As Finance Director, you will become part of the Finance and Control leadership team and be based in Europe, reporting to the CFO. You will lead financial planning, reporting and analysis for HERE’s Sales and Business Development (SBD) organization. This includes monthly forecasting, annual planning, long term financial planning, ad hoc analysis and business partnership with the leader of SBD and his direct reports for all aspects of the business including revenue, cost of sales and operating expenses. In this role you will partner with a fast paced and high performing finance team, operations, and leadership teams, to ensure we meet our short term and long term objectives. You will be responsible of translating business plans into financial forecasts, manage and lead preparation of business cases and complex financial models.
Serve as the primary financial business partner with the leader of SBD and his, leadership team and key operational stakeholders to provide financial transparency and decision support
Serve as the main liaison with respect to financial matters between SBD and F&C
Lead a team of 8 employees, who support specific areas of the SBD organization in a more detailed manner
Develop a robust understanding of HERE, its products, its markets and its internal organization in order to form an objective perspective, detect trends and provide insightful analysis and communicate this effectively to senior management
Manage and lead the development on analyses, simulation models, new business cases, tools and templates to support planning and decision making
Provides specialist advice/input in complex and broad financial issues, e.g. acquisitions or revenue recognition (together with Accounting).
Manage end-to-end creation of business cases
Present financial analyses, reports, status, etc. to executive audiences and field ad hoc questions
Synthesize a set of complex ideas into a clear and concise deliverable
Qualifications
Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or other technical discipline.
10-15 years of relevant finance experience, potential for experience in management consulting
Strong presentation skills, strong written and verbal communication skills with a customer focused, professional demeanor
Ability to work with Senior Business Partners in fast paced business environment, ability to deliver results and build trust with senior leaders.
Ability to work independently and self-motivate in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.
Natural team player cross functions and cross hierarchy
Proven ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workload
Ability to think creatively and solve problems in ambiguous environments.
Advanced modeling skills, including advanced Excel skills
Strong working knowledge and experience with enterprise reporting and planning systems (e.g. Hyperion Planning, Workspace, Smart View, PeopleSoft; Tableau)
Experience in the Tec sector or Automotive sector an advantage
Fluent in English
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