Wo are we?

Saft is a leading specialist in high-technology batteries for industry, covering the entire value chain from design and development to production, from customization to service delivery. For nearly 100 years, Saft has been supplying its customers with batteries offering ever-longer service life, providing backup power and propulsion for critical applications.

Our innovative, safe and reliable technology delivers high performance in space, at sea, in the air and on land. Saft powers industry and smart cities, while ensuring backup functions in extreme environments, from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert.

Saft is a wholly owned subsidiary of TotalEnergies, a global multi-energy company that produces and supplies energy worldwide: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity.

At Saft, we are committed to promoting employment opportunities for people with disabilities, with equal skills. We firmly believe that diversity, in all its forms, is a key driver of our attractiveness, our capacity for innovation and our competitiveness.

Main responsibilities: 

• Develop and analyze productivity measures to detect problems and opportunities impacting the profitability of Saft and its entities.
• Develop the financial forecast of the year and strategies to meet the yearly budget of the division, with the aim of improving competitiveness.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the division's budget and long-term plan and to the decision-making for external and internal investments, business models between selling & execution units and production units
• Ensure the implementation and development of the management control system of the division in accordance with the company's processes and systems, as well as the long-term strategy and challenges of the division - and the submission of financial reporting with right level of quality from its subsidiaries; in compliance with deadlines, reflecting the economic reality of the subsidiary and division.
• Ensure the financial reporting is completed on time to the Finance department of Saft and present it during the monthly Management review of Saft.
• Evaluate continuous operational risks in order to establish and maintain adequate protective measures.
• Assist the different sites by providing them with advice: preparation and monitoring of actuals and budgets, analysis of discrepancies between forecasts and actual figures, analysis and review of division's risks, implementation of company rules notably the DOA, etc.

Academic background:

Bachelor +5 - Master's in Economics, Finance or Accounting desired.

Experience: 

15 years of experience in an international industrial environment preferred, including customer project accounting and controlling (IFRS 15).

Skills and competencies required:

• Rigor and responsiveness
• Team spirit
• Results-oriented culture
• Leading actions on cost reduction
• IT: Excel – expert+ level, Power Point – advanced level, 
• Business Intelligence (BI), MFG Pro, Magnitude
• Language: Professional English