Finance Director
Functieomschrijving
- Key member of the Management team of the Business Unit and the Divisional Finance Management Team;
- Interact with all levels and functional areas of the organization to obtain a key understanding of business drivers. Meet company objectives by pro-actively identifying risks and opportunities, providing actionable management information, challenging the business and following up on remediation and/or action plans;
- Aid the organization in managing working capital, improving ROIC and ensuring the “cash is king” principle;
- Manage capital expenditures, create business plans to demonstrate the validity of investments, prepare capex requests for approval, monitor spending and prepare post calculation reviews;
- Exercise governance over master data, ensure accurate and relevant data is used to address business issues;
- Work closely with both local, divisional and corporate finance teams;
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and systems.
- Lead, mentor & and develop your financial Team, providing support & guidance in order to motivate and unite your team and optimize their full potential.
- Own the monthly management and financial reporting process (P&L Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement);
- Ensure accurate and timely monthly reporting towards the Division and Corporate office;
- Perform variance analysis comparing actual performance to forecast, budget and prior year;
- Maintain, report and benchmark Key Performance Indicators (financial, operations, logistics);
- Coordinate inventory valuation and ensure a common approach to product standard costing.
- Drive the long range plan to further improve company ROIC;
- Plan and coordinate the budget process and ensure a timely and accurate execution;
- Prepare the monthly rolling forecast and outlook at business unit level; identify outliers, create remediation plans if required and ensure a timely execution thereof. Maintain and improve forecast accuracy;
- Keep oversight on working capital (managing the cash conversion cycle), weekly liquidity planning and cash flow forecasting.
- Ensure compliance with divisional and corporate procedures;
- Review statutory financial and tax reporting.
- Coordinate continuous improvement projects;
- Participate in financial modeling, M&A and divestures
Profiel
- 8-10 years of relevant professional Management experience, preferably in an industrial company that is operating internationally;
- Master’s degree in economics;
- Fluent in English and Dutch, other languages, especially French are an asset;
- Strong business acumen;
- Excellent leadership skills;
- Proven track record of business partnering;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, ERP (SAP S4Hana) and experience with BI tools (QlikView + IBM);
- IFRS knowledge.
Aanbod
- A challenging role within an international & dynamic company;
- Our client cares about their team, provides coaching and training, offers development opportunities and a veryflexible work environment
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