Knauf stands for opportunity. We know that opportunity looks different to each person and we are proud that we see opportunity in everyone. This exciting role within Knauf Insulation could be the perfect next opportunity for you to build a unique career, in a values-led culture with a clear purpose of making tomorrow a home for all of us.

Knauf Insulation is proud to be part of the Knauf Group, a global manufacturer of construction materials. Our division is approaching 50 years of heritage in manufacturing insulation, with a growing global reach in 40 countries and ambitious goals for the future. We are looking for passionate, ambitious people to join our 6,000-strong team and help us achieve these goals. We are all led by the same core values and believe in the powerful potential of large companies to have a positive impact on the world.

The expansion of the Controlling Department means we are now looking to recruit a Central Capex Controller in Visé (BE) and reporting to Financial Analyst Manager.

Can you say ‘yes’?...

• Are you skilled in analyzing financial data and creating accurate, insightful reports to support key business decisions?
• Can you effectively manage budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring data accuracy and meeting deadlines?
• Do you have a strong understanding of compliance and the ability to translate guidelines into actionable plans?
• Do you have effective communication skills allowing you to manage various stakeholders?
• Are you organized and able to work autonomously?

As a Central Capex Controller, you'd be responsible for financial monthly closing and for preparing and publishing timely monthly financial statements related to the capital investment projects. You’d also be in charge of coordinating capex yearly budgeting and quarterly forecast processes and carrying out the continuous monitoring of budget envelopes set by the Group. You’d be responsible for analysis and follow up of engineering profit and loss statement. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Realize monthly CAPEX reporting to the key stakeholders, analyze investment projects vs budget and develop automatic reporting solutions. Verify the monthly group reports (GSA reports) and ensure data accuracy between different reporting systems, identifying root causes and solutions.
• Carry out the monthly engineering closing and monitor their performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance.
• Coordinate the investment forecasting and budgeting process between the plants and Knauf Group, creates the process, check completeness and coherence of data, oversee the respect of deadlines, and prepare overviews for the management.
• Oversee the capitalization process for major investments by performing cost checks, ensuring corrections and allocations to the appropriate assets. Facilitate the creation of assets and prepare cost distributions for accountants to ensure accurate asset structure and reporting.
• Ensure tax and HGB compliance of capital project spending. Oversee that guideline, definitions are followed by regions, plants, engineering. Translates the directives from group into the internal action plans.
• Review or develop financial models for major and special investments that supports management for decision making purpose.

We are interested in you as a person; your attitude, behaviours and values. As long as you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don't already have, we'd love to speak to you. 

What we’d love for you to have:

• Master’s in finance or economics
  
• 3-7 years of experience in a similar area
• Comprehensive understanding of Finance and Accounting principles, processes & structures, together with strong financial statement analysis capability
• Experience with accounting standards, capitalization process and IFRS / GAAP requirements towards capex
• Full fluency in English
• Excellent computer skills (MS Office 365 required) with strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Knowledge of SAP (Purchase to Pay, Project system, Asset management), BW, Tableau and databases

If you have experience in the following areas – this is an added advantage:

• Interest in technical aspects of business, engineering focus
• Knowledge of German or French

We will provide:

As this is a central, international position, the package and associated benefits will be those of the contract's host country. Our common criterion was to build a comprehensive salary package that stands out in the market.

On top of that, a dedicated time for personal development and potential for leadership training will be provided.

What happens next?

We appreciate that your time is precious and applying for a new job can be a lengthy process - so we have committed to replying to your application within five working days.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion (D&I) reinforces our Knauf Insulation values of Making Tomorrow a Home for all of us. We are committed to creating a workplace where we all can thrive, whoever we are, and inspiring a culture of inclusion and innovation that will drive future business success. We do our best to make sure being at work feels like home. To learn more about our business and culture go here (People & Culture - Knauf Insulation Western Europe)

If there are any other ways that you need to receive this job information, please contact us on alice.haas@knaufinsulation.com.