Controlling & Cash Manager

This is a hybrid and high-impact role combining two strategic finance dimensions: treasury controlling and overheads controlling. The position offers strong exposure to senior management and plays a central role in reinforcing financial discipline, improving cash flow performance, and ensuring rigorous cost control at headquarters level.

The person reports to the Controlling Director, with 3 direct reports.

Overheads Controlling

One dimension of the position is the control and analysis of overhead costs, with a strong emphasis on personnel expenses, ensuring rigor, transparency, and actionable insights.

• Manage and control overhead costs, including headcount, payroll, incentive provisions, training costs, and general services expenses.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and closing processes related to overheads.
• Perform variance analysis, identify key cost drivers, and propose corrective actions.
• Act as a finance business partner to HR and functional leaders.
• Develop and enhance cost tracking tools, KPIs, and reporting frameworks.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reliability in SAP and reporting systems.
• Handle sensitive HR-related data with a high level of confidentiality.

Cash Planning & Treasury Controlling (analytical scope)

This dimension focuses on cash visibility and performance steering, without involvement in transactional treasury operations.

• Prepare and improve the reliability of short-, mid-, and long-term cash forecasts.
• Consolidate and analyze cash flow and working capital assumptions across entities.
• Identify liquidity risks and opportunities.
• Contribute to initiatives to optimize working capital (receivables, payables, inventory).
• Monitor cash performance from a controlling perspective and anticipate funding needs.
• Support interactions with banking partners when relevant.

Experience

• 8–10 years of experience in finance roles, ideally within international consumer goods environments.
• Strong background in controlling (business controlling, FP&A, or cost controlling).
• Exposure to cash forecasting or working capital topics is a plus, not a prerequisite.
• Experience with SAP and advanced Excel is required; BOARD is a plus.

Education

• Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or similar.
• MBA or additional finance qualifications are a plus.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical skills and structured thinking.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• High level of accuracy, reliability, and attention to detail.
• Proactive, hands-on, and solution-oriented mindset.
• Strong business acumen and ability to interact with multiple stakeholders.
• High adaptability in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Discretion when handling sensitive HR-related information.
• Fluent in Spanish and English.

This role offers a strong development platform for a controlling professional seeking to deepen their impact on business performance, gain visibility at headquarters level, and progressively broaden their scope into cash planning and financial steering.

It represents an excellent opportunity for an ambitious finance professional looking to strengthen their positioning within a high-value-added controlling environment.