Manufacturing Accounting Controller

Position Summary

Within the European Finance department at Crown, we are looking for a Manufacturing Accounting Controller reporting to the Manufacturing Accounting Processes Manager, based in Saint‑Ouen, near Paris.

Responsibilities

• Support the finance monthly closing and forecast.
• Provide manufacturing accounting process expertise and support the plants and functions.
• Introduce systems and procedures to improve the integrity of financial data across the sectors.
• Support the roll out and go live of key centralisation projects.
• Centralise/standardise SOX control, Finance process actual/forecast through the EMEA division.
• Identify, record and implement best practices across the plants.
• Troubleshoot and resolve problem areas in plants.
• Develop and maintain costing of the material for Europe in SAP.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance (Accounting and Finance Controlling specialisation) with 2–3 years’ experience, preferably in the packaging industry or a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of cost control and process optimisation, ideally with an understanding of product and standard costing.
• Experience with SAP is a plus.
• Good communication, influential and organisational skills; analytical and structured approach; flexibility to travel within Europe.
• Fluent in English and proficient in Excel.