Americas HUB Financial Controller

Main tasks and responsibilities

Reporting hierarchically to the WT Division Group Controlling Director and functionally to the HUB General Manager, the Americas Hub Financial Controller, a key Business Partner for the Hub General Manager and vital member of the leadership team, will be responsible for all financial related activities and processes (accounting, controlling, credit management, treasury and reporting) and will manage them in compliance with DN Group Corporate policies/procedures, international standards and local regulations.

This role requires a combination of financial and business management skills with excellent analytical, commercial and communication skills.

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 minimization plans and opportunity forecasting
• Identify and propose measures for reducing cost and improving efficiency across the organization
• Interpret financial data and perform root-cause analysis to propose corrective actions and controls
• Perform periodic internal audits of processes for continuous improvement efforts

Education and professional experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting
• Minimum 13-15 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