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France
- Posted: 17 Jul 2025
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About the job
Danone France does not seek to be the best company in the world, but better for the world! That’s why our 26 brands in France are B Corp TM certified. *
B Corp is the compass of our CSR strategy! This certification allows us to challenge ourselves in order to continuously improve and measure our social and environmental performance.
We are looking for a Head of Overheads Controlling Global Functions to join our Company Holdings team, the position is based in Paris (17 boulevard Haussmann 75009 Paris, to move to La Fayette from September onwards). In this position, you will report to Company Holdings Controlling Director, who oversees 4 global functions (Finance, HR, Sustainability & Strategic Business Development, General Secretary) and multiple holding entities across the globe.
The Head of Overheads Controlling needs a high level of service-oriented mindset, a strong experience in controlling, team player, and especially for senior stakeholders management with stakeholders (Directors, Executives and Comex members) are based in different locations in Paris (DPP), Amsterdam (DPA), Singapore (DPS).
Oversee the actual expenses, budget, dynamic resource allocations, performance review of the Global Functions and to the senior budget owners. Provides and maintains a standard, harmonized and consistent process across different global functions and seeks to continue improvements with the focus on simplification and digitalization.
Ensure timely interactions with the budget owners by providing clarifications and alignments. Actively follows up the global reporting timelines for Month Closings and Rolling Forecasts.
In this role, following aspects belong to your playfield:
- Participation in the follow-up of Value-Capture and M&A Projects
- Support the decision-making on the group short term and mid-term Cost Planning & Control
- Define, design the right and timely standard process for all fixed costs
- Prepare & present business reviews for the management team and Corporate FD
- FTE (staff) costs management
- Play an important role in the delivery of our strategic Finance Roadmap
- Identify financial risks and opportunities and drive necessary action plans
- Management of 3 controllers who are in charge of each global function.
This will enable you to the following:
- Be part of the finance central team with an ambitious journey
- Be exposed to different stakeholders from other areas
- Have a direct impact on Global Functions performance and results
Our employer commitments:
- The guarantee of a relevant, competitive and scalable compensation package, through external benchmark and internal equity. It consists among other things of a fixed salary, an yearly bonus, gain sharing.
- Flexibility of work and workplaces, such as weekly homeworking.
- Skills development for all, thanks to our Danone Academy France and through a year-round managerial conversation cycle.
- The possibility to use up to 3 days a year of volunteering through the platform Vendredi.
- Parenting policy benefits, such as extended Parental Leave (14 additional maternity/paternity days covered), or the ability to convert some earnings into time off
- Other benefits include a complementary pension scheme, health care plan, CSE, 100% of the Navigo pass covered
About you
The criteria below remain indicative. A candidate who has a different combination of experience and skills could also be considered.
- At least 10 years experience in Controlling in a large and international context (preferably in FMCG)
- Ability to build trustful relationships internally, able to explain complex concepts or analysis in a simplified way, understand issues of stakeholders from various functions, capacity to animate non-Finance people
- Structured and planning-oriented mindset, being pro-active.
- You love numbers and have a data analytics experience; you have a good knowledge of ERP (SAP…) and BI systems (Power BI…). Always looking for improvements on process and ways of working by leveraging the standardization, digitalization and automation.
- Agility in presenting to CODI and COMEX members; strong exposure to Danone group top management
- Team management experience is an advantage
- Team player, committed with dedications and “can do” attitude. Eyes on the details and able to bring the “helicopter” view.
- Good communication skills with fluency in English and French
We are proud to promote diversity and equal opportunity within our teams. We believe that our differences will make a difference, and that an inclusive work environment will drive our growth as a company, as a team, and as individuals. We will therefore consider all applications* by fostering an inclusive work culture where everyone can feel at home.
We have also chosen to remove inclusive writing from our job offers because its complexity penalizes people with cognitive disabilities, including dyslexia, dysphasia, or apraxia.
*All nominations will be considered regardless of origin, background, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability…
About Danone
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Every day, you will make decisions that impact our economic and societal performance, as well as our ability to achieve our ambitions.
At Danone, you can just be yourself. We are convinced that it is up to YOU to define how you work, develop and progress.
With us, you will work in a challenging, authentic, and caring environment.
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