Finance Transformation & Group Controlling Lead

Why work for Manitou Group?Manitou is purposefully committed to you, its people. Based on a “One United Team” focus, we internationally cultivate our purpose-driven and agile work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we cultivate, build and elevate our more than 6000 employees and their diversity across more than 30 countries we operate in. There are 6 main plants with locations in France, the USA, India, Italy and more than 30 subsidiaries all around the world.

Job ID45455Date23 March 2026Job Family

• Finance

Type of contract

• Permanent
• Fixed term

, More than 12 monthsWhy work for Manitou Group?Manitou is purposefully committed to you, its people. Based on a “One United Team” focus, we internationally cultivate our purpose-driven and agile work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we cultivate, build and elevate our more than 6000 employees and their diversity across more than 30 countries we operate in. There are 6 main plants with locations in France, the USA, India, Italy and more than 30 subsidiaries all around the world.Are you looking for a new opportunity? Join us to be part of our continuous success.Vision And Key StakesReporting directly to the Finance transformation & Group Controlling director, your core mission is to act both as the central point of contact for controlling and as a transformation ambassador, ensuring global data consistency and analysis, and driving the evolution of controlling processes (budget, forecast, business reviews…) and finance digitalization across the Group.Duties And ResponsibilitiesFinance transformation :

• Contribute to the definition and implementation of the finance transformation roadmap
• Act as a “transformation ambassador” to finance and business teams, providing hands-on support and communication through finance communities to ensure the adoption of new tools and habits.
• Identify specific levers for efficiency within current workflows and propose concrete solutions to streamline financial operations.
• Support the deployment of digital tools (Business Intelligence, Power BI, Robotics) across the Group.

Group Controlling

• Coordinate the annual budgeting process and group-wide forecasting cycles with all regions / Global functions & entities
• Analyze group-wide financial and operational results, identify key variances between actual results, budgets, and forecasts
• Contribute to the definition and monitoring of KPIs used for strategic decision-making across the organization
• Maintain and evolve the template for P&L business reviews across all the organization (site, region,…)
• Drive the implementation and optimization of processes defined at Group controlling level across the organization and provide support to corporate, global, regional and local finance teams

Experience & Competencies

• Experience in Controlling / Financial Planning Analysis (annual budgeting, forecasting at a group level) within an international environment
• Strong interest in digital tools (Power BI, AI…)
• Strong analytical rigor combined with the ability to communicate complex data simply
• Fluent English
• Main leadership competencies :
• VISION : Communicates Effectively – Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• DELIVER : Optimizes Work Processes – Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• CHALLENGING : Cultivates Innovation – Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• COLLABORATIVE : Collaborates – Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

Localisation And Travel Expected

• This position is located in Ancenis
• 1–2 international trips per year

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• France - Ancenis
• France - Ancenis

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