Finance Controlling Specialist Coventry Accounts

Finance Controlling Specialist

An opportunity has been created at Daimler Buses UK Ltd for a Controlling Specialist.

The Role

As a controlling specialist at Daimler Buses UK Ltd (DBUK), you will provide strategic commercial business advice and a professional finance and controlling partnership service to their leadership team. You will be responsible for budgeting and planning, ensuring compliance with UK tax law, government guidelines and company processes. You will report to the head of controlling at DBUK and have responsibility for supporting the development of the controlling apprentice.

About You

• Proven experience with controlling is essential.
• University Degree is essential.
• Accountancy or Finance Qualification preferred.
• Expert knowledge in controlling, cost accounting, planning and budgeting.
• Extensive knowledge in general ledger, P&L reporting and accounting principles.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in a global matrix organisation.
• Commercial knowledge and business acumen.
• Ability to communicate professionally with internal and external contacts.
• Advanced Excel and presentation skills: PowerBI skills preferred.

• Salary in the region of £44,000 per annum (dependant upon skill-set and experience) plus a performance bonus.
• A 39-hour working week. Hybrid working after completion of probation period.
• 33 days holiday per year including statutory holidays.
• Life assurance from day one (4 x basic salary).
• A group personal pension scheme with employer contribution increases, based on length of service.
• Private medical insurance.
• Access to the Mercedes Benz car lease scheme.
• An employee assistance and wellbeing program as your well-being is important to us.
• Free onsite parking

When applying please include a full current CV. Once this has been reviewed, we will be in touch to advise if your application will be progressed through to the next stage or not depending on your experience. The Riverside Resourcing & Consultancy recruitment process reflects our obligations under relevant UK legislation. Whilst all applications are carefully considered, we are only able to progress applications from candidates who have the right to work in the United Kingdom.

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• Company Pension
• Bonus Scheme
• Company Car

Home to four bus and coach brands, Daimler Trucks and Buses (UK) Ltd is responsible for the sale of Mercedes-Benz and Setra vehicles backed by their service brand, OMNIplus and their used vehicle sales brand known as BusStore.

They are convinced that everything they do contributes to a cleaner, safer, more efficient, and more connected world. For goods, for people, for all of us. As a global company with over 100,000 employees spread all around the world, they know that different ideas, perspectives, and origins move us forward. Global diversity and regional strength combined with the team spirit is what makes them succeed. At Daimler Trucks and Buses, you can work with a global team and learn from experienced experts who work passionately on their topics. Because with different perspectives, we make a global impact.