Confidential
The Company
A leading player in the tobacco market and a global consumer brand with bold plans to grow offering in Europe.
The Opportunity
Finance Lead – Germany opportunity has responsibility for:
- To lead all financial transaction processing and reconciliations, ensuring that robust controls are in operation and workloads are managed effectively.
- To regularly evaluate the operation of processes and controls and discuss with budget holders necessary, making use of KPIs to monitor compliance.
- To lead on compliance with the Group policies and GAAP (German/IFRS), ensuring that all procedures, policies and transactions are business focused and communicated effectively.
- To collaborate across local and EU team to ensure new income generation initiatives incorporate sound financial controls and efficient processes whilst meeting business need.
- To develop and maintain a continuous improvement culture, focusing on efficient ways of working for both current and new processes.
- To execute the annual statutory year-end requirements, agreeing timetables and responsibilities with all involved, with the primary focus being to achieve a clean audit.
- To ensure that local stakeholders are provided with accurate, timely and relevant information.
- To lead on technical accounting compliance requirements, developing knowledge throughout the Local team where appropriate to ensure compliance.
- To report to the Country Manager with updated finance performance (e.g., P&L, cashflow) to support the company’s strategic business plans.
- To prepare VAT returns input, providing support to the tax advisors if required, managing the minimization of irrecoverable VAT.
- The provision of pro-active taxation, focusing on compliance and tax minimization.
- To prepare and authorize the monthly payroll process, working with HR in maintaining an efficient service. Provision of cover for payroll requirements where necessary.
- To manage property leasehold, for both head office and the regions (if applicable).
- To cooperate with Customs authority regarding ordering tax stamps and excise goods movement.
The Candidate
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business or any other related field.
- Experience: 7+ in accounting
- Language: German mother tongue, English (spoken and written)
- IT: MS Navision, Excel, BI’s
- GAAP: German, IFRS
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze data
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent resource management
- Ability to communicate at different levels
- Sensitivity to different cultural norms
- Go getter and self-starter
- Driven with an entrepreneurial mindset
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