Business Controller - Eurofins Built Environment Testing USA

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

The Business Controller is responsible for providing financial reporting, budgeting/forecasting and analysis for a group of business units within the US Environment Division.  The Business Controller partners with the leaders of the Eurofins businesses to improve forecasting, cost control, understanding of financial position, capital investment analyses, and review of month end financials and assurance of appropriate accruals and accounting accuracy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides business units with financial reporting, KPIs and metrics
• Works with business units to complete projections (budgets, forecasts and mid term plans)
• Complete capex review and forms; reviews investment opportunities and metrics
• Reviews month end prelim P&Ls for correctness and works with NSC to make any needed adjustment
• Prepares and reviews certain accruals
• Oversight in annual inventory and fixed asset physicals for relevant BUs
• Serves as financial advisor to business units with business/cost results of financial decisions.
• Reviews cost data and makes recommendations on potential actions to improve cost control
• Prepares and analyzes annual budgets based on past performance and future expectations.
• Participates in accounts receivable collections to achieve goals.
• Prepares and reviews capital spending requests to ensure capital is being spent effectively and capital is being properly controlled.
• Responds to requests of management, laboratories, accounting, and clients for financial information.
• Is well versed in the company’s Spending & Contracting Authority and prepares S&CA deviation forms as required as well as any related materials such as forecasts
• Monthly financial commentary
• Assists the NSC with cash funding requests to Treasury
• Monthly distribution and monitoring of invoiced not received (INR) report
• Prepares M&A financial projections and supports integration of newly acquired businesses 

Basic Minimum Qualifications: 

• BS/BA in Accounting or related field.
• Minimum 5 years accounting (with at least one of those years in Financial Planning & Analysis) experience.  
• Proficiency with computers, including strong working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint 
• Proficiency with Accounting software 
• Ability to analyze and report financial data 
• Experience with trend analysis 
• Authorization to work in the United States without restriction or sponsorship 

Ideal Candidates will have: 

• CPA, CMA or Masters of Business or Accounting/Finance preferred.
• GAAP
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Math skills and mathematical concepts
• Time management skills
• Organizational skills
• Ability to work independently

Professional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English.

As a Eurofins employee, you will become part of a company that has received national recognition as a great place to work.  We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and dental and vision options.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/ 

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and Eurofins Scientific 2/2 March 2023 agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralized and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.