Finance Director

Company One of the Leading Metal Weapon Manufacturing Company Experience 11-15 years
Date 2009-10-29 Salary Competitive
Category Finance & Legal Start date To be agreed
Region Europe Duration Long Term
Location Country Germany

Description of Finance Director

One of the leading Metal Weapon Manufacturing company based in Germany is on the lookout for a Finance Director.

Responsibilities would be as follows:
• Provide accurate and timely periodic reporting, analysis and planning of all KPI's
• Provide reliable administrative support to the operation of the group’s division with regards to finance aspects and coordinating overall P&L.
• Cost control activities and initiatives across the company & its subsidiaries.
• You will also be closely involved with-suggesting improvements to corporate finance, ERP system, policies and procedures, business dimensions, etc. .
• Overseeing all external audits, be it by government agencies or by the statutory auditors. The planning of the year-end audit and contact with the appointed auditors
• Participating in meetings with parent company CFO and the advisory board members in managing the company's business.
• Budgeting and forecasting of the company on a
consolidated basis.
• Working Capital Management, particularly close follow-up on customers receivables.
• Company controllership through appropriate metrics, consistency and accuracy of accounting processes across the operations, and safeguard of assets.
• Responsibility for statutory compliance.
• Oversee and consolidate the Month-end, Quarter-end and Year-end financial and management reporting of Merkel and its 2 subsidiary companies for internal as well as external customers.
• This includes reporting in IFRS-compatible formats as well as HGB formats for local German banks.
• Monitoring monthly inter company recharges by assuring they are done in a timely manner
• The oversight of the company’s US subsidiary in Alabama
• Oversight of all personnel matters, including in exceptional cases, negotiations with the works council and the trade unions.
• The oversight of the IT function with two employees and an integrated ERP/ Finance system
• A hands-on approach will be necessary to cover all of these functions and reporting requirements.

Skills required for Finance Director

• A qualified accountant (preferably ACA / CPA and CMA) with more than 10 years experience (minimum 5 years in a Finance Manager role) for a large group or a large conglomerate business.
• The candidate must be flexible and experienced to deal with the international challenges faced in this job. Some international travel will be required.
• The candidate must be fluent in both English and German and have experienced working in an IFRS environment.
• The candidate with manufacturing experience particularly in the metal-working industry and, or experience in the auto industry would be preferred.
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