Business Controller

DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION

Business Controller is responsible for the India market financial support, management accounting and reporting, including monthly reports and estimates. Target is to ensure harmonized, efficient and high quality support for sales and service operations in India. Securing availability and reliability of adequate financial information to support the business in decision-making and in the implementation of Kalmar strategy, targets and processes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

● Provide the business with actionable insights to support strategic and operational business decisions

by designing, developing, and maintaining data analytics solutions, conducting in-depth analysis, and

building interactive dashboards and reports.

● Provide and prepare Region and local management teams with financial information, business review

and analysis and use this information to participate in planning, budgeting, decision making and

controlling.

● Work as a business partner for the Country Head and provide active finance support to the Country

Head regarding business development projects, the selection and development of business partners

/dealers, and other business strategic initiatives.

● Assist the Country Head with monitoring of growth-oriented actions and playbook strategies, ensuring

that implementation is handled correctly and followed up on consistently.

● Challenge the business, structure and organization set up to improve and optimize financial

performance.

● Monitor and analyze monthly results for the assigned units against budget/forecasts and

initiate/implement improvement and corrective activities. Present financial performance reports

according to corporate/BA guidelines and controls. Exercise rigorous control over overhead costs

through detailed analysis and regular reviews with cost centre owners.

● Implement all Kalmar Finance & Control (F&C) policies, processes and tools consistently in the FLU

and ensure that all functions are well aware about the key controls, financial policies and know how

to apply them. Ensure financial approvals comply with the Delegation of Authority (DOA).

● Assist in the preparation and review of business cases and scenario-based financial analyses for

projects, potential sales and service opportunities, large tenders, and contracts.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Education:

● Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration (MBA). Chartered

Accountants (CA)/ Cost Accountants (CMA). Background combining finance with data analytics,

statistics or information systems is an advantage.

Experience:

● +5 years Finance with experience in the industrial segment, preferably in Sales organization for

machinery industry

● Experience with data visualisation tools (Looker, Power BI, Tableau, etc.), SQL-based analysis, or cloud

data environments is a strong advantage.

● Good knowledge and experience in finance and business control processes and activities, preferably

from large international companies

● Experience of having worked collaboratively within a matrix reporting structure.

Competencies:

● Strong analytical and data-driven storytelling skills, able to turn complex data and forecasts into clear,

actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders.

● Ability to drive finance processes and activities and clearly communicate and implement policies and

principles

● Strong communication skills with the ability to build relations and trust with key stakeholders in the

organization

● Knowledge of integrated ERP systems and financial consolidation systems (HFM or similar)

● Advanced spreadsheet modelling skills (Excel or Google Sheets), including scenario analysis,

automation, and integration with analytics tools (e.g. Power BI, Looker, SQL/BigQuery).

● Google Suite

● Fluent in written and oral English