Job Ref: 213222645

Date: 2021-02-20 12:03:01

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Job Title: International Head of Finance

Location: High Wycombe

Job Purpose: Manage the international finance team supporting all international accounting operations including general ledger maintenance, accounts payable, reconciliations between multiple management systems, monthly closings, accounting procedures, internal control development, and maintenance and compliance with GAAP and local, federal, and international regulations and accounting requirements.

Principle Accountabilities: Local statutory, audit, and tax requirements (UK/Switzerland). Ensuring all accounting activities and internal audits comply with financial regulations.

Financial and non-financial reporting on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual cycle.

Budgetary process

Internal reporting structure and management reports giving greater visibility of successes and failures. Highlighting areas for improvement, making recommendations, and implementing recommendations as appropriate.

Development & maintenance of KPI & BSC

Internal Auditing process, driving improvements

I.T

Risk Management

Recommend cost-reduction solutions

Tax Management

TP compliance

Work with CFO on funding options

Involvement with the demerger of the group

Key role in ERP/CRM implementation

TM/IP Domain management of the outsourced firm

Oversee the financial team and individual work plans and regularly assess team performance against set objectives

Support all areas of the business to help achieve their business objectives

Coverage of all accounting functions where needed due to absence

Control and Reporting: Navision, monthly reporting pack, budget, forecast, profit analysis reporting, pricing, NetSuite, or SAP.

Knowledge and Experience: 1st degree 3-5 years, 2nd degree 5-8 years, Professional Qualification 8 years plus

Specific skills and experience:

* Recognised accountancy qualification

* Strong leadership abilities

* Promote a culture of high performance, continuous improvement, and client support that values learning and a commitment to quality.

* Train and develop employers to successfully perform current responsibilities and achieve professional growth.

* International Finance, VAT, and Tax experience

* Very strong Excel skills up to Macro level

* Organisation

* Communication written/verbal

* Proactive

* Flexible

* Of learning mindset

* Netsuite or SAP (migrating to)

* Customer facing culture/attitude

* MS Packages

* Planning/organisation

* Work on own initiative unsupervised

Relationships: Sales/Marketing/Logistics/Finance

Switzerland/Slovenia

3PL

Customer/Account Base

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