# Controller, Japan

About the Role: The Finance Controller role acts as a strategic finance partner to the Commercial and Supply Chain teams. It supports both, day-to-day business operations and longer-term strategic initiatives through effective planning, performance monitoring, financial analysis, and strong financial controls. The position has ownership of the Japan P&L and plays an important role in improving business performance, identifying efficiencies, and supporting informed decision-making across the organization. Main Responsibilities: Act as a trusted finance partner to the General Manager and key business functions, including Sales, Marketing, Trade Marketing, and Supply Chain. Provide financial insights and recommendations to support operational decisions and strategic initiatives. Drive greater operational and financial efficiency across the Japan business, and translate financial information into clear, practical, and decision-oriented recommendations for stakeholders. Take ownership of the Japan P&L, including performance monitoring, variance analysis, and identification of risks and opportunities. Identify cost-efficiency and optimization opportunities, communicate recommendations to

- **Id**: 3997739
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ferrero-controller-japan>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Tokyo, Japan
- **Countries**: JP
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T01:56:42Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T08:02:21Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5042
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Confectionery

## Company

- **Id**: 2438401
- **Name**: Ferrero
- **Domain**: ferrerocareers.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ferrerocareers>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: Japanese; Level: All levels; Optional: no
- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Japan** — Iso: JP; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T01:56:42Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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