Financial Controller - NZ Forestlands

at  IKEA

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure relevant, complete, accurate and timely Accounting and Reporting Financial and Management reporting based on standard global frameworks and local legal requirements.
• Set up and maintain the financial structures to follow-up cost and performance and support policy making in line with global frameworks.
• Perform variance analysis, reviewing and maintaining reported actuals and forecasts and first level of commentary.
• Works closely together with Business Steering function and local reporting teams to create insight in costs and performance and support business steering.
• Coordinate the budget, forecast and cost follow up of the investment portfolios and functions including preparation of management reporting.
• Responsible for an efficient and effective management/service fee recharging process (calculation, recharging, agreements etc.).
• Works with the Group framework teams and functional leadership to minimize deviations from standard global frameworks for business needs and compliance reasons and secures effective ways of working.
• Contributes to global projects to develop financial operations and reporting.
• Document internal financial controls and review of effectiveness
• Secure and maintain a connection with and between core areas, business owners, group functions, process teams within the Ingka Group.
• Secure cross-organizational readiness and continued business growth in terms of competence, performance and succession through enabling an end-to-end approach.
• Ensure a safe environment for co-workers and external consultants and contractors in accordance with Ingka policies.

To be effective in this role, you need:

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/economics.
• At least 5 years’ experience
• Comprehensive financial management and accounting experience with good understanding of NZ GAAP.
• Excellent reporting and communication skills
• Knowledge and ability to provide systems that support data and reportin