Business Controller FP&A - CAPEX & Corporate Finance

About the role

An international industrial organisation based in Geneva is looking for an FP&A CAPEX & Corporate Finance Specialist. The role oversees group investment performance, supports budgeting and business planning, and provides financial insights to senior management and business units.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor and analyse group investments, including new and second-hand assets, sale & leaseback transactions and industrial facilities
• Track investment spending against approved budgets and investment envelopes, identify variances and coordinate corrective actions
• Provide a consolidated cash and investment view at group level
• Act as a key finance partner during budgeting and business planning, working with Business Units, Procurement and Finance
• Monitor investment performance quarterly, comparing actual ROI against initial investment case assumptions
• Analyse performance using ROI, NPV, payback and sensitivity analysis
• Help build more efficient investment databases and reporting tools with Data teams, and lead improvements to management reporting and investment dashboards
• Monitor corporate and transversal costs, including professional fees, and track cost-saving initiatives
• Prepare financial analyses, management presentations and executive summaries for senior management and shareholders
• Contribute to improving FP&A, investment controlling and financial reporting processes
• Travel to the group's offices in the Paris region about once a month, more often during the initial handover

Required profile

• 5-8 years of experience in financial controlling, FP&A, investment controlling or a similar finance function (minimum 5 years)
• Experience in an industrial, infrastructure, telecommunications or asset-intensive environment is highly valued
• Strong experience in investment monitoring, budgeting, forecasting and financial performance analysis
• Ability to own complex topics independently with limited supervision, and to communicate clearly to senior management
• Fluent professional English, written and spoken
• Master's degree from a leading French business school, engineering school or university, ideally in Finance; previous audit, consulting or transaction services experience is an advantage

Required skills

• Advanced Excel, including price/volume/mix analysis, phasing and financial modelling
• Understanding of P&L, balance sheet, intercompany transactions and multi-site, multi-currency environments
• Knowledge of investment and corporate finance concepts such as ROI, NPV, payback and sensitivity analysis