Corporate Controller

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We are looking for a Corporate Controller (M/F). This is a senior role that will act as a Business Partner to the Management Board and the Business Unit directors. The ideal candidate will actively participate in the management of the management control cycle and will take responsibility for the reporting and analysis process, ensuring the reliability of information and supporting strategic decision-making. Work location: Lusiaves Group Headquarters, Leiria Main Responsibilities: - Lead the annual budgeting cycle (planning, collection of inputs, validation and presentation); Lead the annual budgeting cycle (planning, collection of inputs, validation and presentation); - Develop and implement continuous forecast models to anticipate the group's performance; Develop and implement continuous forecast models to anticipate the group's performance; - Supervise and execute the preparation of monthly and quarterly management reporting for the management board, ensuring deadlines are met; Supervise and execute the preparation of monthly and quarterly management reporting for the management board, ensuring deadlines are met; - Critically analyse variances (Variance Analysis) between actual results and budget and suggest corrective actions; Critically analyse variances (Variance Analysis) between actual results and budget and suggest corrective actions; - Carry out profitability analyses by product, customer and business unit; Carry out profitability analyses by product, customer and business unit; - Define, monitor and optimise the group's financial and operational KPIs; Define, monitor and optimise the group's financial and operational KPIs; - Ensure the robustness of processes and internal controls to guarantee the integrity of operational and financial information; Ensure the robustness of processes and internal controls to guarantee the integrity of operational and financial information; - Act as a Business Partner, providing analyses that support investment (CAPEX), pricing and operational optimisation decisions. Act as a Business Partner, providing analyses that support investment (CAPEX), pricing and operational optimisation decisions. Profile: - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Management, Economics, Finance or Accounting; Bachelor's or Master's degree in Management, Economics, Finance or Accounting; - Post-graduate qualification or MBA in Management Control, Corporate Finance or Data Analytics will be valued; Post-graduate qualification or MBA in Management Control, Corporate Finance or Data Analytics will be valued; - Minimum of 7 years of experience in management control roles; Minimum of 7 years of experience in management control roles; - Experience in a corporate group environment, with multiple companies or cost centres; Experience in a corporate group environment, with multiple companies or cost centres; - Experience in industry (agro-industrial, production, FMCG) or in consultancy/auditing with a focus on these sectors (advantageous factor); Experience in industry (agro-industrial, production, FMCG) or in consultancy/auditing with a focus on these sectors (advantageous factor); - Advanced proficiency in SAP; Advanced proficiency in SAP; - Autonomy, proactivity, analytical rigour and good communication skills. Autonomy, proactivity, analytical rigour and good communication skills. The Lusiaves Group is a national reference in the poultry and agro-industrial sector. We grow sustainably and meet the needs and desires of our customers by providing them with the best products and services, with the aim of generating value and creating wealth. We always combine quality with food safety, both at a social and environmental level. We invest strongly in business verticalisation, supporting it with technological innovation; the Group ensures the entire production process, guaranteeing presence at all stages of this sector's value chain, namely from the production of maize and compound animal feed, through poultry production, food product processing, and animal health and nutrition. We know that, in this process of national and international growth and expansion, our people are what drive us to go further!