Senior Business Controller

Job description

In a context of transformation, Polène is currently looking for a ***Senior Business Controller*** to **oversee the group's OPEX management (12 entities)**, define and deploy the cost management policy, while ensuring the reliability of financial data needed for decision-making. **You will thrive in this role if you want to:** - **Support department heads** (Image, Branding, PR, Design, Collection, Finance, Legal, HR, General Services) in defining and structuring their annual budget and budget revisions. - **Analyze variances between budget, commitments, and actuals**, and prepare monthly cost-tracking reports for management and department heads. - **Coordinate monthly OPEX closing steps with the accounting team**, check accounting/analytical allocations, challenge provisions, and roll out expense allocation guidelines. - **Act as a Business Partner to analyze the profitability of new projects**, identify cost optimization levers, and define tailored OPEX KPIs. - **Serve as the OPEX Controlling subject matter expert within the financial transformation on SAP S/4HANA** (maintaining processes, configuring reports, defining cost allocation strategies, and supporting operational teams on SAP and ESKER). - **Provide daily support to teams** to improve data reliability, secure OPEX flows, and enhance practices. **You will excel in this role if:** - You have **at least 7 years of post-graduate experience** in a similar role within audit or financial controlling. - You have a **thorough command of budget management principles and analytical accounting**. - You are **proficient in Excel and an ERP (ideally SAP)**. Knowledge of BI or EPM reporting tools is a plus. - You have **professional fluency in English**. - You combine **rigor**, strong **analytical and synthesis skills**, and a solid **business partner mindset** with the ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders. - You have a **proven ability to structure and implement financial processes** and projects. Within the **Controlling team made up of 7 people** (covering industrial, financial, and OPEX controlling), you will report directly to our ***Senior Controlling Lead***. You will work closely with the accounting team, department heads (Head of level), and operational teams. The team operates with a strong culture of cross-functional support, continuous optimization, and tool transformation. You will be at the heart of Polène’s strategic and budgetary choices, playing a key role as a structurer and facilitator. **The Recruitment Process** 1. **Meeting with Talent Acquisition**: discover the Maison, our values, and share your background and ambitions. 2. **Interview with your future manager**: dive into the role, its responsibilities and the challenges facing the Collection team. 3. **Case study**: work through a practical case and share your thinking and approach to controlling. 4. **Final interview with our Secretary General**: take a step back and explore the Maison's vision and your development opportunities at Polène. **By joining Polène, you will have the opportunity to:** - Join a Maison with a **unique business project and an ambitious development plan** covering its entire value chain. - Grow in an **ever-evolving environment** where innovation and the pursuit of excellence are key drivers. - Thrive in an environment where **people are at the heart of the project**, and where the attention given to employees is a true differentiating factor. ### **Joining Polène also means benefiting from a range of initiatives designed with you in mind:** - A **100% on-site working experience**, based in our Paris offices in the heart of the 2nd arrondissement, on rue du Louvre. - **25 days of paid annual leave + 10.5 RTT days**. - A **ClassPass sport and wellness membership**. - **Exclusive access to the Maison's collections** (private sales and preferential rates after one year of service). - Access to **People and Baby and Les Petits Chaperons Rouges** daycare networks. - **Alan health insurance**, with a tailor-made plan reserved for Maison employees and **60% employer contribution**. - A **sustainable mobility allowance of up to €40/month**, or **50% reimbursement of public transportation costs**. - **Swile meal vouchers** with a face value of **€10 per day**. **What you may not know yet about Polène:** Born in Paris in 2016, crafted in Ubrique and open to the world, Polène is much more than a leather goods Maison: it is a culture, a way of being and a way of creating. Each of our creations reflects the meeting point between technical precision and the poetry of form. Today, Polène brings together **1,500 employees**, including **900 exceptional artisans based in Ubrique, Spain**, and operates across **3 continents**, with an expansion plan targeting **7 new openings per year**. ***Polène is committed to an inclusive, ethical and equitable culture throughout its recruitment processes. We welcome you as you are, with your talents, your energy and your desire to contribute.***