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Bolton Food
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F & A
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Temporary
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Milano, IT
Business Controlling Intern
We are looking for a bright Business Controlling Intern to join our Finance team at Bolton Food Italy.
How you make the difference
As a Business Controlling Intern, you’ll support the Finance Italy team by bridging operational finance and commercial strategy. Your analytical support on trade spending, advertising investments, and overhead costs will help steer data-driven decisions and improve margin performance.
How your agenda looks like:
- Net Sales management: monitor and analyze sales performance across products and distribution channels, prepare variances versus Budget and Forecast, support sales forecasting process;
- Overhead cost control: collect and analyze indirect costs, support forecasting, variance reporting and cost optimization initiatives;
- Reporting & presentations: prepare dashboards, presentations, and ad hoc analyses for management review;
- Cross-functional liaison: collaborate with Marketing, Trade, Sales, and Global Finance to ensure consistency between financial planning and commercial execution.
Your team:
You will report to the Business Controlling Manager and interact daily with Sales, Marketing, Trade Marketing and other internal stakeholders as a key business partner in financial analysis and operational support.
How you look like:
- Final‑year Bachelor’s or early Master’s student in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Management Engineering, or related fields;
- Excellent analytical capabilities and advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, formulae); familiarity with BI tools or ERP systems is a plus;
- Fluent in Italian with strong command of English;
- Strong attention to detail, organized and proactive;
- Comfortable working independently while collaborating effectively across teams;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to convey numeric insights to non‑financial stakeholders.
What’s in for your
- Location: Milan, Italy
- Duration: 6‑month full‑time internship, designed as a gateway to a finance career in FMCG and retail
- Working hours: Standard business hours, with flexible remote options available
- Environment: Dynamic, international setting with hands‑on exposure to finance controlling, planning, and decision support
Curious About Us? Dive In:
About Bolton
Bolton is an Italian family-owned fast-moving consumer goods company with 10.500 people located across 60 offices, 17 production facilities, 10 R&D laboratories, and 14 fishing vessels worldwide. With a diverse portfolio of over 60 quality brands, Bolton has been enriching the lives of millions of people every day for more than 75 years, making their everyday more delicious, more enjoyable, useful, and beautiful.
About Bolton Food
Bolton Food is the Business Unit of Bolton operating as a leading player in the seafood industry.
Bolton Food operates through Tri Marine, #1 leading tuna supplier, and iconic brands like Rio Mare, the only tuna brand with a global footprint, alongside Saupiquet, Isabel, and Cuca.
As a vertically integrated organization with 9,000 employees, 10 plants, and 11 fishing vessels, Bolton Food oversees the entire tuna supply chain – from fishing, processing to procurement, trading, and marketing – ensuring quality at every stage.
Sustainability for nature and people is integral to Bolton Food. The commitment focuses on fostering increasingly responsible fisheries, protecting marine ecosystems, and supporting the communities.
Bolton Food has the ambition to become the #1 fully integrated tuna company for the world.
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