Senior Director Finance (f/m/d)
Provide comprehensive financial leadership, encompassing P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and investment decisions. Lead the annual strategic and financial planning processes, manage month-end closures including reporting, forecasting, and proactive financial management to identify business risks and opportunities for mitigation, ensuring predictable financial outcomes! Drive detailed & standardized financial reporting and business metrics to support sound investment decisions, profitable growth, and financial accountability.
Prioritize investments effectively and enhance ROI.
Organization Leadership & Collaboration
Build, lead, mentor, and develop a diverse global team, from Analysts to Senior Finance Managers. Offer exceptional financial and strategic support to the General Manager and other members of the Business Unit leadership team, collaborating effectively with all other functions.
Work closely with AAT's global commercial sales, manufacturing operations, marketing, HR, R&D, and IT teams to drive enhancements in pricing, sales strategies, market entry, new product introductions, business solutions, and manufacturing operations.
Foster an environment that both challenges and supports with mentorship and strategic insights. Embrace a continuous improvement mindset and PPI principles, welcoming external perspectives that progress the finance organization's agenda.
Statutory Compliance
Ensure that compliance and accounting-controllership are integrated into business decisions, in line with company policies, US GAAP, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Provide finance leadership for the Bremen site and manage statutory reporting oversight.
How will you get here?
Education
An undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting or related field; MBA desired
Experience
- A minimum of 15 years of finance experience inclusive of prior P&L management experience
- Consistent record delivering outstanding results and getting results beyond the finance function.
- Outstanding leadership, communication, confident and mature manager, and business partner
- Ability to effectively lead and implement ideas in a matrix environment and across complex functional and global business reporting structures.
- Prior experience with manufacturing a plus.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Outstanding analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
- Strong communication skills, both spoken and written, with all levels of management.
- Strong systems and analytic capabilities including HFM, Navision & SAP.
- Must possess a strong set of personal and business values aligned with our 4i values.
- Ability to travel internationally 25.
What we offer
- Employment with an innovative, future-oriented organisation
- Outstanding career and development prospects
- Company pension scheme and other fringe benefits
- Exciting company culture which stands for integrity, intensity, involvement and innovation