Fp&A Business Partner Milano

Fp&A Business Partner
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

At Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions, we're on the forefront of activities designed to save water and reduce energy consumption for industrial customers.

The collective expertise and passion of our people, combined with a broad portfolio of over 10, 000 technologies, makes us uniquely positioned to deliver solutions that positively impact the environment.

**Scope

The FP&A Business Partner will be responsible for planning, pacing, reporting and cost management for Chemicals & Monitoring Solutions business Europe region, reporting to the EMEA Senior Finance Manager, supporting the regions commercial teams and Finance HQ team to drive profitable growth, process standardization and process compliance.

Will demonstrate accountability in developing, maintaining, and communicating key finance processes, metrics and systems, manage complex issues within functional area of expertise, responsible for budgeting, forecasting and planning and measuring performance, variance analysis leveraging advanced BI tools.

**Tasks And Responsibilities

- In charge of Financial Reporting for specific Chemicals & Monitoring Solutions PLs, working in close collaboration with the EU Commercial Directors, covering pronominally France Region;

- Work closely with other departments (Account Payable, Account Receivable, Payroll, Supply Chain etc) to deliver proper month-end closing (Manual Journal Entry creation, supporting calc);

- Close collaboration with Statutory team to align BS and PL and deliver Commercial Audit Queries;

- Preparation and presentation of management accounts to Sales Directors on a monthly basis and quarterly basis, providing detailed variance analysis and financials KPI's;

- Drive Business performance by providing ad hoc financial analysis;

- Investigate opportunities to improve profit and eliminate inefficiencies;

- Prepare commercial reports, analyse customer profitability;

- Key player in the Budgeting and Forecasting processes with financial analysis and insights, providing timely and accurate data and identifying challenges and/or improvement opportunities vs.plan for the Business;

- Prepare forecast-to-Go status and reviews, update and develop and maintain weekly forecast tracker;

- Support Finance digital transformation in order to improve Tableau reports and Dashboard to support decision making;

- Collaborate with and support other departments with ad-hoc analysis.

**Who We Are Looking For

Required education and experience:

Essential

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited university or college;

- 4 to 6 years' experience as a controller/financial analyst;

- Advanced knowledge of MS Excel;

- French & English - Full professional proficiency;

- Tableau proficient (or any other similar BI / data visualization tools);

- Team player mindset;

- Dynamism, agility and proactivity;

- Work independently and self-motivated;

- Ability to handle multiple priorities and to meet strict deadlines under pressure.

**Desired Characteristics

- CPA / ACCA with Big 4 Accounting firm experience / business consultant experience;

- SAP & BI knoledge;

- Process orientation and ability to continuously drive improvement;

- Wanting to work in a dynamic environment;

- Excellent oral and written communication skills;

- Industry knowledge;

- Prior experience with French accounting will be considered as a plus.

This position is based in Milan - Italy.