u/frejir

Seeking help from commercial controllers - I’m still a newbie at my job as a commercial controller (FA level) - what questions can I ask my sales stakeholders to better understand the business?

Everyday that I go in I have anxiety due to the environment being quite fast paced and that I would be under PIP because I feel like I’m not doing enough and am not good enough. Today someone explained cut off provision to me and I didn’t quite get it too and I’m getting super worried now.

What are your tips to be a better controller? What are some basic understanding do I need?

Thanks!

Passed the first round with the Finance Director, second round with the manager and now onto third round with a crucial sales stakeholder for an hour.

What should I expect? I have never had an interview with a stakeholder before.

Appreciate the advice, thanks!!

Hi all, I am going to transition from being a SG&A controller to a commercial controller, what are the challenges stakeholder wise?

Are sales stakeholders difficult to manage and what are some situations you have dealt with and how did you push back?

Thanks in advance!

Started a new job in January but before I accepted this offer last year, I was told that there would be 4 people in a team and I would be guided throughout but when I joined I just got to know this one person was gonna go at like end of January. It was a really messy handover, I was struggling like crazy and it’s my fifth month now. Month end close has been a mess too. Because handover was messy and no proper documentation was really ever there, I still struggled till this day.

My manager started micromanaging me too and is very unwilling to solve the problem together, started talking to me via emails only. I don’t feel like this is a psychologically safe environment. When I asked her how do I solve this issue she was like Why don’t you know this??? Who is going to do it if not you? I hired you for this do you even know that? There has also been instances where she’s like This is so simple and you seriously don’t know that??? All this comments are so unprofessional, don’t you think?

The last person left without another job despite being here for 3 years and her maternity cover from before, a contract hire lasted 7 months although was offered a permanent role. The previous person also mentioned once she doesn’t like you, you will be ostracised and excluded from team meetings.

It’s become so toxic now that I can’t sleep and have constant anxiety. I already have anxiety over not knowing everything and on top of it all, my boss has to pull this kinda shit on me. I feel dumb at times but at least I’m trying. Given there is no formal training or proper handover, I still tried my best. They even adopted a new system and expected me to do it all without any training.

TL;DR Started a new job earlier this year and job became toxic and is affecting my mental health. Should I just quit without a backup? If you were me, would you quit under these circumstances? Please advise. Thank you in advance