Business Unit Finance Manager recruitment
On behalf of our client, a multinational leader in its field, we are currently recruiting for a finance manager to be in charge of Finance including Accounting Reporting, Finance IT, Banking, Insurance, Tax Legal, Purchasing, Payroll and other administrative duties to help and supporting the future growth of the operational business in Belgium.
Main operational duties of this role:
- Manage and optimise the finance and administrative teams and processes in the respective country. Provide business advice, support performance projection and management, costs analysis and management. Create a sound Finance organisation supporting the profitable growth of the operational business in Belgium.
- Provide strong support to the operational leader in post-merger management as well as Integrating the Country Finance Organization into the International Finance Team and contribute actively to International Finance Projects.Organising and managing efficiently the finance, purchase and administrative function with the help of the Senior Accountant. Define and assign goals to all members of the team. Control goals achievement through regular management meetings and individual meetings and implement the necessary actions, in particular when results are not in line with agreed objectives.
- Manage administrative procedures for recruitment, payroll, training, holidays and termination processes. Initiate and supervise the budgeting process from giving the budget forms to the Business Unit Managers to finally deliver the budget to the Group in time as well as Supervising and monitoring performance against budget projections.
- Create a sound Finance organisation out of the existing businesses supporting the profitable growth of the operational business in Belgium. Implement reporting and controlling tools on revenue, margin, and operational expenses. Support and bring contribution to the Business Unit Managers in their business management role in general and more specifically when they set up their annual budgets. Work closely with the Purchase Team.
- Manage laboratory controlling, take the necessary actions to keep charges and expenses in line with the levels of activity and budgeted figures. Also supervise credit collection and litigation. Reduce the working capital needed in the respective division (payables, receivables) and control WIP.
- Manage finance, treasury, credit lines and more generally relationship with bankers, in agreement with the Finance Director of the Holding and Group authorisations (depending on split of tasks between the finance directors of the different divisions within one country).
- Monitor and improve the national insurance policies, identify areas of over- and underinsurance (depending on split of tasks between the finance directors of the different divisions within one country).
- Optimise tax position in agreement with the Group Tax Council and hand in the necessary documentation in time to the national tax authorities (depending on split of tasks between the finance directors of the different divisions within one country).
- Ensure together with Business Unit Managers the full compliance with Corporate Governance
- recommendations; especially keep up to date the Corporate Dataroom and the implementation of the Spending and Contracting Authority recommendations
- Ensure together with Business Unit Managers the full compliance with General Terms Conditions of Sales and their implementation for new lab or company/ business acquisitions (within the first three months after completion).
- Analyse the profitability of different services sold, business lines, clients or client groups and provide proposals to improve the sales mix. Lead and develop the local Purchaser/ Purchase activities in a professional way. Optimize the Purchase activities (follow up and improve best practices project), processes and tools. Obtain significant cost savings on consumables, equipment, investment and services with increasing level of quality on product or service, and lower delivery time.
- Conduct, with or without third parties, watch-over surveys on Legal new regulations or changes pertaining to Finance and Administration - Labour Law, tax, accounting, etc.- to integrate effects in terms of organization and costs for Eurofins Scientific in the relevant division.
- Take part or lead projects or activities of interest for the company or the group (e.g. new MS Axapta system introduction or build up of a finance IT function).
- More generally, report in writing to his/her direct Managers on a regular basis and as often as requested.
- Implementation of efficient administrative and finance procedures (group and national) as well as reporting and controlling tools; respect of timely delivery as defined by the Group Finance Management.
- Pro-active proposals to develop the finance function and to improve the country EBITA performance with following successful implementation of the measures approved.
- Working Capital and risk management (financial and operational).
- Management of expenses in line with level of sales activity and budget in the relevant businesses.
- Performance of the operating Business Units served by the NSC compared to the approved annual budget.
The successful individual will have:
- An accounting background with proven track record of success
- Between 5-7 years of experience gained from either a public accounting or operational accounting platform
- Speak fluent Dutch and French
- A desire to succeed and progress
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December 4, 2011
• Tags: Accounting & Finance careers in the Belgium, Business Unit Finance Manager recruitment • Posted in: Financial