Plant Controller
Plant Controller - 100%
Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Industry: Manufacturing / Production
Languages: Business-level and English required; Swiss is an advantage
About the opportunity
Are you a finance professional who enjoys understanding how a business operates, investigating the details behind the numbers and contributing to better commercial decisions?
Our client, an international manufacturing company based in the Canton of Bern, is looking for a Plant Controller to join its finance team. This is an opportunity for someone with strong accounting fundamentals and an interest in production controlling who wants to develop into a broader finance leadership role.
You will work closely with the current manager during a structured handover, learning the plant’s financial processes, systems and business operations.
Why join?
- Develop your career: Build towards a senior controlling or finance management position, with potential for progression as you grow into the role.
- Learn directly from an experienced manager: Benefit from a structured handover and the opportunity to develop a thorough understanding of the business.
- Gain broad exposure: Work across finance, accounting and production, developing both technical and commercial expertise.
Your responsibilities
- Support the financial and production-controlling activities of the manufacturing site.
- Analyse production costs and investigate variances, pricing questions and other financial issues.
- Develop an understanding of the plant’s financial processes and how they connect with its production activities.
- Work with financial systems and tools, learning how different processes and modules interact.
- Collaborate with colleagues across finance and operations to understand business performance and resolve issues.
- Take ownership of financial questions, investigate the underlying details and propose practical solutions.
- Work closely with the current manager during the handover and gradually assume broader responsibilities.
Your profile
- Experience in production or plant controlling within a manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
- Alternatively, experience auditing manufacturing clients, ideally gained within a Big 4 or comparable firm, could provide a strong foundation.
- Solid knowledge of financial accounting fundamentals , including double-entry bookkeeping, debits and credits, accounting treatment and depreciation.
- A relevant qualification such as CIMA, ACCA or a Swiss accounting qualification is advantageous. Candidates working towards a qualification are also encouraged to apply.
- Familiarity with SAP or another ERP system.
- and English language skills are required. Swiss is an advantage.
- An analytical and commercially minded approach, combined with attention to detail.
- Curiosity, initiative and the confidence to ask questions and investigate unfamiliar topics.
- Flexibility and motivation to learn, take ownership and grow within the business.
Interested?
If you are looking for a role where you can combine your accounting knowledge with commercial thinking and develop your career in a manufacturing environment, we would be pleased to hear from you.
Please send us your CV or get in touch for a confidential conversation.
- NonStop Consulting AG
3001 Bern
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Plant Controller in Bern Arbeitgeber: NonStop Consulting AG
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