Sales Controlling / Business Partner

About the role

Beiersdorf is hiring a Sales Controlling / Business Partner in Stamford, Connecticut. The role reports to the Sr. Manager, Sales Controlling and supports the Sales team through business partnering, trade terms management, annual planning and financial reporting to headquarters.

Key responsibilities

• Coach and support Sales teams to improve their financial skills and build collaborative relationships
• Provide financial insights for Business Reviews, S&OP and Account Financial Steering (forecast accuracy, net sales, gross margin, market share)
• Manage monthly trade rebate accruals, track and forecast them, run variance analysis of customer spend and adjust accruals in line with policy
• Identify efficiency improvements, embed systems and processes in customers and act as a key user of selected systems
• Work with Sales on annual business plans, support routine financial submissions and control governance checks to headquarters
• Deliver analysis of business results to Senior Management and recommend business improvements

Required profile

• BS/BA required; MBA in Finance or a related field highly desirable
• 3-5 years of Controlling or similar experience at Beiersdorf or another CPG company
• 1-2 years of accounting and other financial experience in other roles
• Proven experience in business partnering and cross-functional relationship building
• Strong business analytics skills, strong English (written and verbal) and flexibility for occasional travel

Required skills

• Excel, SAP and BI systems
• Comfort with complex models
• Understanding of accounting and finance (P&L, balance sheet construction)