Director of Business Control

Division/Company/Entity: AAES Business Segment Industrial, SDC – Ditec S.p.A.

Location: Origgio (VA), Lombardia, Italy

Department: Finance

Reports to: Business Unit President / Managing Director

Team: 5 employees

What you will do:

• Establish and lead Financial Planning, Forecasting and Financial Results Reporting & Analysis.
• Enable the company to report its financial results accurately and in a timely manner, plus meet financial goals.
• Prepare the statutory annual report, establish, and coordinate the agenda of the Board of Directors and Shareholders' Meetings. Interact with the local fiscal firm, statutory auditors, and tax authorities.
• Be a strategic partner to the Group, other Executive Team members, and the Advisory Board, while owning the financial planning & analysis process inside the company.
• Own the forecasting process across all functions to ensure an accurate, always up-to-date operating model.
• Coordinate, prepare, and review monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Implement financial controls across all functions to manage and control costs.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute the annual budgeting process.
• Participate in business reviews with the Senior Leadership team, including the ability to convey key messages through effective presentation skills.
• Proactively collaborate across multifunctional teams to create an environment that strives for global consistency of best practices identified both internally and externally to the organization.
• Recommend benchmarks for measuring financial and operating performance, as well as develop and enhance necessary dashboards to track key metrics and business performance to drive business decisions.
• Have a strong understanding of manufacturing environments and related matrix.
• Lead a team in support of the Business Unit.
• Provide financial insight to the business in assessing risk and opportunities to achieve its financial commitments, including establishing insightful analytics that enable the business to better anticipate the future.
• Design and implement financial processes that deliver consistent and predictable results linking operational performance to the P&L, both top line and EBIT.
• Provide financial leadership to meet deliverables during various financial cycles including Monthly Close, Quarterly Business Reviews, Forecast cycles, and other ad hoc requests.
• Work closely with other members of the Entrance System Division’s Finance team to ensure financial impacts of various business decisions are understood, aligned, and communicated – including Global FP&A, Operations & Business Excellence, and Global Shared Services.
• Own all audit processes inside the company.
• Work with the accounting team to ensure monthly General Ledger entries are accurate.
• Manage the annual Company financial and tax audits.
• Ensure proper cash flow management around contract administration, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.
• Manage the Company's purchase card system and banking requirements.
• Be responsible for overseeing IT functions as well as leading ERP implementation strategies.
• Coordinate the internal controls within the companies.

Required:

• Degree in economics and/or related disciplines.
• Knowledge of international accounting standards (IFRS).
• 10+ years of experience in business, finance (operations is a must).
• Fluency in the Italian and English language is mandatory; French knowledge is considered a plus.
• Expert in financial analysis and forecasting, including experience with three statements (P&L, BS, CF), financial modelling, preparing statistical reports, and making recommendations based on analysis and research.
• Experience in M&A processes and/or growth financing rounds.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, combined with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective working relationships with people in the organization at all levels.
• Teamwork and team-building abilities.
• Motivation and ability to manage multiple goals and deadlines in parallel (multitasking).
• Analytical skills, result orientation, flexibility, and proactivity.
• Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills.