Driven by the passion to improve quality of people’s lives, WSA continues to grow as market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.

The role will collaborate with Corporate Functions leaders to develop financial strategies and analytics to enable business decision-making. You will coordinate forecasting and budgeting processes for Group Functions and provide detailed monthly reports and analysis directly to Business Leaders. The position will involve delivering important insights to senior leaders and require expert-level analysis and insight skills to deliver clear and measurable impact to the business.

What you will do

• Provide relevant, accurate, timely management information and support to the relevant stakeholders
• Take accountability for defining functional expense and balance sheet accounting and reporting, ensuring appropriate processes and controls are in place, and that the financial position is correctly understood, interpreted and communicated to the relevant function
• Commercial question & Stakeholder Management: Support and partner people within the division to which they are partnered to ensure robust strategic choice with solid financials evidenced
• Prepare the annual business plan and analysis for corporate functions.
• Support in IT and R&D with month-end closing activities.
• Interpret and present key findings directly to senior leaders.
• Participates in preparing cost-benefit analysis to enable the business to carry out data-driven decision-making processes as requested. Dialogue around budget and spend to optimize budget and investments; return-on-investment discipline
• Use financial expertise to model and formulate cost center and project advice and support decision-making through the month-end, forecast, budget, and planning cycles.
• Support in cross country stakeholders queries.
• Be a part in establishing KPIs for Corporate functions and contribute to process improvements.

What you bring

• At least 3 years of work experience in the Finance business partnering/controlling.
• Advanced Excel proficiency
• Strong knowledge of IT project accounting under IFRS
• Experience with month-end closing
• Experience with Infor ERP systems is an advantage
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines
• Strong communication skills and willingness to support cross-country teams

Performance and personal competencies

• Good communication skills both written and verbal in English.
• Ability to execute tasks with quality in a deadline-driven environment.
• Stakeholder management skills with the ability to build good working relationships with multiple and matrix stakeholders.
• A people-oriented person who is always looking for solutions and bringing quality improvements.

Who we are

At WSA, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.

Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.

With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.

Sounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.

WSA is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.