European Finance Director

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain forecasting processes that accurately predict future performance and motivate actions to ensure forecasts hit agreed upon targets
• Work closely with functional and business unit leaders in conducting detailed financial and business analyses to identify potential problems, determine root causes and recommend appropriate solutions
• Lead financial portion of the strategic planning process, ensuring that results from initiative are properly scoped, presented, tracked and reported
• Develop and direct a world-class finance team utilizing the requisite systems and processes to support business unit activities (20 direct reports)
• Provide leadership, direction and processes to operating unit leaders to drive significant working capital improvements
• Accurate and timely consolidation of all operating unit financials
• Assist in the financial evaluation of potential acquisition targets and lead financial due diligence for target acquisitions

Requirements:

• BS or BA Degree in Finance or Accounting required; MBA Degree and/or CPA are preferred
• Fluent in English and Swedish
• In depth knowledge of Swedish accounting processes and US GAAP reporting
• Experience as lead finance executive of a complex multicountry finance function within stand-alone company or business unit within a sophisticated public company environment
• Experience working in companies known for setting a demanding level of expectation from a financial standpoint, e.g. managing working capital, payables, receivables, etc
• Substantial operational experience in increasingly responsible financial/controlling leadership positions
• Experience running shared service accounting
• Strong demonstrated communication, negotiation and customer satisfaction skills required