As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2024 revenue of $3.6 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,500 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in over 140 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets. Learn more at www.hbfuller.com.
Position Overview
The RTR Financial Controlling Analyst is responsible for supporting the monthly analysis and controlling of EIMEA, North America and Latin America ensuring accuracy and high-level understanding of the P&L main drivers. Work closely with the RTR teams and bridge between RTR and the main stakeholders such as Corporate FP&A, Business FP&A, Finance Business Partners (both Commercial and Operations), other GFS Functions and HR. This is a temporary position to cover maternity leave period.
Primary Responsibilities
GFS RTR Controlling Financial Analyst
- Responsible for EIMEA, North America and Latin America
- Supports in the month end control activities, prepares monthly variance analysis vs the trends, signals and investigates key messages
- Prepares monthly headcount tracking reports and analysis, supporting several areas across the business, ensuring complete, accurate and timely information needed to understanding current status at each time
- Works closely with the several Finance areas to ensure appropriate accounting and implements corrective actions to enable P&L accuracy and transparency
- Works with Corporate and Business FP&A, to support understanding main monthly PL impacts and implement process improvement actions
- Serves as a pivot of communication between the GFS areas and Business Finance
- Support RTR teams to ensure that all Financial Statements give a true and fair view of company’s business, ensuring processes accuracy, compliance and effectiveness
- Support Senior Management and Auditors with relevant financial analysis and presentations as required
- Serves as an expert in OneStream and management reporting, understands the hierarchies and intersections and how the usage of GL accounts and Cost Centers impacts the GBU results and the Segment reporting: provides training and guidance to all GFS areas.
- Support implementation of SAP One as a Controlling SME
Other Controlling and Process Improvement
- Support developing an effective RTR Controlling process for month end analysis and reporting
- Recommend opportunities to continuously improve and optimize the RTR organization to drive productivity, faster more accurate close, robust financial control and deeper insights/analysis.
- Leverage best practices and workforce optimization tools / practices to make existing processes more efficient. Actively lead others in problem-solving and root cause analysis.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's or University Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
- 2+ years of related work experience
- Proficiency in Excel and SAP (preferred)
Organized, Motivated, Professional and Excellent Analytical Skills
Excellent written and spoken English
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H.B. Fuller is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and proud to have created a collaborative culture where employees around the world are seen, heard, and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or marital status or status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected classification.
H.B. Fuller does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms. To conduct business with H.B. Fuller, a written service agreement must be executed by Human Resources prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. Without a signed service agreement, H.B. Fuller shall not be obligated for payment of any fee or compensation.
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H.B. Fuller is a leading global adhesives provider focusing on perfecting adhesives, sealants and other specialty chemical products to improve products and lives. Your day probably begins and ends with us. Just about everywhere you look – including the windows through which you see and the magazines you read – you’ll find industrial adhesives and sealants produced by H.B. Fuller. Most likely, we made the glue holding together your cereal box, the seals that keep your refrigerator airtight, and the specialty adhesive in your baby’s disposable diaper. While our products are virtually invisible, they play a vital role in ensuring the quality and convenience of modern life. We take pride in working with our customers to add value. At H.B. Fuller, we are committed to connecting what matters, bringing together people, products and processes that answer and solve some of the world's biggest adhesion challenges. Through our reliable, responsive technical service, we create lasting, rewarding connections with customers in the packaging, hygiene, electronic and assembly materials, automotive, paper converting, woodworking, construction, general assembly and consumer goods industries. And, we are committed to building an environment where employees are engaged, challenged and given an opportunity to drive superior results. We firmly believe that our employees drive the success of the company. With long-term, profitable growth as the ultimate goal, we strive to cultivate an environment that offers stimulating and financially rewarding opportunities
