Job Description

Join us in a pivotal area finance leadership role with responsibility across Spain, Portugal, Italy, and France. This position offers the opportunity to steer financial performance, strengthen governance, and act as a trusted partner to senior management. You will play a crucial role in harmonizing standards and elevating finance capabilities across the Area. The role is located in any of the 4 countries in the Area: Spain, France, Italy or Portugal.

- The Area Controller Europe South is responsible for the financial governance, performance oversight, and technical leadership of the Finance organizations across the Europe South Area (Spain, Portugal, Italy, and France).
- Operating as a regional finance leader, the role ensures consistency, quality, and compliance of financial reporting, controlling standards, and governance across countries, while acting as a key business partner and sparring partner to the Area Manager. The role is co-responsible for the financial performance of the Area and acts as a quality gate between local entities and EMEA / Group Finance.

Key Responsibilities

Area Financial Performance & Governance

- Oversee and challenge the financial performance of the Europe South countries, with a strong focus on Sales, Material Margin, Opex, EBITDA, and ONWC.
- Act as a quality gate for financial information reported from countries to Area, EMEA, and Group, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and transparency.
- Identify financial risks, deviations, and red flags across countries and escalate when required, acting as a link between local management and EMEA / Group Finance.
- Ensure alignment of local financial practices with Group, EMEA, and Area Europe South standards and policies.

Business Partnership at Area Level

- Act as the primary financial partner and sparring partner to the Area Manager.
- Actively contribute to Area management decisions as part of the Area leadership trio (Area GM,



Area HR, Area Finance).
- Challenge business assumptions, performance drivers, and action plans with fact-based and data-driven analysis.
- Support strategic initiatives, restructuring topics, and performance improvement programs at Area level.

Governance of Local Finance Managers

- Provide functional leadership and technical guidance to local Finance Managers in Europe South, particularly on accounting, controlling, and financial governance topics where local General Managers may lack technical depth.
- Ensure local statutory, tax, treasury, and governance topics are properly managed, being informed and involved in key decisions while maintaining local accountability.
- Act as a reference point and escalation level for complex financial, accounting, tax, and audit-related matters.
- Promote consistent application of finance standards and best practices across countries.

Planning, Forecasting & Benchmarking

- Oversee and challenge country budgets, forecasts, and long-term plans, ensuring coherence at Area level.
- Define benchmarks, performance comparisons, and best practices across Europe South to foster continuous improvement.
- Support countries in translating benchmarks and insights into concrete action plans.

Compliance, Internal Controls & Audit Oversight

- Ensure a strong culture of governance, compliance, and internal controls across the Area.
- Oversee and support countries in internal and external audit processes, ensuring issues are addressed consistently and timely.
- Ensure alignment with Group and EMEA governance requirements, acting as an early warning system for compliance risks.

Finance Organization & Talent

- Shape and develop the finance organization across Europe South.
- Support definition of roles, succession planning, and identification of key talents within local finance teams.
- Promote knowledge sharing, capability building, and professional development of Finance Managers and their teams.

📌 Area Controller Europe South (Madrid)
🏢 Sika
📍 Madrid