Head of Financial Reporting and Control

In the position of Head of Financial Reporting & Control you will  manage a team of two controllers and one analyst, and you will liaise on a regular basis with the BCE Finance Director. You are the main point of contact for regional FD’s when it comes to reporting questions. Your key objectives will be to ensure that financial reporting of all 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. 

Key tasks:

• oversee and participate in the production and review of the BCE monthly management accounts and forecasts for a timely submission to the Bunzl plc Head Office in London in line with the relevant reporting requirements;
• 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;
• oversee and participate in the preparation and review of consolidated Budget and Strategic Plan financial data and in analyzing and challenging the submissions from the subsidiaries;
• visit business on a regular base to review reporting processes and compliance with Bunzl policy;
• integration of new acquisitions into the Bunzl reporting environment;
• carry out ad hoc projects (e.g. prepare presentations for senior management, margin analysis, cost benchmarking, etc.)

For our client, a leading specialist in distribution, we are looking for a Head of Financial Reporting & Control. Challenging management 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).