Regional Financial Director (Western Europe)
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Regional Financial Director (Western Europe)
Miejsce pracy: Frankfurt am Main
Nr Ref.: VR-14947
Responsibilites
Head of Regional Finance responsibilities:
- Facilitation and coordination of fulfilment to all financial related requests from the region, regular and ad hoc
- P&L management and advisory to the Regional Director and business leaders
- Summarizing changes (processes, tools, roles etc.) in Finance Department and communications to the business
- Following-up on and actioning of collected financial related requests and enquiries
- Approval of purchasing requests within delegated authority
- Applications for extra budget/ approval within the delated amount
- Production of factor analysis for the spending and revenue trends, proactive advisory
- Coordination of location expansion (investment plans)
- Establishment of mid- to long-term planning
- Introduction of accountability culture for the mid- to long-term planning
- Lead role in budgeting process
Location Financial Management responsibilities:
- Budgeting and analysis
- Leading the process of procurement restructuring and optimization
- Ensuring ongoing business advice and consulting expertise in the contract terms negotiation process
- Commercially shaping deals to generate optimal results
- Financial planning and related ongoing advice on budget execution
- Review of monthly results and monthly variance analysis
- Gross margin analysis and project cost accounting
- Tax planning and analysis of tax position of the company.
- Compliance and Control
- Lead SOX compliance function, ensuring update of controls design, driving timely remediation of issues with Control owners
- Transfer pricing policy compliance/monitoring of changes in legislation/driving policy updates
- Treasury
- Preparation of weekly cash flows, liaison with Head Office Treasury team
- Control over AP and AR days outstanding. Ensuring healthy cash flow.
- Reporting
- Monthly fast closing process ongoing improvement
- Ensuring timely and accurate reporting
- Working closely with Chief Accountant and lawyer to ensure statistical reports/tax returns are filed on time.
Requirements
University Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economic
- 5+ years of financial management in a senior role and team leadership experience in a multinational company
- Fluent English
- Proved experience in dealing with financial support to marketing, business development streams
- People development and leadership skills is very important.
- Consulting experience is a plus
- Accounting and/or tax qualification is a plus, but not essential requirement
- Ability to build relationships throughout organization
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Good Excel knowledge, while Cognos, Oracle (OEBS) knowledge is a plus
We offer
Team management:
- Regional Finance Team (to be created)
- Accounting teams in Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Sweden, UK.