About the job

As a member of the management team of the France North West Africa sales company, you will drive the business controlling of the sales company (turnover turn over approximately 150 M€, France and more than 20 countries in Africa) and the shared services organization for France consisting of around 25 employees with the following key responsibilities:

• Act as a business partner to the business managers of the sales company

• Perform business controlling including reporting, forecasting and analysis, making the numbers speak

• Lead the overall Shared Service Organization in France incl. finance, IT/IS, Indirect Purchasing - and site services functions

• Liaise with Corporate related to real estate, risk management, tax management and shared services

What you know ?

To succeed in this position, you:

• Have a Master´s degree combined with + 15 years of experience in Finance in an international work environment

• Have solid senior management experience with a capability to be both operationally involved and strategically orientated

• Possess excellent communication skills and ability to build strong relationships and confidence with others

• Language : English fluent and French will be appreciated

Practicalities

You will report to the Managing Director of Alfa Laval France North West Africa. The job is based in Saint Priest (France, Lyon area).

Why join Alfa Laval?

• Every day, we work to design solutions that reduce the environmental impact of human activity while improving inclusion and diversity in the workplace.

• Our company has more than 23,000 employees, with local-sized sites around the world. We foster a management culture inspired by Alfa Laval’s Swedish heritage, built on close collaboration, open dialogue, autonomy, and respect for work-life balance.

• We are leaders in our markets and continue to innovate with new technical solutions and products.

• We see every role as essential to our shared success. Your work and your responsibilities matter to us.

• We are looking for people who are eager to learn, not people who already claim to know everything — curious minds who want to grow and make a difference.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible ways of working, including remote work and office flexibility...

• Profit-sharing and company savings bonuses

• 13th-month salary

• Employee benefits from CSE

A strong focus on wellbeing, including weekly sports activities with a coach, free tea, coffee and fruits...

Pioneering Positive Impact

At Alfa Laval, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your total compensation package. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location.

The starting base salary for this role is typically 80K per year (this is the minimum offered for this position, it will be adjusted according to the candidate’s profile).