Finance Business Partner / Commercial Controller
Madrid, Spain·€45,000 - €60,000·On-site·Senior · 4-8 years·Permanent·Spanish: Native
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About the role
We are looking to bring in a strategic profile with a strong business orientation, acting as a lever for management decision-making. This is not a traditional finance role, but a position of influence where data becomes impact, reporting directly to the CEO. #JoinMichael
- Experience in headquarters, subsidiaries, or international environments
- Experience in Consumer Goods, Retail, or Pharma
What you'll do
- Strategic KPI analysis
- Build a comprehensive view of the business through key KPIs: sales, margin, profitability, costs, productivity, and service.
- Develop advanced models that explain real profitability: by customer, by channel, by category / supplier
- Analyze sales trends and commercial mix to identify trends and opportunities
- Management control
- Monitor deviations vs budget and forecast, identifying root causes (not symptoms)
- Propose and drive action plans with direct impact on results
- Actively participate in processes: Budget - Forecast - Business reviews
- Cross-functional business partner
- Act as a strategic partner to: Sales - Purchasing - Operations / Logistics - Marketing - Customer Service.
- Translate data into clear and actionable recommendations
- Align analysis with real business decisions
- Optimization and continuous improvement
- Detect structural and operational inefficiencies
- Identify levers for sustainable growth
- Challenge decisions and processes that lack a solid analytical basis
- Ensure that analysis translates into implementation and impact tracking
- Data, reporting, automation
- Transform large volumes of data into clear insights for management
- Elevate reporting to a strategic model, not a descriptive one
- Promote the use of BI tools and advanced analytics
- Explore and implement AI solutions applied to reporting and business analysis
- Automate processes to improve speed and quality of decision-making
What you'll get
- Professional development opportunity
- Leading and consolidated company in the pharmaceutical sector
- Offices in Alcorcón, on-site
- Working hours: Monday to Thursday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Friday with a split shift from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Flexible start and end times will apply.
- Salary: €45,000 - €60,000 gross/year (depending on the candidate's profile) + bonus
About the company & team
Company that distributes pharmaceutical products, especially food supplements and natural cosmetics.
Who are we looking for (M/F/D)?
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related field
- MBA or training in Business Analytics / Management Control will be valued
- Experience
Senior profile: 4-8 years of experience in positions such as: Business Controller, Finance Business Partner, Strategic Finance, Strategic/Analytical Consulting.
- Highly valued: experience in Distribution, Retail, Consumer Goods, Supply Chain/Logistics, Ecommerce.
- ✓ Required (Must Have)
- Real experience impacting business decisions
- Advanced analytical skills + strategic vision
- Experience building profitability models
- Advanced Excel + BI tools (Power BI or others)
- Ability to translate data into decisions
- Valued (Nice to Have)
- SQL knowledge
- Experience in data-driven environments
- Application of AI in analysis or reporting
- Experience in companies with high operational complexity
About the role
Precisamos incorporar a un perfil estratégico con fuerte orientación a negocio, actuando como palanca de toma de decisiones para la dirección. No es un rol financiero tradicional, sino una posición de influencia donde el dato se convierte en impacto, reportando directamente al CEO.#JoinMichaelPage
- Experiencia en headquarter, filiales o entorno internacional
- Experiencia en Gran Consumo, Retail o Pharma
What you'll do
- Análisis estratégico de KPIs
- Construir una visión integral del negocio a través de KPIs clave: ventas, margen, rentabilidad, costes, productividad y servicio.
- Desarrollar modelos avanzados que expliquen la rentabilidad real: por cliente, por canal, por categoría / proveedor
- Analizar evolución de ventas y mix comercial para identificar tendencias y oportunidades
- Control de gestión
- Monitorizar desviaciones vs budget y forecast, identificando causa raíz (no síntomas)
- Proponer e impulsar planes de acción con impacto directo en resultados
- Participar activamente en procesos de: Budget- Forecast- Business reviews
- Business partner transversal
- Actuar como socio estratégico de: Comercial- Compras- Operaciones / logística- Marketing- Customer Service.
- Traducir datos en recomendaciones claras y accionables
- Alinear análisis con decisiones reales de negocio
- Optimización y mejora continua
- Detectar ineficiencias estructurales y operativas
- Identificar palancas de crecimiento sostenible
- Retar decisiones y procesos sin base analítica sólida
- Asegurar que el análisis derive en implementación y seguimiento de impacto
- Data, reporting, automatización
- Transformar grandes volúmenes de datos en insights claros para dirección
- Elevar el nivel de reporting hacia un modelo estratégico, no descriptivo
- Impulsar el uso de herramientas de BI y analítica avanzada
- Explorar e implementar soluciones de IA aplicada al reporting y análisis de negocio
- Automatizar procesos para mejorar velocidad y calidad de decisión
What you'll get
- Oportunidad de desarrollo profesional
- Empresa líder y consolidada en el sector farmacéutico
- Oficinas en Alcorcón presencial
- Horario: De lunes a Jueves de 9hs a 18hs. Viernes intensiva de 8 a 15hs. Se aplicará flexibilidad horaria de entrada y salida
- Salario: 45.000 - 60.000€ B/A (en función de la valía del candidato) + bonus
About the company & team
Empresa que distribuye productos farmacéuticos, especialmente complementos alimenticios y cosmética natural.
¿A quién buscamos (H/M/D)?
- Formación
- Grado en ADE, Economía, Ingeniería o similar
- Se valorará: MBA o formación en Business Analytics / Control de Gestión
- Experiencia
Perfil senior: 4-8 años de experiencia en posiciones: Business Controller, Finance Business Partner, Strategic Finance, Consultoría estratégica/analítica.
- Muy valorable experiencia en Distribución, Retail, Gran Consumo, Supply Chain/Logística, Ecommerce.
- ✓ Imprescindible (Must Have)
- Experiencia real impactando decisiones denegocio
- Capacidad analítica avanzada + visiónestratégica
- Experiencia construyendo modelos derentabilidad
- Excel avanzado + herramientas BI (Power BI uotras)
- Capacidad de traducir datos en decisiones
- Valorable (Nice to Have)
- Conocimientos en SQL
- Experiencia en entornos data-driven
- Aplicación de IA en análisis o reporting
- Experiencia en compañías con alta complejidad operativa
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About the company
Michael Page España
Staffing
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