Business Controller till Sri Lanka

Flinth Industrial Park is a Swedish owned Industrial Park in Kadawatha, east of Colombo. The Park aims to provide the right and complete environment for demanding companies when it comes to premises, services, administrative support and training of the employees. Other services to be provided are accountancy, human resources, IT, corporate communications, sourcing and clearing of goods including processing of export & import documents. Legal advice will also be available.
Swedlanka International, Cable Harness Solutions, Aero Sense, CaviTool, Weighing in Motion and Cable Solutions are some of the companies that will be established in the Park while Metal Components Services, Quality Floors and Prime Packaging are companies outside the Park that will benefit from the services of the Park. Flinth Industrial Park is subsidiary to the Swedish holding company Swedcord Development AB.


This position, reporting directly to the Swedish Vice President of Flinth Industrial Park, is responsible for;

. Provide direction to accounting team regarding procedures and systems to maintain strong financial controls and to ensure financials are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accountin Principles;
. Develop, implement and maintain cost accounting standards
. Analyze standard cost variances and their root causes and report variances on periodical bases
. Develop and maintain material, labor and outsourced processing and overhead cost standards.
. Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance of companies administrated by FILK.
. Monitor and analyze monthly operating results against budgets.
. Manage financial analysis, forecasts and planning processes
. Make recommendations regarding cost saving or profit generating opportunities and profitability improvement strategies
. Manage month end close and financial reporting process
. Establish and implement short-term and long range company and department goals, objectives, policies and operating procedures
. Work with auditors and facilitate annual audit processes.

You are expected to have long experience as a Controller or Financial Manager, probably from manufacturing industry. You have a good knowledge what it means to build and develop this function from the beginning. You have a family situation that allows you to move to Sri Lanka. You are fluent in written and spoken English.