Business Controller

Taiwan·Neihumid

Finance & AccountingBusiness Controller

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Key Responsibilities

1) Monthly flash reports and quarterly OIVA to understand current performance while highlighting exceptionals and financial risks. To do so,

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Finance & AccountingBusiness Controller

Established in 1987, Air Liquide Far Eastern (ALFE) is a prominent joint-venture between Air Liquide Group, a global leader in gases, technologies, and services for Industry and Health, and Far Eastern New Century Group. In recent years, ALFE has emerged as the top French company in terms of investment in Taiwan's manufacturing industry. Presently, ALFE boasts a workforce of over 780 employees and maintains a strong presence with 40 offices and plants located in Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung, as well as the major Science Parks across Taiwan, providing critical high-quality industrial gases, specialty gases, and advanced materials.

The mission of this position is to provide to Country management all financial information as well as relevant non financial information to understand and contribute to the current performance of the business and forecast its evolution by:
1. Conducting in-depth business analysis to evaluate the financial performance and identify business trends for entity and cluster management.
2. Developing performance forecasts based on economic indicators, asset utilization, production vs. demand, and client activity.
3. Ensuring that forecasts are translated into actionable objectives and KPIs and following up on the progress of related action plans.
4. Generating ad-hoc business analyses to facilitate informed decision-making, particularly in areas such as pricing, profitability by account

Responsibilities

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→Business Analysis: 1) Monthly flash reports and quarterly OIVA to understand current performance while highlighting exceptionals and financial risks. To do so, he/she will work closely with the Financial Controller who will ensure the accuracy of the financial statements. 2) Conduct transversal analyses for topics down to gross margin including profitability by customer, pricing evolution, Helium reporting, efficiencies, 3) Review periodically with the Investment Control team the status of major projects (execution, capex…) and the SUP/RUP impacts…
→Driving Performance: 1) Monitor gaps vs. Target/RF, 2) Identify corrective actions, related KPIs and gap closures, 3) Manage landing.
→Forecasting and Planning: Lead the preparation of (re)forecast exercises (RF1, RF2, RF3, Target, mid-term planning, ad-hoc forecasts requested by the Entity, the Cluster or the Group) and ensure consistency between TGT and management mid to long term objectives and priorities.
→Business Presentations: Prepare key presentations to communicate entity financial and non financial performance such as Management presentation, Board Meetings, Business Reviews…

1. Education: Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering or relevant fields.

2. 3+ years in solid business analysis experience, preferably in a similar industry.
3. Business: Understanding of products, customers, markets and solutions.
4. Soft skills: Logical thinking, adaptable, quick learner, transformation mindset, excellent time management, proficient with numerical data.
5. Technical skills: Understanding of financial statements. Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Slides, Power BI.
6. Communication: Clear and concise, able to simplify complex topics. Must be fluent in Mandarin and English.

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.