Business Controlling Analyst

Who We Are 

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a North American headquarters located in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company with a purpose to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, care givers, and customers across the globe. We do this through innovations in our Professional Hygiene, Consumer  

Goods, and Health & Medical business units that provide hygiene and health solutions to over a billion people every day worldwide. 

Working at Essity is more than a career, it is where you will play your part in a better future, to improve well-being for people and have opportunities to drive positive change for society and the environment.  As an employee at Essity, you will belong to a team where you feel valued, are safe, supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a friendly and open atmosphere. 

About the Role 

Essity is looking for an experienced Business Controlling Analyst. The Business Controlling Analyst supports the business unit (BU) with financial analysis, including all aspects of profit center accounting and control, cost and operational analysis, and financial systems and procedures in adherence with prescribed corporate policies and BU guidelines. This role is responsible for supporting the global operations, capital expenditures, material purchase analysis, and headcount reporting and maintenance of product cost for the Product Supply Medical (H&M) division of Essity. 

The role reports and analyzes the financial performance of H&M Product Supply against predefined targets and proposes corrective actions to improve performance for the areas of responsibility. The role supports the organization in driving and ensuring successful financial management, control and analysis. 

The ideal candidate should/could live in Charlotte, NC. 

 
We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk.  
  

What You Will Do 

• Provide financial analysis for the product supply organization, ensuring spend is effective and in line with budget targets and implement corrective action where necessary. 
• Support monthly consolidation and reporting of financials and preparation of financial plans. 
• Support the consolidation of the annual budget and quarterly forecast processes across areas of responsibility including preparing PowerPoint slides for various management presentations.  
• Support variance analysis of financials during the monthly close process versus budget, prior year and latest forecast. 
• Fulfill ad-hoc requests from different functional gro