Head of Group Finance Operations & Accounting (m/w/x)
- Advancis Jobportal
- Headquarter
- Finanzen, Controlling
- Vertrieb, Key Accounting
Your Responsibilities
- Design and implement group-wide financial processes, standards, and tools to ensure efficient and transparent financial operations across all subsidiaries.
- Develop and manage reporting structures for actuals, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, ensuring consolidation of financial data at the group level.
- Define and implement transfer pricing policies and manage intercompany financing structures, ensuring compliance with international regulations.
- Lead the digitalization of financial operations, identifying and implementing tools to streamline processes and reporting.
- Monitor and manage group-wide costs, optimizing cost structures and leveraging synergies across the group (e.g., centralized procurement of travel, accommodation, and software licenses).
- Act as a trusted advisor to the top management team, providing ad-hoc financial analysis and insights to support decision-making.
- Lead the development of business plans, budgets, and financial forecasts, ensuring alignment with the company's growth strategy and driving the process from inception to completion.
- Contribute to strategic projects, such as new market entries, joint ventures, and M&A activities.
- Provide guidance on financing strategies for new subsidiaries and projects.
- Collaborate closely with the company's investor, providing the necessary data and reporting and ensuring transparency in financial operations.
- Manage financial processes across all subsidiaries, ensuring compliance with group standards and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate closely with local finance teams to ensure timely and accurate reporting, budgeting, and cash flow management.
- Play a key role in the establishment and integration of new subsidiaries and joint ventures, including setting up financial structures and processes from the ground up.
- Ensure that new entities are quickly and effectively aligned with group standards and practices.
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Provide disciplinary and professional leadership for the accounting and administration teams. -
Ensure efficient handling of financial accounting tasks, including reporting, compliance, payroll, and cost control. -
Oversee administrative operations, including procurement, facility management, and support services for the group.
- Drive process optimization and continuous improvement initiatives across the finance function.
- Ensure that the group’s financial systems are fit for purpose and support future growth.
- Foster a data-driven approach to financial decision-making by improving the availability and quality of financial information.
Your Profile
- Degree in Finance, Controlling, Accounting, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in a finance manager role, preferably in a multinational company with 100+ employees.
- Strong expertise in financial operations, process implementation, and financial systems.
- Experience with intercompany transactions, transfer pricing, and international finance regulations.
- Proven track record of advising senior management on financial and strategic topics.
- Commercial mindset with the ability to link financial insights to business performance.
- Experience with software companies or tech-driven organizations is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with digital finance tools and ERP systems.
- Strong project management skills.
- Fluent in English; additional languages (e.g., German) are a plus.
- Dynamic and adaptable personality, with the ability to work in a fast-paced, international environment.
What We Offer
- The chance to build and shape the finance function in a fast-growing, international company.
- High level of responsibility and direct interaction with senior management.
- Dynamic and innovative work environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes.
- Flexible working conditions, including remote work.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
