Controlling Director

For our client, an international financial institution, we are looking for a person for the position of:

Controlling Director

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and deliver consolidated financial information
• Performing cost center control, including cost center accounting, cost savings review and tracking.
• Lead the wall to wall annual stock count.
• Lead the annual cost roll, assessing and proactively communicating the impact to the relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure to deliver right data and closely cooperate with legal entity controller for statutory earnings statement.
• Tracking and reporting of KPIs with corrective actions initiated and follow-up as needed.
• Manage a team of direct reports fostering a spirit of talent development.
• Proactively communicate with management in a transparent manner.
• Provides information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations of findings, analyses, and making recommendations.
• Focus on continuous process improvements & simplification.
• Supervise, develop, and standardize reporting processes. Increase productivity by enabling automation steps, eliminating duplications, and coordinating information requirements.

Client offers:

• Challenging job in a professional and team,
• Professional development in an international company,
• Private medical care and life insurance,
• Attractive salary and benefits

Qualifications:

• University degree in finance, accounting, or business management.
• Internationally recognized accounting qualification is a plus.
• 8+ years experience in Controlling and Finance assignments of increasing responsibility, 
• Prior work experience within an international organization is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage high-performing teams as well as to develop direct reports and other team members
• Positive and energetic approach with a can do attitude and an open personality
• Accurate, systematic, and independent work style
• Strong problem solving, strategic thinking, and analytical skills.
• Decision maker and ability to influence others.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Fluent in English both written and spoken
• Knowledge of SAP or similar.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and data consolidation tools.