Management Controller M/F

SOCOTEC, a leader in building and infrastructure sustainability for over 70 years, is recognized as a Top 10 Best Workplaces® 2025. The company is actively recruiting 1500 new employees to contribute to a safer, more sustainable, and inclusive city of tomorrow. The Management Controller (M/F) will report to the Financial Control Director of a Business Unit, focusing on account production and closing, financial analysis, budget elaboration, and cash flow management.

Must Have

• Participate in monthly closings, ensuring completeness and accuracy of revenues and expenses.
• Perform analytical operations, including cost allocation and analytical corrections.
• Control intermediate accounts until final closing.
• Analyze variances against N-1 and budget for P&L aggregates, proposing corrective actions.
• Participate in internal management meetings and follow action plans.
• Assist in preparing monthly activity reviews for General Management.
• Develop budget preparation matrices and consolidate for global vision.
• Actively contribute to the budgetary process with agencies and accounting services.
• Participate in constructing provisional revenue and payroll.
• Analyze variances between cash forecasts and actuals.
• 3-4 years of professional experience in management control/financial control in the services sector.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills, pragmatism, and creativity.
• Rigorous, reliable, methodical, good listener, good interpersonal skills, team player.

Good to Have

• Appetite for Finance Information Systems (Excel, PowerBI, SAP).

Perks & Benefits

• Annual gross salary between 40k€ and 42k€, plus variable compensation, profit-sharing, and participation.
• Career development through internal promotion (75% of management positions filled internally).
• Enriched training programs for professional development.
• Geographical mobility opportunities across 150 agencies in France.
• Optimized, simple, digital, and comprehensive recruitment and integration process.

Company Description

Let's SOCOTEC!

SOCOTEC is in the Top 10 Best Workplaces® 2025 (category >2500 employees)!

Joining SOCOTEC means joining a community of united experts, a growing company that moves forward and values its people and the development of its teams. It also means joining a collective dynamic that makes a difference in its markets: construction, real estate, infrastructure, industry, environment.

Leader in the sustainability of buildings and infrastructure for over 70 years, we attach importance to customer service to help them manage risks from compliance to performance, including the safety of constructions and equipment.

This year, SOCOTEC is recruiting 1500 new employees.

Join us and share a profession serving a positive vision: together, invent the city of tomorrow, safer, more sustainable, and inclusive.

Job Description

Reporting to the Financial Control Director of one of our Business Units (Equipment, Industry & Infrastructure), the Management Controller (M/F) position will cover the following main missions:

Account Production/Closing:

• Be a stakeholder in the production of accounts;
• Participate in monthly closings by ensuring the completeness and accuracy of direct and indirect revenues and expenses that are accounted for;
• Perform analytical operations in addition to those of the CSP accounting team: cost allocation, analytical corrections, etc.;
• Control intermediate sets of accounts until the final closing;

Account Reporting and Analysis, Economic Studies:

• Analyze variances vs. N-1 and budget for the main P&L aggregates (focus EBITDA), being able to trace the source of the variance to propose corrective actions;
• Perform all analyses within their area of expertise;
• Participate in internal management meetings of the Business Unit with activity managers and follow associated action plans;
• Assist the Financial Control Director in preparing the monthly activity review with the Group's General Management.

Forecasts / Budgets / Medium-Term Plan:

• Develop matrices for preparing agency and site budgets and consolidate them to obtain a global view of the scope;
• Actively contribute to the budgetary process with the agencies within their scope as well as with the accounting CSP (to obtain recurring budget information: depreciation plan / taxes / management fees, etc.);
• Actively participate in the construction of provisional revenue and provisional payroll;

Focus on Cash Management:

• Analyze variances between cash forecasts and actuals.

Qualifications

A graduate of a major business or engineering school (Bac+5), you have successful professional experience (excluding internships/apprenticeships) of at least 3/4 years, ideally in management control / financial control in the services sector.

We are looking for a person with strong analytical and synthesis skills, combining pragmatism and creativity. An aptitude for Finance IS would also be a significant plus (Excel, PowerBI, SAP,...).

You are recognized for being: rigorous, reliable, methodical, with good listening skills and good interpersonal skills. You enjoy teamwork.

Additional Information

Why join SOCOTEC?

• An annual gross salary between 40k€ and 42k€ (depending on profile and experience) + a variable + profit-sharing & participation.
• We support you in your career by encouraging internal promotion: at SOCOTEC, 75% of management positions are filled by internal promotions.
• Because you bring us your expertise, we help you grow it and actively contribute to your professional development through enriched training programs.
• With its 150 agencies in France, SOCOTEC offers geographical mobility opportunities.
• Our recruitment and integration process has been optimized to offer a simple, digital, and complete experience to each candidate.