Support Function cost Controlling Director

Group Controlling Director (H/F) 

Finance, e-Quarter 

WHAT IS EDENRED?

Edenred is a leading digital platform for services and payments and the everyday companion for people at work, connecting more than 60 million users and more than2 million partner merchants in 44 countries via 1 million corporate clients. Edenred offers specific-purpose payment solutions for food (such as meal benefits), engagement (such as gift cards and engagement platforms), mobility (such as multi-energy solutions, including EV charging, maintenance, toll and parking) and corporate payments (such as virtual cards). 

True to the Group's purpose, "Enrich connections. For good.", these solutions enhance users’ well-being and purchasing power. They improve companies’ attractiveness and efficiency, and vitalize the employment market and the local economy. They also foster access to healthier food, more environmentally friendly products and sustainable mobility. 

Edenred’s 12,000 employees are committed to making the world of work a connected ecosystem that is safer, more efficient and more responsible every day. In 2024, thanks to its global technology assets, the Group managed close to €45 billion in business volume, primarily carried out via mobile applications, online platforms and cards. Edenred is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange and included in the following indices: CAC Large 60, Euronext 100, Euronext Tech Leaders, FTSE4Good, DJSI Europe Index, DJSIWorld Index, and MSCI Europe. 

• Define and deploy the Group cost controlling framework 

• Bring Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Procurement and Corporate functions under full control 

• Build a clear cost breakdown: 

• Run vs change 

• Fixed vs variable 

• Internal vs outsourced 

• Identify cost drivers and efficiency levers 

2. Data, Frameworks and Automation 

• Co-develop with oriented standardized reporting 

• Group Accounting 

• Group FP&A Director 

• Tech Controlling Director 

• Contribute to defining: 

• Analytical chart of account 

• Cost allocation and distribution rules 

• Guarantee reliable, automated and reconciled cost data 

• Deploy decision-oriented standardized reporting 

3. Financial Governance & Management Cycles 

• Design and lead Group cost reviews (monthly/quarterly) year plan 

• Integrate cost controlling into existing cycles: 

• Budget 

• Forecast 

• 3year plan 

• Clarify roles between: 

• FP&A 

• Cost Controlling 

• Accounting 

• Ensure consistency and avoid duplication of processes 

4. Contribution to 3Year Plans 

• Act as finance lead for the 3year plans of support functions for major projects 

• Work in close partnership with Group FP&A 

• Challenge cost trajectories and transformation assumptions 

• Provide ROI/efficiency focused analysis for major projects 

5. Benchmarks & Efficiency Culture 

• Implement internal benchmarks (entities, countries, functions) and external benchmarks (cost ratios, productivity KPIs) 

• Develop a Groupwide cost controlling culture: 

• Discipline 

• Transparency 

• Accountability 

• Position the role as a transformation partner for support functions 

6. Animation of the Cost Controlling Community 

• Identify and structure the Group Cost Controllers communitysharing 

• Define standards, frameworks and best practices (Group playbook) 

• Animate: 

• Group rituals 

• Insight sharing 

• Targeted training 

• Strengthen consistency and raise maturity across the model 

Key Interactions 

• Finance Performance Director & SVP Group CFO 

• Group FP&A Director 

• Tech Controlling Director 

• Group Accounting 

• Local Finance Directors 

• Support Function Leaders (Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Procurement, Corporate) 

•  Procurement Excellence, Data/BI, Transformation/PMO, Internal Audit 

Governance & Rituals 

• Monthly cost reviews by support function, quarterly Group synthesis practice sharing, maturity roadmap 

• Performance committees with FP&A and Tech Controlling (alignment of budget/forecast/plan cycles) 

• Arbitration forums with SVP Group CFO / Finance Performance Director for structural decisions 

• Cost Controlling community: monthly rituals, best practice sharing, maturity roadmap 

WE VIBE WITH YOU 

Experience 

• 15+ years of experience in corporate finance 

• Strong background in Group FP&A and/or Corporate/Support Function controlling 

• Proven experience in building or redesigning cost steering frameworks 

• Exposure to international, matrixed Group environments 

Technical Skills 

• Mastery of P&L, cost allocations, analytical structures and accounting principles 

•  Strong FP&A background (budget, forecast, 3year planning) 

•  Solid ability to work with Accounting (frameworks, closing, reconciliations) 

•  Strong interest in data, automation and performance tools 

Leadership & Personal Effectiveness 

• Influential leadership (without direct hierarchical authority), resultsoriented 

• Ability to challenge senior functional leaders with credibility and diplomacy 

•  Intellectual rigor, clarity and strong synthesis skills 

•  Impact driven, decision-oriented, with strong internal customer focus 

Tools & Data Environment 

•  ERP: Oracle or equivalent 

•  EPM: Oracle Cloud, Hyperion/EPBCS or equivalents (Anaplan, Tagetik…) 

•  BI/Dataviz: Power BI, Tableau or equivalent 

•  Data & automation: advanced Excel, data lake / Power Query 

•  Data governance: frameworks, data quality, controls and traceability 

OTHERS DETAILS 

•  Start date : ASAP 

•  Location : Issy-les-Moulineaux, France