# Commercial Controller

**Company**: Lamb Weston
**Location**: Breda
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Manufacturing

**Apply**: https://lambweston.eu/uk/careers/vacancies/Breda-Office/Commercial-Controller/Req-271127?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

The Frozen Potato industry is exciting and fast-moving, with strong growth opportunities. Lamb Weston, the #2 player, is uniquely positioned for this growth.

As Commercial Controller, you will be the financial business partner covering several key regions in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) commercial organization and drive the finance performance and value creation for your region.

Your impact: You act as a trusted business partner to senior leadership and management teams for your regions, supporting the achievement of operational and strategic objectives. You provide independent insights into business performance and help drive decision-making through robust financial analysis, planning, forecasting, and performance management.

Responsibilities:

- Analyze and monitor business performance against plans, budgets, forecasts, and strategic objectives, providing insights and recommendations to support decision-making.

- Partner with senior leaders and management teams on strategy development, execution, and performance tracking.

- Deliver financial and operational analyses that identify opportunities for improvement and support business growth across the region.

- Coordinate business planning and control activities, including strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance reviews.

- Prepare and present management reports, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery of information.

- Lead and support budgeting and forecasting processes.

- Challenge and validate financial forecasts and business assumptions to improve forecast accuracy and business outcomes.

- Conduct variance analyses against budgets, forecasts, and targets, recommending corrective actions where required.

- Develop strong relationships with stakeholders across functions and countries to promote effective planning, performance management, and financial awareness.

- Support risk management, governance, and compliance processes where relevant.

- Act as a co-pilot to the business by driving performance, accountability, and value creation.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Controlling, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.

- Experience in business controlling, financial planning & analysis, finance business partnering.

- Strong business acumen with the ability to translate financial insights into actionable business recommendations.

- Experience working in complex, international organizations with multiple stakeholders and markets.

- Proven ability to influence decision-making and build effective partnerships across different levels of the organization.

- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, performance management, and management reporting processes.

- Experience leading projects, initiatives, or cross-functional teams in an international environment.

- Excellent analytical skills and data triangulation capabilities.

- Excellent communication and presentation skills.

- Well-organized, proactive, and able to work effectively in a dynamic and changing environment.

- Experience with ERP systems and reporting tools is an advantage.

- Fluent in English; Dutch or other European languages beneficial.

Benefits:

- A pivotal role in an international organization, within a dynamic and competitive industry.

- The chance to shape business performance and drive value for the EMEA region.

- A culture based on taking ownership, collaborating across silos, and continuous improvement.

- Competitive compensation and further personal, professional, development opportunities.

## Skills

### Required
- financial analysis
- planning
- forecasting
- performance management
- budgeting
- financial planning
- business partnering

### Nice to have
- ERP systems
- reporting tools
- Dutch
- other European languages

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Source: [Apply at lambweston.eu](https://lambweston.eu/uk/careers/vacancies/Breda-Office/Commercial-Controller/Req-271127?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)