About this role
Our client is an international organization active in the energy sector.
- Jobomschrijving SAP CO and allocation cycles : Maintain, execute, review and troubleshoot cost allocation cycles, including assessments and distributions across cost centres, activities, departments, products and other relevant dimensions.
- Management accounting : Support the design and consistent application of analytical accounting principles, cost-centre structures, cost-driver logic and allocation methodologies.
- Direct and indirect costs : Analyse cost flows, distinguish direct from indirect costs, validate allocation keys and ensure that costs are assigned consistently and transparently.
- Reporting and analysis : Develop and maintain management reports; analyse actual results against budget, forecast and prior periods; investigate and explain significant variances.
- Data quality and reconciliation : Consolidate, review and validate large volumes of financial and operational data; perform reconciliations between SAP, management reporting and accounting records.
- Excel-based modelling : Build and maintain efficient reporting tools and analyses using advanced formulas, PivotTables, lookups and structured datasets.
- Process improvement : Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate reporting and allocation processes while strengthening controls and documentation.
- Management support : Prepare clear financial analyses and ad hoc reports for management and support stakeholders in understanding cost drivers and allocation outcomes.
- Professional experience : Relevant hands-on experience in controlling, management accounting, cost accounting or financial reporting, preferably within a complex international organization.
- Analytical accounting : A sound understanding of management accounting and cost-allocation concepts, or demonstrable experience and readiness to quickly deepen expertise in these areas.
- Excel : Advanced command of Microsoft Excel, especially PivotTables, formulas, lookups, data validation and analysis of large datasets.
- This is an essential requirement.
- Power BI : Experience with Power BI is a plus and will be positively valued.
- Analytical mindset : Ability to understand and challenge complex cost flows, allocation keys and reporting logic, with strong attention to detail and data consistency.
- Ways of working : Structured, accurate, autonomous and pragmatic, with the ability to collaborate effectively across Finance and operational functions.
- Industry background : Experience in a company with manufacturing or production operations is a strong advantage, particularly in an industrial, energy, chemical or petrochemical environment.
- Languages : Fluent English is required.
- French, Dutch or Italian would be an asset.