Specialist, Business Controller(Support Functions)

Main Purpose Of The Role:

As a team member in the Business Controlling function, the role involves actively contributing to financial planning and analysis, supporting budgeting and forecasting processes, and assisting in the preparation of both operation KPIs and financial reports. The focus includes participation in value creation activities for cost control and process improvement initiatives, starting from supporting information to identify improvement opportunities, providing business justification and business case to support investment, and ensuring compliance with established procedures. Collaboration and communication skill are key, as team members engage with stakeholders and contribute to a positive and cooperative team environment.

Key Accountabilities:

Strategic Finance Business Partnering:

• Collaborate with business units to understand their operations and contribute to financial discussions.
• Provide support within defined parameters to offer financial insights and recommendations for decision making, including CAPEX investment, change in operating process, etc.

Financial Planning, Budgeting, And Forecasting:

• Assist in maintaining established financial models, template, and process for budgeting, forecasting, and planning.
• Support the budgeting and forecasting processes in collaboration with business units.
• Assist in analyzing financial performance to generate insights to support business initiatives and planning assumption.
• Ensure accurate and timely input to align with corporate objectives.

Performance Monitoring:

• Assist in monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial metrics, including detail tracking of the actual result vs target.
• Follow established procedures for cost control strategies, within defined guidelines to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for discussion with the team.
• Support the benchmarking analysis to identify the performance gap and improvement opportunity.

Financial Reporting And Communication:

• Contribute to the preparation of financial reports for management and business leaders.
• Assist in providing explanations for variances in financial results.
• Ensure the accuracy of accounting transaction under responsible cost center; focusing on standard cost, production variance, and fixed asset.

Process Optimization:

• Identify opportunities for process improvements in financial function.
• Participate in the implementation of established best practices to enhance efficiency.

Product Cost:

• Assist in monitoring costing and operational BOM and route.

Compliance And Risk Management:

• Follow established procedures to ensure compliance with financial regulations and company policies.
• Contribute to basic efforts in identifying and addressing financial risks.

Leadership And Team Development:

• Identify skill and training needs, and continuously seek for opportunities for skill development and career advancement.

Specific area of responsibility – Specialist / Supervisor for Production Support Cost Center:

• For P&L, responsible for financial planning, controlling, reporting and analysis of COGS i.e. standard cost, production variance, and non-unit driven cost under Production Support cost center i.e. I&PD, C&SQ, SC&S and consolidated picture of C&S.
• For Balance Sheet, responsible for financial planning, controlling, reporting and analysis of CAPEX under production and production support function and Inventory balance under Production Support cost center i.e. I&PD, C&SQ, SC&S and consolidated picture of C&S.
• Responsible for monitoring and analysis of overall Cost KPIs and Inventory KPIs under Production Support cost center i.e. I&PD, C&SQ, SC&S as a key KPI that highly impact financial planning assumption.

Suggested Kpi’S (To Be Refined):

• Overall Factory KPIs of C&S.
• % deviation between budget and actuals for the functions responsible (excl. volume impact)
• Adherence to timeline for budgeting and forecasting inputs from each cost center
• Business partnering satisfaction score.

Educational Background:

Bachelor’s degree/Master’s degree with relevant professional certification (e.g., CPA, CMA) preferred.

Field of study: (Preferred education)

• Business administration
• Financial and management accounting
• Industrial Engineering or related filed

Pivotal And Professional Qualifications:

• 3+ year experience in business controlling/costing area in manufacturing business
• Auditing and/or Consulting background will be an advantage

Personal Competencies:

• Detail-oriented and result-oriented with a commitment to accuracy.
• Proactive and collaborative team player.
• Analytic and problem-solving skill to identify root cause for simple business problem.
• Adaptability to a dynamic work environment and fast learner.
• Is self-motivated and hungry enough to work hard; willing to change.
• Curiosity and continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong communication skills; interact effectively with the organization.

Computer Skills:

• Microsoft office
• ERP 
• Power BI

Language Skills:

Good English communication and self-confident

Other Skills:

Presentation and storytelling skill

Welcome to Pandora Crafting & Supply

The magic happens at our crafting facilities, where over 13,000 craftspeople combine centuries-old traditions with modern techniques to create Pandora jewellery. You’ll join a dynamic and inclusive team committed to sustainability, innovation, and excellence. Located in Bangkok and Lamphun, our facilities feature LEED Gold Certification for Energy and Environmental Design, highlighting our respect for natural resources and commitment to a greener future.

About Pandora Crafting & Supply

Since 1989, Pandora has been crafting jewellery in Thailand, home to two state-of-the-art facilities in Bangkok and Lamphun. Over 107 million pieces of jewellery are sold globally each year, all hand-finished using sustainable methods by our skilled craftspeople.

About Pandora Group

Pandora is the world's largest jewellery brand, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Our products are sold in over 100 countries through 6,700 points of sale, including 2,600 concept stores. We are committed to sustainability, with a goal to use recycled silver and gold for all our jewellery by 2025 and to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. In 2023, Pandora generated sales of EUR 3.8 billion and employed 33,000 people worldwide.