Emea Fp&A Finance Director CERNUSCO SUL NAVIGLIO

Emea Fp&A Finance Director
Cernusco sul Naviglio
Lombardia, CERNUSCO SUL NAVIGLIO

Reporting to EMEA CFO the Director FP&A EMEA will be responsible for an EMEA wide team to consolidate, compile and analyse the organization's short-term and long-term financial planning activities of the region.

**What we offer**:

- Career Development

- Competitive Compensation and Benefits

- Pay Transparency

- Global Opportunities

**Tasks and Qualifications**:

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Leads the process timeline, management and EMEA consolidation of the AOP, strategic and operational planning, forecasting, strategic projects and monthly/quarterly/annual results.

- Maintain and further evolve a complex financial model that governs Dematic EMEA's operating plan and long-range projections including detailed analysis to support those projections.

- Evaluate profit and cost efficiencies in various areas of the organization.

- Provide in-depth analysis of risk and opportunities, sales performance, pricing trends and business direction with more direct focus on one or more of the Regional business segments.

- Identify trends and analyze key metrics and presents findings to VP of FP&A and other members of senior management.

- Partner with Dematic EMEA executive management to develop and refine key assumptions for corporate expenses and capital expenditures.

- Establish strong relationships with the FP&A and Controlling teams at the Dematic Group level to ensure transparency and timely reporting to the Group.

- Working with the Finance Leadership Team, refine the monthly financial reporting package and lead the execution of this important monthly deliverable.

- Develop and/or mentor one or more financial analysts.

- Partner with key stakeholders to solicit feedback to develop and implement step level improvements to enhance efficiency and productivity of reporting.

- Identify and implement improvements to monthly/quarterly variance analysis of results against the AOP and close visibility gap.

- Improve on tools utilized by site management to run business; Recommend and implement corrective actions.

- Ensures smooth execution of monthly Operations Review presentations.

- Support the financial assessment, presentation and approval process for large, multi-departmental projects.

- Manage and refine the development and execution of monthly and quarterly presentations to senior leadership focusing on operational performance of the region

**Tasks and Qualifications**:

**Who are we looking for?

To be successful in this role, you will have a proven track record of FP&A leadership across EMEA as part of a globally matrixed organisation.

The people leadership, business partnering and transformation skills to drive performance and outcomes.

Specifically you will have:

- Excellent financial modelling and analytical skills for budgeting and forecasting combined with a strong attention to detail and the ability to present complex information in a usable format to a diverse audience.

- Ability to review and prepare presentations for financial reviews at the Board and senior management levels.

- Strong financial modelling, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel Skills are a must.

- Strong organizational skills, multi-tasking and attention to detail.

- Excellent ability to work with senior executives and manage and develop staff while building trusting relationships and partnerships throughout the organization.

- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence, to build meaningful relationships and to drive for results across functional lines.

- Ability to define, implement, and adhere to policies and procedures.

- Ability to work under strict deadlines and assist in enforcing compliance with deadlines.

- Process focused with the ability to drive for results in a matrix environment.

- Demonstrated ability to be a self-starter with the ability to think independently.

- Experience working with SAP or a similar ERP system.

- Knowledge of INFOR or a similar reporting/consolidation tool a plus (e. g.

Hyperion).

**Skills/ qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance.

- Significant related experience, including managing a team,

- Financial modelling experience for a complex, matrixed, global organization.

- MBA and/or recognised financial qualification (preferred).

- International work experience will be a plus, but EMEA leadership is required

- Previous experience in a publicly traded company preferred.

**Other Attributes**:

- An acknowledged team player, proactive and not reactive.

- Mature, personable individual with significant personal presence and credibility.

- Analytical, confident individual, flexible and creative thinker, with excellent interpersonal skills.

- Strong communicator both orally (informally and in presentations) and in writing.

- A sound level of knowledge in financial accounting and reporting of the controllership function, auditing and financial systems.

- Leadership skills/potential for advancement or other Finance leadership roles.

- English required and Italian or other 2nd Eu