Position Summary:
The Finance Director is reporting to the General Manager and dotted line to the CFO. The role is responsible for the financial management of this site and responsibilities includes financial reporting and forecasting and financial planning in addition to involvement in the broader strategic plan, the annual budgeting process, monthly and quarterly analysis and special projects.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will provide strategic support to senior management including but not limited to; preparing presentations, capital expenditure analysis, industry/peer group comparisons, new businessopportunities, new product development revenue and profitability. Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a staff of financial professionals (may also include other functional departments) to ensure the organization's accounting activities (or other functional departments) are conducted accurately, ethically, consistently and according to relevant regulations, laws, and standards Responsible for Financial Planning and Analysis and Financial Controls Advise senior management on financial matters and on the potential impact of current and future laws and regulations on the operation of the organization Ensure timely and accurate preparation of monthly, quarterly and year-end financial statements, as well as balance sheets and other required documents according to the statutory requirements Align business metrics with segment and corporate objectives and provide appropriate scorekeeping Analyze the organization’s revenues, liabilities, credit conditions, and other financial indicators to forecast it's short, medium, and long-term cash flow position; evaluate and recommend investments and other financial instruments to meet these cash flow needs Establish policy and procedure to ensure corporate standards/procedure and external accounting policies to be complied Manage components of the annual budgeting process for the operating company and effectively present the plan Plan, forecast and control budget, analyze trends and anticipate organization operating performance; make recommendations to management to solve unfavorable trends Prepare comprehensive business / financial forecasts, reports, and/or analysis. Work with the location executive management team to ensure trends are understood and acted upon
Specific Responsibilities:- Responsible for the timeliness and accuracy of financial reporting including budgets, forecasts, and cash flow analysis for the segment
- Monitor key performance measures against agreed standards and detail these as part of the Financial Monthly Review.
- Develop interface with Finance and Manufacturing focusing on clear cost targets and controls.
- Formulates objectives targeting cash control, debtor reduction and outlook forecasting
- Lead and drive audit process.
- Ensure compliance with local/national and US financial and accounting rules and in particular SOX
Qualifications / Requirements:- Bachelor's degree level in a relevant field (Business economics and/or Business Administration, Controlling, Qualified Accountant)CPA and/or MBA preferred (Example: ACA, CIMA, RA, MSc. Economics) -Proven international (Diversified Manufacturing) Finance Professional
- Experience with reporting into preferably USA HQ or International Company7 + years relevant experience in accounting or finance, with minimum of 3 years of financial management experience
- Could come from Industry or Accounting of the big 4 with managerial responsibility
- Minimum Revenue of 30 million
- Ideally M&A experience
- Ideally also working knowledge of manufacturing systems and Lean Enterprise concepts
- Ideally ERP implementation (ORACLE)
- Proven experience in US GAAP.
