Cost Controller

Job Summary

Financial Business Partnering and Analysis

• Act as a hands-on Finance Business Partner to Function Leads.
• Analyze cost drivers at cost center and department level and explain results to non-finance stakeholders.
• Provide financial advice on costs, consulting spend, FTEs, Capex, and projects.
• Identify cost risks and optimization opportunities and propose corrective actions.
• Support Outlook, Target, and Budget cycles with variance analysis and financial commentary.
• Prepare financial analyses to support management decision-making.

Process and Cost Control

• Execute and control month-end close activities, including accruals, reclassifications, allocations, and FTE postings.
• Review actuals against Target and Outlook, investigate variances, and communicate key drivers.
• Manage cost center and FTE planning during planning cycles.
• Support Capex controlling, business cases, and capitalization activities where required.
• Monitor data quality, identify issues and trends, and ensure timely corrections.
• Support audits, projects, and M&A or divestment activities as needed.
• Track project budgets, monitor spend, and ensure financial compliance.
• Contribute to process improvements and simplification initiatives.

Digitalization and Process Improvement

• Support digitalization and automation of controlling and reporting activities.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and data quality.
• Promote standardization and best practices across SAR finance processes.
• Use AI-enabled tools and analytics where available to enhance insights and detect anomalies.
• Support change initiatives and adopt new tools and ways of working.

Core Benefits

• Benefits may vary according to local regulations, business needs, and practices.
• Listed benefits include global exposure, healthcare and wellbeing support, learning and development, recognition programs, and employee assistance.

About Lonza

Requirements

• Ability to provide hands-on financial controlling and business partnering support to function leads.
• Ability to analyze cost drivers and explain financial results to non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to support planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial commentary.
• Ability to execute and control month-end close activities, including accruals, reclassifications, allocations, and FTE postings.
• Ability to monitor data quality, identify issues and trends, and ensure timely corrections.
• Ability to support audits, projects, and M&A or divestment activities as needed.
• Interest or capability in digitalization, automation, and continuous process improvement.