Finance Controller Assistant

Alajuela Until 9/19/2026 First posted May 21, 2026 Last posted July 21, 2026
Job description

Job Title

Finance Controller Assistant

Job Description

Finance Controller Assistant:

Supports strategy execution by delivering meaningful, accurate and timely reporting & analysis on business performance, thereby supporting relevant stakeholders to make fact-based sound business decisions.

Your role:

  • Leads the financial performance processes of the factory (rolling forecasts, annual operating plan, month end closure).

  • Ensures timely and accurate deliverables, finance forecast reliability and scoping

  • Recommends changes to factory financial policies.

  • Supports management reviews to measure meeting of objectives

  • Develop data-driven solutions requiring a multi-disciplinary approach and knowledge of basic financial and accounting principles and concepts.

  • Leads improvement projects, in coordination with other factories in the United States.

  • Performs analysis of situations requiring a review of a variety of factors using Root Cause Analysis and determines appropriate action.

  • Builds productive internal working relationships across the Philips integrated supply chain.

  • Influences a multi-million dollar manufacturing operation.

You're the right fit if:

  • You are fluent in English

  • You have a Bachelor or Master’s degree in a Finance and/or Accounting orientated study. CA/CPA/ICWAI preferred.

  •  You have 3 years + of progressive working experience and roles in e.g. Finance, FP&A, financial control, management reporting and analysis, preferably within an international environment.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.


This is an office-based role.


About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
• Learn more about our business.
• Discover our rich and exciting history.
• Learn more about our purpose.

If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

About this role

Summary

Supports financial reporting, forecasting, and analysis for manufacturing operations at Philips.

Job title

Finance Controller Assistant

Experience level

3+ years

Industry

health technology

Location requirements

alajuela, office-based role, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

financial reportingfinancial analysisbudgetingaccountingroot cause analysis

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

financial reportingperformance analysisforecastingfinancial controlcorporate finance
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Alajuela Province, Alajuela, Costa Rica

On-site City