Title:  Business Controller

Introduction

The biggest technology shift within the automotive industry in decades has begun. A new era is waiting behind the horizon and we have yet only seen a few glimpses of the greatness that awaits us. We at the Finance need to prepare for the challenges that are ahead of us and we need your expertise, your analytical ability and your genuine interest in leading others to guide us through this journey. To support the business in this exciting environment, we are looking for proactive and open minded talents.

This is us, your new colleagues

Financial controlling and planning team plays a key role as a central finance function of the of the entire UD Trucks group like HQ finance. This team covers, Group tax, accounting, internal control and business controlling and you will belong to Group business controlling team. The team is multinational talents with diversity. We also have functional business controlling and country accounting team. Finance and business office function has more than 200 HC people in across globe.

You will work closely with 3 colleagues in your team

Role description

This position is responsible for cost and investment control for UD Trucks real estate function in Japan, working cross-functionally with accounting and real estate team, as well as with business controllers supporting other functions. Also responsible for estimate and annual planning process for real estate costs and assets. 

1. Ensure monthly closing (in SAP, Ariba, Essbase) is accurate and complete for real estate in Japan
2. Review and discuss cost and investment reports with real estate team, to align and update timing of expenditure and investment spending
3. Create and manage expenditure reports to control total real estate spending, and ensure alignment with forecasts and plan
4. Compile portfolio of long term investments for all real estate sites in Japan, and organize by cost centres, for next 3 years
5. Update portfolio of long term investment portfolio with actual spend and forecasted spend within same fiscal year, on monthly basis
6. Coordinate with key “beneficiary” business functions (Japan sales, Ageo plant, Technology) on long term investment requirement; balancing it with “new investment” requirements
7. Engage and support “beneficiary” business functions in preparation of material for submitting request to Investment Committee
8. Work closely with accounting team to set up investment orders for each project to track and control investment spending; to be in line with request approvals
9. Discuss and analyze monthly performance with Group Business Control team and VP, Group Finance
10. Create financial forecasts for real estate function in Japan (income statement, operating capital, leases, capex)
11. Improve visibility of expenditure reports by activity, projects, real estate sites (in addition to account codes and suppliers)
12. Improve reporting and planning process, by using systems and IT tools