, develop strategic initiatives, drive cost reduction initiatives and set up and maintain financial (and support non-financial) steering models.
• Reactively, you drive enterprise agility, initiatives to promote growth, organizational development and improve business processes.
• More specifically, you drive pricing initiatives, commercial cost initiatives and create and drive growth development business plans.
• You will operate in an international environment supporting 8 countries, with team members located across local organisations and Shared Service Centres.

Reporting to the Controlling Business Partner - International Sales (located in Dubai), you are in charge of the middle & small markets of Europe be based in Bierun for a Permanent contract.

Your Responsibilities

• Support the market area business for the region - International Sales:
• Partner with key decision-makers across the region.
• Provide guidance on the financial implications of strategic & operational decisions.
• Deliver meaningful insights and decision-relevant data to support business performance.
• Financial planning and forecasting, in the frame of the Integrated Financial Planning (IFP):
  • Contribute to the target-setting process, ensuring adherence to four-eyes principle.
  • Cascade, coordinate and challenge local budget preparation to ensure alignment with agreed targets.
  • In parallel, raise awareness on risk and opportunities vs. the target.
  • Contribute to high-level forecasting at segment level.
• Work in collaboration with the local Controlling teams and the operational managers to translate operative plans into business plans according to group’s standards.
• Manage the budget and forecasts processes.
• Analyze variances, make recommendations to the Top Management and deploy associated action plans.
• Lead and develop the team across the region while fostering strong collaboration with local finance teams.
• Support operational teams through training and coaching and provide reliable data to facilitate decision-making.
• Guarantee the application of the group’s standards.

Your Profile

• Bachelor or Master´s degree or equivalent academic qualification.
• At least 7 to 10 years of experience in different areas of Controlling on an international scale with a strong proximity to the business.
• Strategic mindset, problem solving and analytical skills are key to succeed in this position.
• Your customer orientation, your ability to work in a transversal mode and your communication skills will be key competencies as well.
• You have advanced proficiency in Excel, SAP and BW and are fluent in English. French or German language would be a plus.

What We Offer

• The possibility to work in a hybrid model.
• A personalised onboarding programme designed to ensure smooth and comfortable first days.
• Learning and development opportunities through Hi University, Hager Group’s award‑winning learning platform.
• Internal career opportunities — over 25% of our recruitments are filled by internal candidates.
• Improvements to your health and well-being — as a family-owned company, we care for our employees by offering:

• Group insurance
• Co‑financing of sports cards and participation in sporting events under the Hager Sport initiative
• Comprehensive medical care
• Additional health‑prevention initiatives (e.g., Health Week)
• Meal subsidies, and a shared coffee culture that is part of our DNA

• Opportunities to participate in integration events for employees and their families.
• An attractive and fair compensation system — including a bonus scheme and annual salary reviews to ensure alignment with market standards.
• A strong organisational culture — including cultural benefits such as access to e‑books, audiobooks or theatre ticket discounts.
• The ability