Mission
We have a fantastic opportunity in our Finance Team based in Oberhausen, Germany. This is a challenging role in which you Lead the Finance function in Germany while also supervising the activities in Eastern Europe


Responsibilities

• Leading Direct reports in Germany, Poland, Hungary and potentially other countries as we develop

• Ensure accounting integrity and documentations based on local GAAP and IFRS including Tax matters (Corp Tax Returns)

• Manage month-end close and manage interactions with Business and Controlling Team

• Ensure all financial reporting (P&L, Full B/S and Cash flow) for the area is organised and completed

• Ensure quality of Internal Control of financial processes

• Oversee any internal and external audits and possible Tax audits and completion of statutory accounts

• Manage treasury activities and cash forecast

Reporting / Accounting

• Manage month-end closing activities delivering a full trial balance, financial statements (Balance Sheet, Income statement and cash-flow)
• Ensure that month-end, quarterly and year-end reports are completed accurately and on time
• Analyse financial data and creating reports for management, stakeholders :
  • Monthly volumes, price & margin analyses by product and customer
  • For industrial activity, responsible for cost and production update and analysis; manage unit cost update and gap analysis; monitor production cost vs budget
• Manage project accounting : supporting the calculation of POC (percentage of completion) and monthly review of projects business performance
• Provide financial data to support site management and controlling
• Validate provisions and accruals
• Responsible for monthly reporting in the Group tool (Magnitude, later to be Oracle FCCS)
• Maintain accurate and complete financial records : submission of all ancillary accounting obligations
• Responsible for local annual audit
• Preparation of Statutory Financials books of accounts with compliance to audit
• Manage and oversee Capex: accounting, definition of useful life & depreciation method in respect of accounting Standards
Monitor Regulatory changes of accounting

Tax

• Responsible for statutory filings, supervise tax filing, tax returns and manage possible Tax Audits
Monitor Regulatory changes of taxes

Cash management

• Oversee and develop local treasury activities and weekly cash flow forecast
Contribute to credit management including new customers credit profiles assessment.

Internal control

• Ensure management procedures are put into practice, contributing to projects and driving implementation of new solutions in finance
Ensure quality of internal control (in particular anti-bribery control)

People Management

• Lead and manage the team in 2 locations in Germany, Oberhausen and Neuwied.
• Lead and coordinate activities in Poland, Hungary and potentially additional countries in the region
• Being locally responsible for development of the team, training activities, recruitments, appraisals and any other topics related to people management

Requirements

• 8 - 15 years experience in a Senior Finance position, preferably in the area of Financial Accounting
• Completed commercial training plus certified accountant / or bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Deep knowledge of accounting principles (German GAAP, IFRS), practices, standards, laws and regulations, tax computations
• Ability to handle complex financial information and financial risk
• Experience of People Management, leading people and planning of workload and tasks
• Excellent communication skills
• Good English both written and spoken
• High level of efficiency and accuracy
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multi tasks / project and meet tight deadlines, is analytical and highly organised
• Work comfortably in a highly collaborative setting, have a confident and outgoing personality
• Proficient in financial software as SAP, database and Microsoft & Google suite package