Business Analysis & Controlling Analyst

About the job

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.
Our mission: to bring health in people's hands by making self-care as simple as it should be for over half a billion consumers worldwide.
At the core of this mission is our 100+ loved brands , our 11,000-strong global team , our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and four specialized science and innovation development centers.
Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world's most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.
B Corp certified in multiple markets, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission to bring health in your hands at .

Our Team:

BA&C Regional team monitors regional financial performance and trajectory, drives finance planning and forecasting processes, provides support to regional management on financial assessment of the business performance & making informed business decisions, as well as contributes / drives transversal initiatives to improve region's profitability and promotes simplification, harmonization, and automation in Finance organization.

Job Purpose:

• Ensure accurate and timely closing of the structural (OPEX) & standard costs (COGS).

• Support country/zone finance teams during forecasting process.

Main responsibilities:

Participate in Monthly closing activities

• Responsible for monthly closing activities on structural & standard costs; including accruals review and booking, expenditure reclass, allocations, etc.

• Warranty that structural cost & standard costs are correctly booked in local systems.

• Analyse on a monthly basis all country/zone central costs notably: structural & standard costs.

Be a Business Partner for business teams

• Prepare monthly commentary to explain variances between actual results and/or budget and forecasts on structural cost & standard costs.

• Provide deep analysis of financial results, including trends, in order to extract potential risks and opportunities to present to management for review.

• Ensure business owners are executing the budgeted plan, including tracking actuals, approval of projects & providing direction to business owners.

• Support stakeholders in sound understanding of structural & standard costs.

Participate in budget & forecast

• Develop forecast related to structural cost: work in hand with local teams, run of scenarios based on local guidelines and ambitions in order to deliver best estimate expenditure forecast (ensure data accuracy in a timely manner).

• Ensure standard cost are accurately calculated.

• Proactively identify related risks and opportunities that affect the achievement of this forecast.

Perform other finance tasks

• Identify and request or perform Master data management in systems.

• Participate in internal control and audit processes to ensure compliance within his/her perimeter.

About you

• Experience : 3+ years of diversified financial controlling experience. Strong expertise in financial processes. Prior experience of working in a global environment.

• Soft skills : Strong rigor and ability to multi-task and to organize, manage and prioritize deadlines, Ability to take ownership and ensuring the integrity of the financial operations through an impeccable understanding of the finance drivers, A well-developed business acumen and intellectual curiosity, Strong analytical and presentation skills with the ability to combine and present complex information in a simple manner, Collaborative and highly proactive attitude and ability to interact and communicate appropriately with numerous stakeholders, Highly capable working in multiple systems and tools.

• Technical skills : Proficiency in Excel, ERP (e.g., SAP), reporting tools (e.g., TM1) and data visualization platforms (Power BI, Qlik sense, etc.)

• Education : Degree qualified in finance and/or accounting

• Languages: fluency in English is required, 2nd foreign language knowledge is preferred (French, German, Italian)

Why us?

At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

We Are Challengers.
We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:
All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.
Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.
Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.
Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.