Finance HR Controller

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We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of high-quality vision care products (such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions), iconic brands that consumers love (such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Vogue Eyewear and Costa), as well as a network that offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences (such as Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Salmoiraghi & Viganò and the GrandVision network), and leading e-commerce platforms.

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Job Scope:

The Senior HR Controller ensures accurate, consistent, and insightful labor cost and headcount reporting across EMEA. They act as a bridge between HR and Finance, providing transparency, harmonization, and strategic insight into workforce costs, planning, efficiency projects, and organizational changes.

Responsibilities:

1. Labor Cost & Headcount Actuals

• Consolidate labor cost and HC for all EMEA entities (actuals and reclasses).
• Analyse deviations vs previous year, budget, and forecast.
• Collaborate with local HR Controllers to review, understand and validate the data received
• Partner with Corporate HR / Compensation & Benefits to ensure accuracy and consistency of reporting across EMEA region.
• Manage directly labor cost and forecast of EMEA central functions in partnership with HR Director

2. Budget & Forecast

• Build and consolidate HC & labor cost plans across clusters and functions
• Drive inflation and workforce planning assumptions.

3. Headcount Approval Process

• First reviewer of headcount requests shared by local HR controllers and ensure consistency between budget and approval requests.
• Align with regional HR and corporate on priorities and approvals.
• Track open positions, savings, and impacts on forecast / budget.

4. Standardization & Data Governance

• Harmonize templates, methodologies, and reporting definitions across EMEA.
• Lead data cleanup, reconciliation, and alignment between HR & Finance systems.
• Coordinate cost center creation/updates and ensure cross-cluster consistency.

5. Bonus / Incentive Calculation

• Build and simulate scales of Group bonus KPIs for the region
• Coordinate with Corporate and Comp & Ben teams for simulations and closure.
• Ensure bottom‑up accuracy in Bonus accruals and achievements.

6. Labor Efficiency & Special Projects

• Support EMEA transformation initiatives (organisational redesigns, efficiency projects, new product launch).
• Validate financial impact (€ & HC) and track actual savings.
• Partner with Transformation, HR, and Finance teams to quantify and follow-up on projects

Network of Interaction: 

Internal:

Constant partnering with EMEA Professional Solutions HR and Regional Finance Directors.

Skills & competences:

• 5 to 10 years’ experience in financial controlling (P&L, accruals, budgeting, forecasting).
• Understanding of HR processes (HC planning, payroll structure, SIP/MBO mechanisms).
• Strong data analytics & modelling (Excel advanced; Power BI is a plus).
• Solid grasp of cost allocation, cost centers
• Effective stakeholder management (HR, Finance, Corporate, Cluster leaders).
• Detail-oriented with high rigor and data accuracy mindset.
• Proactive “challenger” mentality toward clusters and functions.
• Ability to work cross‑region with different maturity levels.
• High sense of confidentiality and discretion.
• English Fluent, French is not mandatory.

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