Opex Controller - North Europe

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Your Role

As our Opex Controller for the North region cluster, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial performance and cost visibility across the North Europe cluster (UKI, Nordics, Benelux) within EssilorLuxottica. Acting as a trusted finance business partner, you will provide insightful analysis, challenge spending decisions, and support key stakeholders in managing operating expenses effectively.

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional seeking broad exposure across multiple business functions, combining financial control, planning, reporting, and business partnering within a fast-paced international environment. You will contribute directly to decision-making by providing meaningful financial insights that support sustainable growth and operational efficiency.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of operating expenses managed at cluster level, including appropriate accounting entries, accruals, provisions, cost allocations, and service receipts.
• Monitor and analyze OPEX performance across the North Europe cluster, ensuring spending aligns with budget and forecast targets.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive OPEX dashboard, providing clear visibility of monthly spend by category against budget, forecast, and prior year performance.
• Identify, analyze, and explain key cost drivers, including headcount, inflation, and other business-related factors.
• Partner closely with the FP&A team and business stakeholders to challenge variances and provide actionable recommendations.
• Support the preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts for cluster-managed expenses, ensuring robust planning, risk assessment, and opportunity identification.
• Act as a trusted advisor to department leaders, providing financial guidance that supports informed business decisions and effective cost management.
• Drive a culture of financial discipline by identifying cost-saving opportunities, challenging unnecessary expenditure, and reviewing supplier and contract-related costs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing reporting processes, controls, and financial transparency across the organization.

Main Requirements

• This would ideally be your second or thirs experience in Controlling, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Cost Control, Management Accounting, or Financial Reporting.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial controls, corporate policies, and reporting processes.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and translate findings into meaningful business insights.
• Proven ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders across multiple functions and levels of the organization.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance audiences.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and comfortable working independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail, combined with a continuous improvement mindset and problem-solving approach.
• Advanced Excel skills, including data analysis and reporting capabilities.
• Experience with SAP and data visualization tools such as Power BI and/or Power Query is highly desirable.

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