Finance Manager Usa

For an Italian listed Company, I'm looking for a Finance Manager for its America's Hub. After a 6-8 months coaching in HQ, he/she moves to USA to be the local head of finance reporting to the Group FD and functionally to the HUB GM. He/she will be a key business partner for the HUB and a vital member of the leadership teams with responsibilities for all financial activities and processes in terms of accounting, controlling, treasury and reporting

Client Details

The Company is a listed Group operating in chemical business strongly oriented towards innovation based in Milan with international branches and plants

Description

The candidate will be the local key business partner for finance activities and will have the following responsabilities:

Accounting & Reporting

• 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

Controlling

• 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

Strategy

• 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

Profile

• 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

Job Offer

Great international opportunity in an important listed Company