Business OPEX Controller and Financial Analyst
IDEXX FP&A team are looking for a financial analyst to support our operating expense analysis. In this role, you will interact with business leaders, business partners and peers in order to understand the financial results, make sure operating expenses are in line with expectations and support future budgeting/forecasting exercises.
In This Role
IDEXX Europe’s Companion Animal Group division (CAG) is fast-growing and is continuously making significant investments.
You will be responsible for Business Partnering, Forecasting, Results Controlling & Reporting, and Process Change relating to Operational Expenditure.
- You will act as the Finance Business Partner and ‘sounding board’ to several major functional Business Leaders, influencing those leaders’ financial decisions.
- You will ensure that OpEx forecasts are of the right quality to facilitate decision-making and use the forecasts to guide general management on the most appropriate investment plans.
- You will be responsible for results controlling and management reporting of Functional OpEx results and standardize OpEx reporting across CAG Europe and global sector development. You will drive OpEx process change and improvement through standardization, simplification and streamlining.
What you will need to succeed
- Work cross-functionally throughout the organization, serving as the primary financial contact if applicable.
- The ability to work in an international and multi-cultural environment.
- Special project support where often the team member is the primary financial contact.
- Identify and implement processes to monitor both financial and non-financial measures.
- Work with multiple systems including SAP, Workday, SAP BPC and Business Objects for use in information retrieval and analyses.
- Identify and implement processes and improvements in planning, analysis and reporting. This includes leveraging information technology to automate, streamline, and integrate processes.
- Ability and proven experience in the automation of financial processes. Expertise in VBA/VBS programming language, UI Path or Power Automate is a strong advantage.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related business concentration.
- Strong analytical ability.
- Demonstrated problem solving skills.
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
- Accounting experience will be an important advantage
- Ability to present complex business ideas – including proper financial modelling and ability to explain to non-finance folks.
- Ability to work independently but in the same time as part of a team with a joined goal.
- Solid MS Office skills (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)
- SAP BPC and business objects experience preferred
What We Offer:
- When you join IDEXX, you will find yourself in a challenging but exciting environment where you are given the opportunity to be yourself, innovate, and grow.
- You will join a successful team who is proud of the work they do and motivated by their unified purpose of helping others.
- You’ll be part of a thriving company in a quickly growing market, which is leading the way forward with innovative products, services, and a strong focus on our customers.
Why IDEXX
We’re proud of the work we do because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals health and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people.
So, what does that mean for you? We enrich livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement.
Let’s pursue what matters together!
IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBT individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.
