General information vacancy:
Financial Controller
HBO
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ZH
12-11-2019
- Job profile
As Financial Controller you are fully responsible for the day to day finance and administrative activities such as:
Administration:
- Fully responsible for timely and accurate bookkeeping;
- Assist in day to day bookkeeping when needed;
- Review complex financial transactions;
- Set-up administration of new foreign entities and projects.
Financial Policies and Standards:
- Develop, advise on and implement controlling policies, plans, formats and guidelines, including (financial) risk management;
- Propose and participate in improvements of overall company accounting model and AO/IC (finance and accounting policies).
Annual Budget, Planning, Reporting Control Cycle:
- Draft and execute the annual budget, planning and control cycle through target setting, action planning, financial forecasting, as well as follow up and deviation analysis with the operational managers/directors;
- Prepare monthly/quarterly/annual reporting packs as well as monthly/quarterly/annual consolidations;
- Responsible for timely and correct preparation and filing of the annual reports;
- Set up and implement annual budget, planning & control cycle for new entities.
Day to day Cash management:
- Cash planning and (cashflow)forecasting;
- Managing Bank accounts.
Analysis and Advise (For global operational units):
- Analyze financial and operational information, perform internal benchmarking and support and advise managers and corporate staff;
- Ensure development of Business KPI’s;
- Recommend and take active part in improvements in business processes, systems and action plans from financial perspective;
- Perform risk analysis, cost price and transfer pricing analysis.
Quality Assurance, Health, Safety & Environment (QHSE):
- Keeps him or herself actively up-to-date to QHSE manual and procedures ;
- Ensure safe and healthy execution of activities own department and contractors;
- In case of doubts or anything is unclear, speak up-communicate or ask for a time out;
- Ensure integration QHSE philosophy and policy and corrective measures in policies and daily practice.
Taxation:
- Ensure timely follow-up and filing of (international) tax returns;
- Perform cost and transfer pricing calculations.
Projects:
- Assist in the set-up of new projects;
- Advise and support in development of selected business opportunities to a business decision (in-/divestment).
Legal:
- Integrate corporate governance and finance processes;
- Provide support to claim handling.
System Architecture:
- Contributes in further development and automation of the financial processes;
- Contribute to development and maintenance of financial system architecture and related system environment (e.g. Dynamics, Lucanet, Blue10 etc.).
External Relations:
- Operational contact point with accountants;
- Represents KMS in banking and cash management activities
- Job requirements
Requirements
- You hold a Bachelor degree in Economics or Accounting
- You have 10 years experience in a broad, international advisory financial role.
- Ability to analyse financial results and recommend and implement necessary actions to improve business performance and profitability.
- You have working experience in supporting operational management, corporate management and the Board.
- Fluent in English and Dutch
Profile
- A solid commercial understanding with a no nonsense, hands-on approach.
- Analyzing - Assessing information using a focused analysis and evaluation, gaining insight into cause and effect relations whilst using a critical and rational manner and differentiating the essential from the non-essential
- Conceptual Thinking - Integrating and linking data into coherent information, identifying relationships between pieces of information, generating alternatives and logical and sound conclusions
- Cooperation and Influencing others-Having a positive impact on others, creating a good impression in order to negotiate or convince others of ideas. Accepting a realistic compromise and creating a win-win situation
- Result oriented; showing responsibility and perseverance at work and ensure attention to detail
- Excellent leadership skills