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| Company: |
eHire (Singapore) |
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| Job Title: |
Europe Finance Director |
| Job Category: |
Finance |
| Job Location: |
New York - NY New York - USA |
| Job Ref. Number for your records: |
1219 |
| Job Description: |
Purpose
Top line responsibilities include overall management of the European finance function; the provision of timely and accurate financial reporting in accordance with US GAAP and The Company’s corporate policies, including establishment and maintenance of control environment in accordance with SOX and The Company’s policies. Secondary responsibility for compliance with statutory and tax reporting in European jurisdictions. Other key responsibilities include the implementation of strategic initiatives in line with global corporate objectives, support of business opportunities in Europe, anticipating developments and working with the The Company’s corporate risk management office to minimize business risk.
Role Dimensions
Line Management responsibility to European Finance Controllers.
Direct (solid line) reporting line to The Company’s CFO with indirect (dotted line) reporting to Exec VP and Worldwide Chief Operating Officer. Role requires significant travel to operating sites in other European countries and periodic travel to the US.
Main Duties
• Consolidation of European forecasts, budgets and results for monthly reporting to the US.
• Interpreting and reporting the results of collated information for The Company corporate and providing ad hoc reports as required.
• Maintaining an understanding of US GAAP and The Company’s accounting policies to ensure complete and accurate financial reporting.
• Ensuring compliance with local statutory reporting needs, tax and other legal requirements liaising with third party advisors as appropriate and ensuring external audit requirements are met.
• Optimizing the cash position throughout Europe through effective management of Treasury functions via local Finance Controllers.
• Providing support to European General Managers and liaising with local Finance Controllers regarding reporting matters, financial performance and analysis.
• Overseeing and directing any intercompany issues as appropriate.
• Working towards and maintaining a consistent pan-European approach to operational protocols in line with The Company’s guidelines and practice as reviewed from time to time.
• Ensuring continual review and maintenance of European Insurance provisions as directed by The Company’s corporate risk management.
• Responsible for ensuring the resolution of all issues across Europe to maintain Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Ensuring the constant review of internal systems to improve efficiencies and to minimize commercial risk across each of the business units.
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| Skills Required: |
Essential:
• Minimum of 3 years experience as an auditor with a Big4/8 accounting firm working with multinational clients.
• Minimum of 7 years experience as a financial controller with full BS and PL responsibility of a €500 million revenue business that is part of a US public reporting company.
• Direct experience with businesses operating in a minimum of 5 countries.
• Experience with standard Microsoft Office applications.
• Chartered Accountant certification
Desireable:
• 5+ years experience in a Big 4/8 firm.
• 10+ years experience as controller of US public company/division.
• Experience with direct marketing and distribution.
• Certified Management Accountant certification |
| Language Requirements: |
English-Very Good
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| Employment Type: |
Full Time
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| Yearly Salary: |
175000 USD
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| Posting Date: |
May 06 2008 |
| Education level required: |
Bachelor
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| Experience (in years): |
3 to 5 Years |
| Company: |
eHire (Singapore) |
| Contact Name: |
eHire (Singapore) |
| Contact Phone: |
212-736-9544 |
| Preferred Method of Contact: |
No Preference |
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