Business Controlling (Manager/Assistant Manager)

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Job details

Company overview

The coatings business in Japan will be operated by BASF Coatings Japan LLC from January 1, 2025. BASF is one of the world's leading suppliers of coatings solutions. BASF's Coatings division develops, produces and sells a range of innovative and sustainable high-quality products, including coatings for automotive OEMs and refinish coatings, as well as surface treatment agents for metal, plastic and glass substrates, contributing to a variety of industries.

We treat, color, protect and enhance the performance of different types of surfaces that require specific properties. Our customer-centric approach, deep expertise and our focus on innovation in coatings drive our coating solutions. We serve our customers in markets all over the world by providing them with functional, sophisticated designs, while meeting their technical and quality requirements in an environmentally friendly and aesthetic way.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

• In charge of controlling tasks of Country business unit in Sub-region Japan, i.e. planning and performance management, product costing in production site, business analysis, governance and compliance
• As trusted business partner to local business and site management team to provide reliable data for management decision making
• Proactively supervise and improve operational excellence scenarios in Japan and implement the identified excellence projects with involving people from relevant organizations
• Participate in critical business steering projects/initiatives within the business unit and in the sub-region Japan across business units and structurally evaluate the baseline scenarios/ models
• Planning and performance management
  • Accountable for operational planning and forecasting processes. Coordinate and support local and site management for target setting. Closely align and liaise with GBU/RBU controlling during this process.  
  • Consulted on cost center structure, implementation of activity-based cost charging of technology laboratory.
• Business analysis
  • Responsible for local reporting landscape, closely liaise with GBU/RBU.  
  • Responsible for business and site performance analysis/ steering, provide gap analysis and recommendation for management decision.
  • Responsible for product costing and site excellence topic.
  • Responsible for initiating and monitoring improvement measures.
• Governance and Compliance
  • Responsible for enforcing financial policies, procedures and guidelines and compliance with internal control effectiveness.
  • Responsible for follow up on audit activities.
  • Consulted on risk management process.
  • Consulted for inter-company transfer pricing (ICTP)/ cost sharing agreement (CSA)/ financial review compliance (FRC)
• Interface management
  • Responsible for coordination within business unit and influence stakeholders related to controlling specific topics.
  • Developing and implementing controlling systems and tools for business unit
  • Consulted on training and support on controlling topics.

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related discipline
• Minimum 4 years relevant experience in business controlling and/ or finance and accounting
• Solid and hands-on knowledge of reporting systems, skills of digitalization and controlling tools is a plus
• Excellent written and spoken English and Japanese 
• Proactive and positive attitude, team player
• Strong in analytical thinking and good communication skills

Salary

8 - 13 million yen

Location

Kanagawa