Finance Manager – Europe (Italy & Spain)

Role purpose: Responsible for managing and executing accounting principles, analyse, process financial documentation and prepare financial reports as requested by management.

Key accountability and decision ownership

Reporting:

• To issue timely, complete and accurate financial statements to include Consolidated Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow statement
• Ensure results comply with International financial reporting standards (IFRS)
• To ensure closure of sub-ledgers, review of ageing analysis on debtors & creditors
• Review of trial balance to ensure postings are consistent and aligned to group policies and standards
• To include:
  • review of Journal Entries/ update prepayments and accrual accounts
  • Fixed asset module maintenance
  • Quarterly balance sheet ‘flux’ review to ensure balance sheet movements are fully understood
• Ensure all bank accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis and presented to HOF for approval
• Preparation of the annual Financial statements for the legal entity in preparation for audit closure

Compliance:

• Document and implement a comprehensive set of authority and approval limits
• Point of contact on audit deliverable and supporting the external audit process
• VAT reconciliations and tax submissions adhered too

Other key Tasks:

• Cash flow forecasting (support FP&A team)
• Support the budget process and work with the FP&A team

Special Projects:

• Support the implementation of a new Group wide ERP for the Italian business
• Support the roll out of a new purchase order and travel system for the Italian business
• Updating B.I Finance with the monthly TB and reconcile

Core competencies, knowledge and experience

• A part qualified (in the last year of studies) or recently qualified accountant
• Ideally have some related work experience (Industry experience not essential)
• Ability to mentor, motivate and inspire the assigned indirect reports
• Financial accounting business acumen
• Competent financial modelling skills in Excel
• Italian Language skills would be considered an asset as this role would require some travelling (every quarter)

Direct Reports:

3 indirect reports (based in Naples, Italy)

Key performance indicators:

• Month end closure in line with monthly timetable
• Consistency and accuracy of financial statements