At Caparol, we are committed to excellence and innovation in the paints, coatings, and sustainable building solutions industry.
We are looking for an analytical and detail-oriented Junior Business Controller to join our Finance team in Dubai. This role is key to making sure our financial data is accurate, consolidated, and ready for decision-making, by supporting reporting, budget monitoring, variance analysis, and forecasting across departments and production lines.
If you have hands-on experience in controlling or FP&A, are confident working with SAP and Excel, and enjoy turning numbers into clear and reliable insights, this opportunity is for you.
Key Responsibilities:
- Extract, clean, and consolidate financial data across cost centers, business units, and operational systems.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packs for department leads and Finance Management.
- Gather and validate data from department leads, in coordination with the internal team.
- Pull target vs. actual data (Plan / Last Year vs. Actual) and flag numerical deviations.
- Monitor operational budgets against actual spend to flag cost deviations and margin shifts.
- Assist in identifying the underlying causes of budget variances across departments or production lines.
- Maintain planning templates and input baseline figures for the annual budget and rolling forecast updates.
- Assist with cost-center setups, internal order allocations, standard product costing, and cost-accounting maintenance in SAP FI/CO.
- Handle recurring operational tasks such as updating weekly KPI trackers, running month-end close extracts, and processing cost-center reallocations.
- Ensure figures in SAP match operational reality and that reporting templates are populated correctly.
- Identify data discrepancies or system errors and escalate them to senior team members for resolution.
- Conduct desk research, scenario checks, and financial evaluations for special internal projects or leadership inquiries.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, or Statistics.
- 1 to 3 years of hands-on experience in controlling, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), or corporate finance.
- Experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment is a strong advantage.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Excel (pivot tables, complex lookup logic, formula nesting, basic data modelling).
- Strong MS PowerPoint skills, with the ability to build structured, executive-ready presentations.
- Practical working knowledge of SAP FI/CO or SAP S/4HANA.
- Exposure to data visualisation tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
- Knowledge of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Analysis for Office (AfO), SAP BW, or think-cell is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills, accuracy, and attention to detail.
- Fluency in English.
Why Join Caparol?
At Caparol, you will be part of a leading international paints and coatings company with a strong industrial heritage. You will work closely with experienced Finance leadership and with teams across the business, gain broad exposure to controlling in a manufacturing environment, and build a solid foundation for your career in business controlling.
