Senior Topline Controller (m/w), Frankfurt

As a world leading food company DANONE stands for international success. Around 104.000 employees work on all five continents in the four business areas Fresh Dairy Products, Early Life Nutrition, Waters and Advanced Medical Nutrition on one corporate mission: “Bringing health through food to as many people as possible.”

Your Mission

• infusing the organization with a sound financial framework to drive profitable and sustainable growth
• Partner with sales strategy and marketing to shape and drive the company's innovation roadmap and investment strategy
• Own and manage the company's trade budget by channel providing accurate and timely reporting of budgets with sales
• Forecast full year landing and review results
• manage the trade accrual as part of the monthly close process
• Develop and maintain customer P&Ls to analyze performance for key accounts within each of our channels
• Support innovation roadmap by animating the process across sales & marketing teams and lead the pricing conversation
• Manage a team of one direct report and support his/her development and growth in the organization

Your Profile

• University degree in business sciences or economics with an excellent result and a focus on finance/controlling
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in top line controlling in a FMCG environment
• Very good German and English language skills (spoken & written), French is a plus
• Excellent skills in MS-Office
• "Data Detective", excellent data management skills with a strong analytical mindset; ability to identify data issues and find solutions
• Candidate Self-Starter, proactive problem solver and intellectually curious
• Action Oriented takes initiative, and makes decisions quickly to achieve goals
• Effective communicator incorporating strong listening and questioning skills
• Team oriented, highly collaborative, and able to build cross-functional