About The Position
Location: Bengaluru
Hybrid
About The Position
As a
Financial Controller – Europe, you will be a key member of the European Financial Controlling team, partnering with stakeholders across multiple countries while working from our Bengaluru office. Reporting to the Regional Financial Controller, you will play a critical role in leading financial control activities, ensuring accurate financial reporting, strengthening compliance, and driving continuous process improvements across the European business.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly accomplished finance professional with
10+ years of experience in Financial Controlling, Plant Controlling, or Record-to-Report (R2R) within a multinational organization. You will bring strong technical accounting expertise, hands-on experience with
SAP S/4HANA (BlackLine is an added advantage), deep knowledge of
IFRS, statutory reporting, and external audits, along with exceptional business partnering skills to support a dynamic international finance organization.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Control & Reporting
- Own the Balance Sheet and P&L reporting for European legal entities, ensuring accuracy and compliance with IFRS.
- Lead month-end close activities, providing meaningful insights into overheads, cash flow, and financial performance.
- Drive financial control activities while ensuring robust governance and compliance across the business.
- Lead local statutory reporting, tax compliance, and audit-related activities.
Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management
- Partner with Regional Financial Controllers, Commercial Finance, Treasury, Tax, Supply Chain, and Group Finance teams across Europe.
- Communicate financial results and insights effectively to senior stakeholders, supporting informed business decisions.
- Build trusted relationships across a virtual global finance organization.
Process Improvement & Transformation
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, controls, and reporting efficiency.
- Contribute to Record-to-Report (R2R) transformation initiatives, including Balance Sheet reconciliations, Financial Statement in-housing, VAT, and other finance improvement projects.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives through automation, standardization, and best practices.
Governance & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with IFRS, statutory requirements, internal controls, and company policies.
- Support both internal and external audits while maintaining high-quality financial documentation.
- Drive a strong governance and compliance culture across financial reporting activities.
So, what does it take to be successful in this role
- Extensive experience in Financial Controlling, Record-to-Report (R2R), or Plant Controlling within a multinational environment.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge with expertise in IFRS, statutory reporting, financial controls, and external audits.
- Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA; experience with BlackLine and a professional accounting qualification (CA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent) will be an added advantage.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and build strong business partnerships across global teams.
- Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset and passion for driving continuous improvement.
What's Next
If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now! The deadline to apply is on 29th July 2026.
Interview process: Our interview journey is designed to be insightful and collaborative. You'll start with a conversation with our Talent Acquisition team, followed by a discussion with the Hiring Manager, and conclude with interactions with our Functional Head and HR team.
We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.
