Position Description
The Volvo truck plant in Ghent is the Volvo Group's largest truck plant worldwide. Every day, nearly 3,000 colleagues assemble top-quality trucks here. So innovation and continuous improvement are standard on our agenda, and have been since day one. We firmly believe in the philosophy of Lean Manufacturing, where attention to quality, safety and the environment are our top priorities. Our site today has many different departments, but one thing we all have in common: passion for what we do.
This is us, your new colleagues
Being a business controller is an all-round job. On a weekly base, you analyze figures and discuss them with the area manager. You also keep an eye on the deployment of different costs. It’s nice to combine this with social interactions. You are in close contact with people from different areas such as production, lean management, engineering, safety and quality.
Do you just love to…
Do you want to be responsible for the analysis of financial and business related information for a specific business area? Would you like to support management discussions by sharing these financial insights? Are you able to bring first line managers up to speed with the latest financial figures? Above all, are you a born communicator who likes to spend time on the shop floor? Become our newest Business Controller and be part of our production site in Ghent.
As a business controller, you provide thorough analyses and support with financial info to support strategic direction and business development.
Your responsibilities include:
- The timely follow-up, analysis & internal reporting of financial results
- Efficiently and effectively support the strategic process (business plan, estimates...)
- Engage with the (line) organization by supplying and discussing relevant business information.
- Translate financial business objectives to the shop floor (cost deployment).
- Support and represent finance in projects, including product & process related projects as well as overarching country initiatives.
- Provide training & coaching at various levels with regard to the various cost KPIs.
Are you the one?
- You have a Master's degree in an economic or financial direction or assimilated by relevant experience
- You like working with numbers and are very analytical
- You are reliable, accurate, discreet, proactive, autonomous and customer-oriented
- You are a team player who builds relationships both inside and outside your own department
- You are a strong communicator, also in a group context
- You speak and write fluent English & Dutch
- You work easily with Excel and other Microsoft applications
A perfect match
- A challenging & ever-changing job
- The possibility to learn and develop yourself to an expert role
- A value driven company with focus on people, passion, customer and results
- Close cooperation with all levels of colleagues and stakeholders
- A competitive salary with a lot of extralegal benefits
- Flexible working hours
Let’s do this!
We look forward to having you in our team!!
Hiring manager: Kris Smet
HRBP: Tom Colpaert
SG3 entry level, SG 4 experienced
About us
The Volvo Group drives prosperity through transport solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity. Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to shaping the future landscape of sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions. Countless career opportunities are offered across the group’s leading brands and entities that share a culture of Trust, Passion, High Performance, Change and Customer Success.
www.volvogroup.com/career.
A new era is here. Technologies such as big data, automation and artificial intelligence are changing the way we look at manufacturing and logistics. Volvo Group Trucks Operations is the organization responsible for truck manufacturing and logistics within the Volvo Group and is shaping future industries.
Volvo Group Trucks Operations encompasses all production of the Group’s engines and transmissions as well as the production of Volvo, Renault and Mack trucks. The organization is also responsible for spare parts supplies to the Group’s customers and for designing, operating and optimizing logistics and supply chains for all brands. Together, Volvo Group Trucks Operations represents 30,000 employees at 30 plants and 50 distribution centers across the globe. Our global industrial footprint offers an opportunity for an international career in a state-of-the-art industrial environment, in which continuous improvement is the foundation. Join our teams as well!
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