BMCI Finance Director – Europe m/f recruitment
We are seeking a Finance Director to join our senior leadership team for our manufacturing location outside of Hamburg, Germany.
BMCI Finance Director – Europe m/f
Responsibilities
This position will be responsible for all aspects of financial reporting, treasury, budgeting, forecasting, cash management and the supervision of a small Finance staff, including a Controller based in Istanbul, Turkey. Additionally, success in the following key areas will be critical to the success of the individual in this role:
- Assess the BMCI Europe finance team, plan and act on any necessary personnel moves to improve the quality of the financial operations
- Assess and improve on the current internal controls environment
- Develop a greater level of process discipline on critical processes such as month-end closing and reporting
- Development/tracking/reporting of key business metrics with which to routinely manage business performance
- Maintenance of a cash-oriented culture - develop and optimize the most efficient cash environment, drawing on prior treasury experience to track and forecast cash flow and manage the most efficient movement of cash between Europe and the U.S.
- Efficient management of the existing revolving credit line
- Create a process to efficiently and accurately consolidate the operations of the European business
- Ensure the adherence to local GAAP accounting standards in all accounting processes and policies
- Convert local GAAP financial statements to US GAAP
- Ensure accurate, relevant and timely information flow on performance-related matters within the European business and into the leadership of BMCI and Citadel.
- Develop a culture of anticipation, stress the importance of intellectual curiosity and the initiative to communicate the ‘why’ behind the numbers
- Lead the successful completion of the annual financial audit
- Provide assistance as needed to assess possible acquisition targets
- Review the accounting and information systems - propose any enhancements that may be required to achieve functional and company objectives
- Dual reporting into BMCI finance and operational leader of BMCI Europe
- Be very hands-on and willing to roll up their sleeves to get the job done
Skills Experience
10-15 years of diverse work experience in finance and accounting with proven success and aptitude in the following key areas:
- manufacturing and cost accounting
- prior demonstrated successful leadership of general controllership and accounting, internal controls and treasury functions
- experience and knowledge in German tax laws and regulations
- prior and successful leadership of a high-performing group
- successful experience in managing a dual reporting responsibility (Operationally in business unit in Europe and Financial/Accounting to U.S. headquarters)
- demonstrated business partnership with business unit leadership
- comfortable with managing in ambiguous situations
- the interest and ability to grow into greater levels of responsibility and contribution
- experience and familiarity with accounting principles in German and Turkish operations
- Experience with the ERP system “Exact” desirable.
Fluency in English and German is required. Turkish speaking skills are not required but helpful.
Sounds like you? Well, just send your CV in English and German to k.kopicki@tetradur.de. We´re looking forward hearing from you!
BMC Europe – Tetra Dur Kunststoff Produktion GmbH
Brookdamm 3
21217 Seevetal
Our website is www.bulkmolding.com or www.tetra-dur.de