Chief Financial Officer

The general objectives of this function include the following:

• Manage the company’s finances, including controlling, reporting, financial planning and accounting
• Coordinate and preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements
• Budget planning, forecasting, cash and liquidity management
• Ensure and develop further the sustainable relations to the external interfaces e. g. banks, tax advisors, auditors
• Report financial results to the management board, preparing ad-hoc analyses
• Manage and develop the IT / digitalization activities and strategy aligned with the business objectives
• Optimization of the IT-infrastructure
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures
• Develop and motivate the team to achieve the company’s objectives
• Manage the HR processes such as salary payments and ad-ministration
• Challenge current HR practices and proactively support the overall HR strategy
• Comprehensive advice to the management along the employee lifecycle
• Consult and support the management in anticipating and es-tablishing optimal organizational and functional structures

We offer:

• Varied and challenging tasks and the opportunity to actively shape the future of the company
• An international environment with the room to grow on a personal and professional level.
• The remuneration package is sufficiently attractive and flexible to satisfy the best possible candidate for this demanding and challenging position.

The ideal candidate profile:

• University, MBA or equivalent (major in finance); preferably post graduate studies or adequate education
• Minimum 5 years as Finance Manager with comparable responsibilities
• Deep understanding of technology, previous experience in the field of digitalization
• Experience with creation and efficient use of planning and controlling tools
• Extensive knowledge of management and accounting
• Up-to-date with latest trends in finance/controlling
• Knowledge in the efficient use of IT systems, incl. SAP preferably
• Solid background in finance administration, payroll and HR-management
• Excellent command of the English and/or German language is a pre-requisite
• Strategic and analytical mindset with experience of profession-alizing and improving financial disciplines, systems and pro-cesses including KPIs (within the finance and across business)
• Being a proactive self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset, driven to build the business
• Sense of ownership, high degree of initiative, commitment, and organizational skills
• Ability to lead and facilitate teams to maximize results
• Has strong negotiating and presentation skills
• Willing to travel from time to time