UPM

Finance & Control

BusinessControlSpecialist

changshu, jiangsu, china; kuala lumpur, kuala lumpur, malaysia; shanghai, shanghai, china FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Business Control Specialist at UPM. Skills: business control, financial analysis, profitability analysis, margin optimization. Support the controller in delivering proactive and future-oriented business control services to business. Assist business controller in preparing financial reports and basic analysis to support commercial decisions”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver proactive and future-oriented business control services to business; drive actionable insights; provide data-driven support for pricing and margin optimization; drive targeted cost savings; drive business improvement opportunities

Industry & Context.

Finance & Control
Problems you'll solve

demonstrated analytical / logical problem-solving ability; focus on identifying and solving problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

bachelor’s degree in finance or economics, 3+ years of solid hands-on experience in finance and control

What You'll Do.

Support the controller in delivering proactive and future-oriented business control services to business

Assist business controller in preparing financial reports and basic analysis to support commercial decisions

Participant in strategic projects from a business control perspective

Lead business performance analysis

including segment-level and product profitability reviews to drive actionable insights

Develop customer or combined customer / product analysis

and provide data-driven support for pricing and margin optimization

Drive targeted cost savings for smart spend projects

Proactively working with cross-function teams to drive business improvement opportunities

Other tasks as assigned

including ad-hoc analysis

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Proactively working with cross-function teams to drive business improvement opportunities

Full Job Description

Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Together we can renew the everyday, for a future beyond fossils! Learn more about us as a workplace [_upm.com/careers_](http://upm.com/careers) We are looking for a **Business Control Specialist** to join our UPM Adhesive Materials Finance & Control team. Finance & Control is an expert organization committed to delivering operational efficiency and value improvement for the company’s businesses. F&C is formed by Finance Operations, and Business Control and F&C Development. This position can be based in Changshu, Kuala Lumpur or Shanghai. **Greetings from your future** **manager** “You will have a fantastic opportunity to take a forward-looking, strategic business finance partner role. Drive commercial success in the APAC region with commercial leaders and be a crucial member of a diverse team.” – Bonnie Wu, Senior Manager, Business Control **What you will do** * Support the controller in delivering proactive and future-oriented business control services to business * Assist business controller in preparing financial reports and basic analysis to support commercial decisions * Participant in strategic projects from a business control perspective * Lead business performance analysis, including segment-level and product profitability reviews to drive actionable insights * Develop customer or combined customer / product analysis, and provide data-driven support for pricing and margin optimization * Drive targeted cost savings for smart spend projects * Proactively working with cross-function teams to drive business imp

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