Senior Finance Manager Europe & Latin America (m/f/d)

Michael Page Germany; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 80.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading international corporation is seeking a Senior Finance Manager for Europe & Latin America. This senior leadership role involves overseeing all financial management across the regions, ensuring compliance with accounting policies and tax laws. The ideal candidate should have a relevant finance degree, several years of progressive experience, and excellence in strategic and analytical thinking. This position offers an attractive salary package and the opportunity to lead diverse teams.

Leistungen

Attractive salary package

Qualifikationen

• Several years of progressive finance experience, including regional or multi-country responsibility.
• Proven experience in commercial finance, cost accounting, and financial controllership.
• Strong understanding of IFRS, local statutory reporting, and international tax compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams across multiple geographies.

Aufgaben

• Lead regional financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Partner with leaders to drive profitable growth and optimize financial performance.
• Supervise cost accounting and inventory valuation across regional operations.
• Ensure compliance with corporate accounting policies and local regulations.
• Lead and develop a high-performing regional finance team.

Kenntnisse

Fluent in English

Proficiency in other European languages

Strong analytical thinking

Leadership and people-development

Commercial acumen

Ausbildung

Master's or Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration

Professional accounting qualification (e.g., CPA, ACCA, CIMA)

Jobbeschreibung

The "Senior Finance Manager Europe & Latin America (m/f/d)" is a new senior leadership‑role responsible for overseeing all financial management, commercial finance‑ and supply‑chain finance‑activities across the Europe‑ & Latin America‑regions. This role ensures strong financial governance, consistent application of accounting‑policies and full compliance with regional tax‑ and regulatory‑requirements.

Client Details

Our client is a leading international corporation in its industry (Manufacturing). As part of its sustainable and successful development we are now looking to fill the new position "Senior Finance Manager Europe & Latin America (m/f/d)" for the group's Corporate‑headquarter based in the heart of the very attractive "Rhine‑Neckar Metropolitan‑area" (Germany).

Description

Key Responsibilities

Financial Leadership & Strategy

• Lead all regional financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes to support business objectives.
• Partner with commercial‑ and operational‑leaders to drive profitable growth and optimise financial performance.
• Provide strategic insights and analysis to support decision‑making at both regional and global levels.
• Lead the implementation of corporate finance‑initiatives across the region, ensuring alignment with global strategy.

Commercial Finance

• Oversee pricing, margin‑analysis and customer profitability‑initiatives to support commercial strategies.
• Drive financial evaluation of business cases, investments and new market opportunities.
• Collaborate with Sales‑ & Marketing‑teams to ensure financial rigor in commercial decisions.

Cost Accounting & Operations Finance

• Supervise cost accounting, inventory‑valuation and manufacturing‑finance across regional operations.
• Ensure accurate product costing, cost control and variance‑analysis in collaboration with supply‑chain and operations teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in cost efficiency and financial transparency in manufacturing and distribution sites.

Accounting & Compliance

• Ensure the consistent application of corporate accounting‑policies in line with IFRS and local statutory requirements.
• Oversee the integrity and accuracy of regional financial statements and reporting‑packages.
• Monitor tax compliance across all regional entities, ensuring adherence to local tax‑laws, transfer pricing‑regulations and corporate guidelines.
• Partner with internal and external auditors to ensure effective controls and compliance.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a high‑performing regional Finance‑team across multiple countries and cultures.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Act as a mentor and coach to Finance‑leaders and key‑talent within the region.

Profile

Qualifications & Experience

• Master´s and/or Bachelor’s‑degree in Finance, Accounting and/or Business Administration - or a comparable qualification.
• Additional professional accounting qualification/s (e.g. Wirtschaftspruefer/in (WP), CPA, ACCA, CIMA - or equivalent) strongly preferred.
• Several years of progressive and relevant Finance‑experience, including regional or multi‑country responsibility.
• Proven experience in commercial finance, cost accounting, and financial‑controllership.
• Strong understanding of IFRS, local statutory‑reporting and international tax‑compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams across multiple geographies.
• Excellent communication‑, influencing‑ and stakeholder management‑skills
• Fluent in English; proficiency in other European languages (especially in German) would be a plus.
• Some business travel required.

Key Competencies

• Strategic and analytical thinking
• Business partnership and commercial acumen
• Leadership and people‑development
• Financial‑discipline and -governance
• Cross‑cultural communication
• Change‑management and process‑improvement

Job Offer

Attractive salary package.