Financial Controller

Join Us at dsm-firmenich

Join us at dsm-firmenich's state-of-the-art production plant in Stroe, a key manufacturing and distribution center for high-quality premixes, concentrates, and specialty feed for livestock. Our products are meticulously designed to meet the specific nutritional needs of animals, ensuring their optimal health, growth, and performance.

As the Financial Controller, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the coordination, monitoring, reporting, and analysis of the legal entity’s financial statements. This critical position involves implementing and supervising structured interactions with all relevant stakeholders, including Business Units account managers, other financial control teams, Financial Shared Services, and internal and external auditors.

If you are passionate about finance and eager to contribute to a leading company in the animal nutrition industry, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and execute finance actuals, closing, and reporting activities for assigned reporting units to ensure timely delivery and accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with dsm-firmenich Accounting Rules, international, and local statutory accounting standards to maintain integrity of financial statements and management report.
• Monitor the Balance Sheet, conduct financial variance analysis, and address open items to ensure financial stability and accuracy.
• Review integrity and quality of all sub ledgers, including balance reconciliation, to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Actively oversee the financial closing process, lead pre-close meetings, define and implement mitigation actions to address issues, and drive improvements to meet defined deadlines and ensure correctness of actuals.
• Execute and supervise the A/P, A/R, Assets and General Ledger accounting.

We Bring

• A rich history and a promising future of bold scientific innovation and passionate creation with our customers.
• A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset.
• A culture that prioritizes safety and well-being, both physically and mentally; The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose.
• A flexible work environment that empowers people to take accountability for their work and own the outcome.
• Barrier-free communities within our organization where every employee is equally valued and respected – regardless of their background, beliefs, or identity.
• A firm belief that working together with our customers is the key to achieving great things and an eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future.

You Bring

• Master's degree in Accounting/Financial Controlling and/or qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
• Minimum of 4 years' experience in multinational companies with a focus on international finance and budgeting.
• Knowledge of SAP.
• Strong understanding of finance and accounting processes.
• An ambitious and talented team player who can drive change within the organisation.
• Independent and proactive attitude.
• Fluency in English and preferably Dutch.

About DSM-Firmenich

As innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty, dsm-firmenich reinvents, manufactures, and combines vital nutrients, flavors, and fragrances for the world’s growing population to thrive. With our comprehensive range of solutions, with natural and renewable ingredients and renowned science and technology capabilities, we work to create what is essential for life, desirable for consumers, and more sustainable for the planet. dsm-firmenich is a Swiss-Dutch company, listed on the Euronext Amsterdam, with operations in almost 60 countries and revenues of more than €12 billion. With a diverse, worldwide team of nearly 30,000 employees, we bring progress to life™ every day, everywhere, for billions of people.