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Group Controlling Director (H/F)
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.
This position is part of the rollout of a structured and ambitious Group level framework dedicated to cost controlling for support functions (Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Procurement, Corporate). The objective is to equip the organization with a sustainable steering model for structural costs, strengthen operational efficiency, and provide strategic decision making support.
Key challenges include harmonizing and standardizing cost frameworks, ensuring data reliability, fully integrating cost controlling into management cycles, and becoming a true transformation partner for support functions.
The Group Controlling Director will report to the SVP Group CFO.
Create, structure and steer the Group cost controlling framework for support functions in order to :
• Improve functional efficiency (beyond cost reduction alone)
• Provide actionable financial insights to top management
• Contribute, in close coordination with Group FP&A, to 3year plans and strategic arbitrations Maintain sustainable control over structural costs year plans and strategic arbitrations
Main Missions & Responsibilities
1. Structuring Group Cost Controlling – Support Functions
Bring Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Procurement and Corporate functions under full control
2. Data, Frameworks and Automation
3. Financial Governance & Management Cycles
4. Contribution to 3 Year Plans
5. Benchmarks & Efficiency Culture
Implement internal benchmarks (entities, countries, functions) and external benchmarks (cost ratios, productivity KPIs)
6. Animation of the Cost Controlling Community
Support Function Leaders (Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Procurement, Corporate)
Leadership & Personal Effectiveness
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