Finance Manager USA

• Coordinating and supervising all the activities lead by the Americas Hub head of Accounting (currently a team of 4 people), ensure the compliance with the applicable financial guidelines, procedures and accounting principles.
• Support the preparation of the financial statement, applying Group and IFRS rules and accounting principles.
• Provide accurate, consistent and timely financial reports.
• Provide support and documentation to auditors.
• In addition, only for Group Consolidation and Reporting:

• Support Line Manger in leading Group Consolidation & Reporting processes
• Prepare, and/or support Line Manager in preparing, presentation on the economic & financial results of the Company
• Maintain and update consolidation tools
• Coordinating a team of 3 resources currently dedicated to credit management activities, support cash flow management, debt, collections and relevant forecasts
• Interface with banks, as necessary and required

• Act as a Business Partner for the HUB/Company General Manager on financial and operating results, KPIs, budgets and strategic plans
• Perform actual cost reviews, compare actual level with previous year and budget/forecast, understand the variances and report on possible improvements; identify root causes and report variances, making recommendations, as necessary and required, on how to address and prevent them
• Provide financial support and analysis to the business (profitability analysis and product costing review)
• Support preparation of the annual budget, forecasts and monthly rolling forecasts
• Support the preparation of internal reporting package, including financial controls and performance indicators to improve business performance
• Be actively involved in business operations including key vendor and customer contracts, process improvements, product development, capital expenditures, supply chain, inventory management, and business compliance
• Support Line Manager in ensuring controlling procedures are in line with Group performance goals
• Review and validate, in conjunction with the relevant project controller, the revenue and cost recognition based on POC accounting, focusing on Contribution/Gross Margin analysis.
• Monitor Capex requests and support the approval process
• Ensure the accurate application of cost accounting rules

• Develop financial strategy, including risk minimisation plans and opportunity forecasting
• Identify and propose measures for reducing cost and improving efficiency across the organisation
• Interpret financial data and perform root-cause analysis to propose corrective actions and controls
• Perform periodic internal audits of processes for continuous improvement efforts

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience gained in Controlling, Accounting, Audit and Finance roles
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills Proficiency in ICT tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI or similar
• Experienced with ERP systems, SAP knowledge is a plus
• Experience in project-based business, as well as higher volume transactional orders business
• Leadership aptitude, working in a collegial, fast-paced environment
• Ability to solve complex problems
• Quality focused
• Excellent time management and organisational skills

Michael Page