Financial Controller EMEA (H/F)

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

We are looking for our next Financial Controller EMEA (H/F). This position will be located in La Madeleine (near Lille).

As a Finance Controller based in France (or another European country), he/she is responsible for the financial management and legal entity reporting within your designated region. This role involves ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial operations, compliance with regional accounting standards, review and approve tax returns, and effective collaboration with outsourced finance/accounting and tax business service partners and the Global Controller.

You will be responsible for :

Financial Management and Operations:

• Oversee and manage finance/accounting operations within the region, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll
• Manage Controllers on ensuring costs are complete and recorded accurately
• Partner with Financial Planning and Analysis on cost accruals and budgeting/forecasting
• Manage regional month-end closing activities and validate reconciliation activities performed by outsourced service partners

Reporting, Compliance, Month End Closing and Consolidation:

• Liaise with the Global Controller on financial reporting and consolidation matters
• Develop regional corporate reporting and produce monthly financial reports according to business needs
• Prepare statutory books and coordinate with the outsourced finance & accounting business services for Finance and Tax as well as working with external auditors
• Review and approve tax returns forms from China and Japan and interact with Global tax teams as well as Tax BPO partner
• Liaise with process owners on process improvements and oversee data reporting, tracking, planning, and auditing

What will we love about you?

• Strong knowledge of Finance accounting and tax
• Knowledge of the other functions in the value chain: manufacturing, procurement, sales and distribution
• Ability to work with remote teams (BPO partners, etc.)
• Communication and change management
• Stakeholders' management (Country business teams, Management from other functions, Global teams, BPO partners)

What will you love about us?

• Opportunities to learn and develop in an entrepreneurial environment that encourages innovation.
• Our internal mobility policy
• Benefits such as: RTT, Time Savings Account, Incentives
• The possibility of combining professional and personal life through telecommuting and organizational flexibility.

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together!

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences.

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

To find out more about our products, values and sustainable development ambitions visit us at www.roquette.com and at www.sustainability.roquette.com