Global Finance Leader for Multinational Operations

Whitewater Group; Zaragoza; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career progression

Training programs

Global projects exposure

Job summary

Whitewater Group is seeking a Finance Manager to lead the Group's Finance function across its international entities. You will work with the GFC and Finance Leads to ensure strong financial leadership, robust controls, and timely reporting.

The role covers end-to-end financial processes, consolidation, treasury, tax compliance, and a major ERP implementation. You will develop the finance team and partner with multiple countries to drive improvement.

Qualifications

• Approximately 5–8 years of relevant Finance experience
• Strong experience in financial accounting, month-end close, multi-entity reporting and consolidation
• Proven experience working in an international, multi-entity environment
• Exposure to fast-growing, transformational or acquisitive businesses is highly desirable
• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics or a related discipline
• Recognised professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent is desirable
• Strong technical knowledge of financial accounting, consolidation and balance sheet management
• Good understanding of cash flow, treasury, working capital, intercompany accounting and multicurrency environments
• Sound knowledge of accounting standards, with IFRS knowledge highly desirable
• Strong Excel skills and good systems literacy
• ERP experience and practical understanding of Finance process design, optimisation and improvement
• Strong ownership and personal accountability, with a proactive, curious and hands-on approach
• Proven people leadership skills, with the ability to lead, develop and support a Finance team
• Structured and disciplined, with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving
• Comfortable challenging constructively and making decisions in a fast-changing environment
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across different functions and seniority levels
• Fluent English and Spanish, both spoken and written, are essential
• Comfortable working in an international environment and collaborating with teams across multiple countries
• Willingness to travel frequently to other Group locations as required
• Able to combine hands-on financial management with broader responsibility for Finance processes, team development and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Finance Leads, setting clear standards, deadlines and accountability
• Manage the monthly close, Group consolidation and management reporting process
• Manage the Group treasury processes, including cash visibility and forecast
• Strengthen balance sheet governance, reconciliations, financial controls, intercompany processes and compliance across the Group
• Coordinate audit, statutory reporting and recurring Finance compliance requirements
• Support and develop consistent application of Group accounting policies
• Drive standardisation, simplification and continuous improvement of Finance processes
• Collaborate in the new ERP implementation, supporting the definition and improvement of Finance processes, requirements and controls
• Demonstrable experience with computerised finance systems, including producing full sets of accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet, etc.) and Group consolidation directly within the system (Eg: Oracle NetSuite or Microsoft Dynamics). Experience implementing a new finance system would be an advantage
• Oversee tax compliance across the Group, working with the Finance Leads and external tax advisors to ensure accurate and timely filings
• Assess the existing Finance organisation, develop team capability and recommend changes where required
• Act as the GFC's key operational Finance partner, proactively identifying issues and proposing solutions

Skills

Finance leadership

Month-end close

Consolidation

IFRS knowledge

Education

University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics

ACA/ACCA/CIMA (desirable)

Tools

Oracle NetSuite

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Whitewater Group is seeking a Finance Manager to lead the Group's Finance function across its international entities. You will work with the GFC and Finance Leads to ensure strong financial leadership, robust controls, and timely reporting.

The role covers end-to-end financial processes, consolidation, treasury, tax compliance, and a major ERP implementation. You will develop the finance team and partner with multiple countries to drive improvement.