The Europe Finance Manager will be involved and responsible for several finance processes across the region including consolidation of monthly management accounts, reporting, cashflow, budgeting and forecasting processes. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with several year experience in management accounting. They will be a strong team player with an understanding of accounting principles and processes and strong MS Excel knowledge. – Italian language and proficiency in English are essential.
Responsibilities
- Ensuring financial accuracy in accounting, including group and local compliance requirements and deadlines are met for the assigned entity
- Monthly reporting and forecasting in line with region/group deadlines and year end reporting
- Preparation of monthly management accounts with supporting financial analysis and commentary. Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts of assigned entity
- Leasing with country MD and project team to facilitate review of financial performance and to align on forecast.
- Electronic Invoicing & SDI. Operational management of the SDI system. Monitoring of inbound and outbound electronic invoice flows and liaison with the external accountant on tax-related matters
- Monitoring and supporting Vendor set up and payments. Leasing with central/SSC team
- Preparation of yearly budget and monthly forecast with supporting documentation and commentary
- Ensuring local compliance on tax and VAT and statutory reporting requirements are met. Coordination with the external accountant for tax compliance (VAT, F24, statutory filings)
- Leasing with on Auditors on the audit of the yearly financial statements
- Working on ad-hoc projects including new systems implementations, business acquisitions, cross border projects etc.
- Work across Europe Finance team to support whole team as necessary
- Supporting integration of new entities, preparing templates, process notes, assisting with required system configuration e.g. new entity or cost centre, customer, vendor onboarding, updating consolidated template to include the new information
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable
Key Stakeholders
- RFD, RMD, RFC, Country MDs and Cost centre leads
- Europe Finance
- Group Finance