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Group Controller (ESG) - Fabory

Tilburg

Are you a finance professional with interest in ESG and tax? Fabory is seeking a talented Group Controller to join their team in Tilburg.

Join Fabory's finance team as Group Controller (ESG).

Your new challenge

As Group Controller (ESG), you will be part of the Group controlling team (8 FTE) and report directly to the Director Financial Control & Tax Affairs. Your main responsibilities will include Group controlling processes, process improvements, ESG controlling and International Tax controlling. You will be based in Tilburg and will work closely with the local organization, the country Business Controllers, GL-accountants and the Financial Shared Service Centre in Brno (Czech Republic).


This new position is a great opportunity for someone with an audit background, potentially directly leaving the audit practice. Within the organization, there are several opportunities for growth to the next job level. In this position, informal leadership is at least as important as formal steering power to improve the company’s management control over finance, tax, and ESG matters. The ideal candidate brings strong financial and accounting acumen and is at the same time a driver of change with an eye for people. You can see the bigger picture and work at a tactical level. You know the details and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get the job done. You understand the numbers and an effective compliance framework, but you are also able to motivate the organization and finance colleagues to change to a future-proof finance department with high-level (automated) processes and high-quality output.


This role involves extensive daily interaction with external advisors, different functional teams and finance colleagues. Therefore, it is important that you have good leadership and communication skills in English and Dutch, combined with a natural eagerness to develop best practices and optimize the financial, tax, and ESG controlling. You will drive change and will be initiating and participating in several efficiency projects.

Responsibilities

Group Controlling:

  • Manage the monthly Group consolidation process in SAP/BPC with the Group controlling team.
  • Review the monthly financial results and follow-up with local GL-accountants and Business Controllers.
  • Work closely with the local controllers to further improve and automate the financial processes.
  • Overee the group tax positions, including the CIT positions of the Dutch HQ fiscal unity.
  • Manage the audit process of the Group Financial statements with BDO.
  • Support in M&A activities, maintaining the data-room and integration of acquisitions.

ESG:

  • Being a main player within the ESG implementation team.
  • Embed the ESG KPIs into the organization and systems.
  • Set up the ESG controlling together with external support.
  • Play an important role in the ESG report to be issued.

 

Your new employer

Fabory is a leading specialist supplier of fasteners and fastener-related products in the Benelux, Central Eastern Europe (CEE), and Iberia, with a pan-European, China and India presence. Fabory sources a broad assortment of high-quality and mission-critical fasteners from suppliers worldwide and distributes to over 65,000 customers throughout Europe, Asia and India. Its client base ranges from blue-chip customers to SMEs across various end-markets, including machine building, electrical appliances, automotive, and construction. With its broad one-stop-shop offering of over 180,000 products, Fabory combines deep technical knowledge with smart inventory management solutions (slim stock) and a high degree of availability to provide its customers with efficient and convenient fastener-related solutions.

History

Fabory was founded in 1947. As wholesale traders in fasteners, the founders (father and sons) soon began to sell most of their products under the brand name Fabory (Familie Borstlap IJzerwaren), associated with high-quality products. Continuous growth and several acquisitions resulted in the current Fabory Group, with the Headquarters (HQ) located in Tilburg.

In 2020, Torqx Capital Partners, a Dutch private equity company, acquired Fabory Group from W.W. Grainger Inc. (US listed conglomerate). Torqx supported a refocusing of Fabory in its ambition to further strengthen its position as a specialist distributor in the European fastener market, enhance the customer experience through further digitalization of the supply chain based on EDI and webshop ordering to grow the business organically as well as through acquisitions.

Currently, Fabory has sales of around €300 million with €42.5 million EBITDA. The company has approximately 1,000 employees and a physical presence in 13 countries, servicing more than 65,000 clients from its main warehouses in Tilburg (NL) and Brno (Czech Republic), alongside middle warehouses in Seixal (Portugal), Wednesbury (UK), Shanghai (China), and Coimbatore (India).

Future perspective

Fabory aims to further strengthen its position as the go-to Fastener Specialist, with industry-leading growth and margins across the geographies in which it is present. Further growth is backed by Torqx Capital (PE) and will be established both autonomously and through M&A. The company's ambition is to increase its sales to €400 million by 2030. To support the ongoing changes and growth of the group in this dynamic marketplace, the company aims to elevate the Group, International Tax and ESG controlling to the next level. As such, Fabory is strengthening the Group controlling team with a talented finance professional who will oversee Group financial, Tax, and ESG controlling.

Your profile

  • Completed higher professional education (HBO/ WO) in area of Finance (or Tax).
  • Additional RA/ RC studies or equivalent are a pre.
  • 5-10 years of relevant work experience (preferably at Top10 Audit firm and/or similar role)
  • Understanding of accounting, financial control and tax.
  • Self-starter, hands-on and getting things done mentality.
  • Smart and able to see the bigger picture.
  • Available for 32-40 hours per week.
  • Good command of Dutch and English language.

Our offer

  • Good salary, as part of total competitive package.
  • Work in an international environment from Tilburg.
  • Work together with the business in a changing environment.
  • Opportunities for growth within the organization.
  • Options for training, e.g., on Tax or pursuing RC/EMFC studies.

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