About this role
Job Description:
Contract: Permanent Segment: Royal Canin Location: Aimargues (30 min from Montpellier)
As a Junior Financial Controller, you will be part of the Global Finance Controllership Team, at the heart of Royal Canin’s financial operations. Amongst a team of 6 you will ensure the consolidation of 102 units worldwide within a multi-billion-dollar organization, ensuring the accuracy of financial data.
What are we looking for?
• You hold a Master’s degree in Finance and already have a first practical experience in finance roles, including internships or apprenticeships.
• You are highly skilled in Excel and comfortable using digital tools like Power BI or Power Automate. Experience with an ERP or consolidation system is a strong plus.
• You speak fluent English and have excellent communication skills; proficiency in French is a distinct advantage.
• You are collaborative, open-minded, and enjoy working within diverse teams to help drive a positive team spirit.
• You possess a natural curiosity, a high level of adaptability, and a proactive mindset with strong follow-through.
• You are eager to fast-track your learning curve, develop your prioritization skills in a complex environment, and look forward to building relationships with key business stakeholders.
What will be your key responsibilities?
• Support local financial controllers during the monthly closing process and perform quality checks on key indicators to ensure the accuracy of financial results.
• Collaborate with the team to prepare balance sheet analyses and support the accounting consultation process.
• Help strengthen internal controls by clarifying guidelines, improving processes, and coordinating key tracking procedures like inventory and short-term incentives.
• Manage global intercompany reconciliation activities and support the roll-out of new intercompany digital tools and process updates.
• Play an active role in our finance digital transformation, contributing to projects like ERP upgrades, new tool implementations, and system integrations.
• Support our continuous improvement initiatives by helping set annual performance targets, monitoring progress, and keeping the team engaged in best practices.
What can you expect from Mars?
• You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office!
• You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group
• Since 2015, no waste to landfill is made by the 16 Royal Canin factories in the world
• All Royal Canin products manufactured in Europe are ISO 14001 certified from design to factory gate
• Since 2017, Royal Canin has supported the K-DOG program of the Curie Institute, which trains dogs to detect breast cancer via olfaction
• A unique and ideal work environment to become the leader in health through nutrition for cats and dogs!
• You will evolve in the heart of an innovative production plant that will challenge you, on a daily basis