Finance Director - USA

THE COMPANY:

Our client is a multinational company and a leader in manufacturing products for diverse industries. The company is well established with many years of keeping strong foundations and investing in research and innovation. To support their continued investment in growing within the US we have been called on to assist them in identifying a Finance Director.

SCOPE OF THE ROLE:

The Finance Director will oversee administration accounting taxation finance treasury planning and control activities. The Finance Director is responsible for ensuring correct procedures and compliance with the companys GAAP IFRS and other policies and standards.

This role will support leadership in assessing improving and controlling business performance for the USA business. The Finance Director will oversee the economic and administrative management ensuring correct valid and ontime reporting for the various manufacturing and commercial businesses. The Finance Director will supervise current businesses prepare growth plans supervise financial performance and provide financial projections.

The candidate will have the following responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the management team in order to improve sales margins cash flow and KPIs.
• Oversee budgeting (Sales Opex Capex…) and planning process In cooperation with Company President and in compliance with Group guidelines and procedures.
• Prepare and submit monthly P&L and Balance Sheet Reports. Oversee revenue recognition accruals calculation reserves calculation and adjustments inventory valuation and absorption analysis.
• Prepare and submit other reports for the parent company on time and conform to the companys GAAP IFRS and other policies and standards: Sales and Margin Trade Working Capital Capex Headcount and other reports as required.
• Analyze AP/AR and other obligations to manage cash flow and prepare and submit a monthly cash flow report to the parent company.
• Manage relationships with banks and financial institutions to assure the company has the necessary financial resources for the business and longterm growth.
• Manage AR and Credit collections including setting customer credit limits AR aging debt arrangements with external customers and consulting with legal counsel as required.
• Oversee the daily activities of the accounting team.
• Act as a single point of contact for internal and external auditors supporting the audit information requirements from other departments.
• Validate the annual physical inventory and cycle count process as conducted by the Operations Manager.
• Verify the ERP and other IT systems employee access permissions and that the systems provide the necessary information for company reporting.
• The Finance Director with the support of USA Tax CPA Counsel will direct and supervise tax management and optimization. Ensure Federal State and Local tax compliance and other taxrelated matters (tax declaration transfer pricing etc.).
• Provide support to President for legal aspects of the company in coordination with company legal counsel and advisor.

QUALIFICATIONS SKILLS & EXPERIENCES:

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting / Finance / Business Administration.
• Min. 5 years of management position experience in financial controlling / FP&A and accounting. Experience with treasury/bank relationships and external CPA firms for tax planning and review.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP/ IFRS compliance doubleentry accounting processes and international standards.
• Experience in global companies within a manufacturing environment.
• Flexibility and ability to meet short deadlines.
• Ability to work independently as well as manage teams to meet objectives.
• Ensure team leadership and talent development.
• Build a strong and trusted relationship with the local leadership team the parent company and global subsidiaries (matrix organization).
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to problem solve.
• Resultoriented planning and beliefs.
• High proficiency with Enterprise (ERP) software systems preferably Microsoft Dynamics AX.
• Experience within a manufacturing company with a commercial distribution model.
• English language required

The compensation range offered is USD/year.

The company offers a comprehensive employee benefits package including a medical plan dental vision life insurance AD&D LTD EAP FSA and AFLAC Paid Time Off 401k plan (4% match) and Profit Sharing.

Candidate must show proof of US citizenship/visa/alien registration.

No sponsorship will be offered for this role.

ABOUT US:

Consea America is a leading executive search firm providing highquality solutions in search and selection of Middle to Top Management across many industries including Automotive and Manufacturing Fashion & Retail Consumer Goods and Health Care industries boasting longterm relationships both with clients and candidates.

At Consea we focus on relationships with each other our clients and our candidates in fact serving others is one of our core values. We support open communication and recognize that giving constructive criticism can be even harder than receiving it. We appreciate the fearless and the passionate who force us to be better. Everything we do sits on a pillar of diversity diverse perspectives backgrounds and ideas drive innovation and make us successful. Consea is committed to a recruitment process that results in hiring the best applicants. Conseas Delivery Team will be responsible for sourcing preselecting prescreen interview and offer.

Consea promotes equal opportunity through affirmative action in employment. Discrimination is prohibited on the basis of race color religion national origin citizenship sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability and qualified veteran status. Equal opportunity results when all applicants are treated consistently at every stage of recruitment.