Senior Analyst Business Controlling - Operations

Gate Gourmet Switzerland GmbH

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  • Publication date:

    22 March 2024
  • Workload:

    100%
  • Contract type:

    Permanent position
  • Place of work:

    Zürich

Senior Analyst Business Controlling - Operations

We’re looking for motivated, engaged people to help make everyone’s journeys better.

Job Summary

The Senior Analyst Business Controlling – Operations position is part of the Functional Cost Analyses team, focused on Operations related data analytics. Collaborating closely with the Group Operations function, the role is responsible for providing strategic business analysis, supports action-oriented reporting, and provides capacity to the Chief Operating Officer for conducting in-depth analyses as required on operations related data. This role involves project execution, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, and offering decision-making support and business insights. The role includes a mix of recurring general reporting tasks and finding answers to new questions or develop solutions for evolving challenges in the sphere of reporting.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

  • Helps the business to define, collect and report various operations KPIs for group reporting purposes
  • Documents relevant reporting processes and KPI descriptions including corresponding dataflows, system interactions and roles and responsibilities.  Monitors process compliance and escalates issues as needed. 
  • Ensures BI tools for operations reporting are “fit for purpose” and further strengthened/developed
  • Provides continued training to the global operations community on reporting tools
  • Performs ad-hoc in-depth analysis in the area of direct labor cost, indirect production labor cost and related productivity metrics
  • Subject matter expert on core financial processes and interfaces between various T&A systems and our ERPs. (bill of material structures, PO processes, various rate tables such as IPT, GAT, labor rates and similar which need to be maintained by the business on an ongoing basis)
  • Supports the COO in the assessment of operations related investment requests and engages with procurement on standard equipment purchases and associated business cases
  • Develops & maintains tools to manage effectively the company`s highloader-fleet needs, and supports procurement in the development of strategic purchasing plans and fleet allocation
  • Helps to define, review and spot-check internal controls around inventory management (DIOs) and direct material ordering processes (POs, GRNI etc.), supports Internal Audits
  • Supports and provide guidance related to the global budgeting and planning process in operations focused topics i.e. productivity goals and capital/capex allocation
  • Develops & maintains standardized tools which will support the regional teams in delivering a more consistent and faster turn-around in response to tender costing requests including estimated start-up costs for new business

Education

  • Bachelor's and/or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. An advanced degree or professional certification such as CPA, CMA, or ACCA is an advantage.

Work Experience

  • 4-7 years’ experience in financial controlling, planning, and reporting, ideally in a large multinational business environment
  • Experience in labor heavy environments such as manufacturing, food service, supply chain management, staffing agency, airline and/or airline catering experience preferred.

Technical & Language Skills

  • Expertise in financial planning & analysis. Sound understanding of accounting, tax and treasury preferred.
  • Outstanding practical knowledge of Microsoft-Office programs, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Experience in Enterprise Resource Management Systems; SAP, Hyperion, Workday preferred. Previous exposure to production and planning platforms are a big plus.

Core Competencies

  • Structured and data driven personality, analytical mindset, strong financial acumen
  • A drive and relentless desire to find answers to questions and improve the reporting quality
  • Understanding of strategic rationales as well as operational details of projects and how to translate it into workable data analytics to create high-level frameworks
  • Able to deliver under pressure in a complex environment possessing strong stakeholder engagement capabilities to build trust, manage expectations and foster buy-in
  • Able to fluently interact in English (German, French, Spanish and other languages are a plus)
  • The ability to interact with people of various seniority level and cultural background.

If you want to be part of a team that helps make travel and culinary memories, join us!


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