Financial Controller

In this job you will be allocated a number of subsidiaries to follow. Your key objectives will be to ensure that financial reporting in relation to these subsidiaries is technically correct and produced in an accurate and timely fashion in line with Bunzl requirements and corporate governance. In addition, you will undertake regular ad hoc projects relating to existing subsidiaries and new acquisitions. 

In addition, you will be responsible for collecting and analysing supplier purchase data from key suppliers in Europe as well as calculating and collecting the annual rebates from these suppliers.

Key tasks:

• assist in the production and review of the BCE monthly management accounts and forecasts for submission to the Bunzl plc Head Office in London;
• monitoring of key trends including sales, margin, operating costs, working capital and cash flow by business compared to prior year and budget and dealing with questions from the BCE Finance; director or Bunzl plc Head Office relating to performance;
• assist in the preparation and review of Budget and Strategic Plan financial data and in analyzing and challenging the submissions from the subsidiaries;
• visit each business at least once a year to review reporting processes and compliance with Bunzl policy;
• integration of new acquisitions into the Bunzl reporting environment;
• collection of supplier data, calculation and collection of central supplier rebates;
• carry out ad hoc projects (e.g. prepare presentations for senior management, margin analysis, cost benchmarking, analysis of supplier purchasing data etc.)

For our client, a leading specialist in distribution, we are looking for a Financial Controller. Challenging Control position where you will contribute to the continued growth and associated integration of acquisitions of Bunzl Continental Europe. 

Bunzl a leading specialist distribution group supplying a broad range of non-food consumable products that are essential for its customers to operate their businesses but which they do not actually sell. A multi-national FTSE 100 company, Bunzl is active in 31 countries and employs some 21,000 people. Its main customer markets include grocery, foodservice, cleaning and safety, non-food retail and healthcare. It provides its customers with value-added integrated supply services, including procurement and inventory management, to enable them to focus on their core businesses and increase their efficiency and competitiveness. 

You will be part of a head office in Amsterdam-Zuidoost which oversees all the operating businesses within Continental Europe (more than €2.3bn in annual revenue in 15 countries).