UPM
Finance & Control
BusinessControlSpecialist
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“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.
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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