VIE - JUNIOR BUSINESS ANALYST (M/W) - BELGIUM

Contenu de l'offre VIE - JUNIOR BUSINESS ANALYST (M/W) - BELGIUM chez Air Liquide

Company presentation

World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with approximately 66,000 employees and serves more than 3,6 million customers and patients.

Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902.

Air Liquide’s ambition is to lead its industry, deliver long-term performance and contribute to sustainability.

Entity and activity description

In the Benelux, Air Liquide Benelux Industries operates a unique pipeline grid and several on-site production units to deliver industrial gases (oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon monoxide), as well as cogeneration plants (co-producing steam and electricity) to its approx. 100 customers.

The Air Liquide Benelux Industries - Large Industries (ALBI-LI), Business Control department is based in Brussels. It is in charge of all Business Control activities within ALBI-LI (1B€ Sales), covering the spectrum of operations control, over cost control up to investment control (from first proposal to investment decision).

Missions and Responsibilities

The mission of the Business Control team is to have a complete grip on the overall ALBI-LI P&L, being the sum of the P&L’s of the SBL’s. The P&L is composed of Sales, Variable Costs, Fixed Costs, General Expenses, D&A etc.

The current tools of the Business Control team do not provide easily readable insight into the Fixed Costs and Semi-Fixed Costs. With the help of the current Business Controllers, the mission of the Junior Business Analyst will consist in: a deep-dive into Fixed and Semi-Fixed costs, dividing these costs into different sub-categories (“cutting the problem into pieces”), developing tools and dashboards to provide readability and understanding of these costs. Apart from the above-mentioned deep-dive, and more in general, you will develop (BI-) dashboards that further facilitate and continuously improve the internal P&L reporting to the AL Group and Hub Operations Control teams, respectively based in Paris and Frankfurt. Last but not least, you will have the opportunity to act as a backup for the current Business Controllers, and in such periods manage the P&L of one of the SBL’s during the monthly closing periods.
Competencies and Profile
Education: Master degree in Finance, Applied Economics or Engineering. Ability and willingness to continuously develop yourself and work in a team is key. Data Analytical skills: you will need to deep dive into data and analytical tools to answer questions from your internal customers. Capacity required to reduce a complex problem to the essential. Mastering tools like Excel, GSheets etc. is a must, incl. knowledge of underlying databases & cross tables, as well as visualisation tools. Knowledge of Microsoft BI is a plus. Communication skills: you will attend meetings with internal customers. This can be either ALBI-LI Operations people, Business Developers or Senior Management. You will prepare communication and/or presentation material therefore, where needed. Clear and customer oriented communication will be key. Learning agility, pro-active behaviour and result-orientation will be key to perform and take the most out of this first professional experience. Transversal management skills: you will be at the heart of a dynamic organisation, working closely together with members of many different departments. Language: English fluency is necessary, knowledge of French or Dutch advantageous.
Additional information

Position based in Brussels, for an initial 12 months period, with possibility to extend for an additional 6 or 12 months.

Position open only for candidates eligible to the VIE program. Therefore, only the applicants meeting the requirements of the French V.I.E program will be taken into consideration. Please visit this website for more information about these requirements:

https://www.civiweb.com/EN/le-volontariat-international/VIE_CONDITIONS.aspx

The V.I.E., an international young graduate program, enables young professionals who are less than 28 and European Union nationals to work for a French company in any country of the world. Becoming part of this program means going abroad to carry out a professional assignment for up to 24 months whilst benefiting from social care coverage and an interesting salary, which depends on the host country.

Business France, the French agency for international business development, is in charge of all the administrative procedures of your assignment. For further information, please visit the following link: https://www.civiweb.com/EN/index.aspx

Job Reference: FR10380