[Remote] Group Vice President, Finance

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is a company focused on integrating finance operations across its business units. The Group Vice President of Finance will lead financial operations, ensure compliance with regulations, and drive process improvements through AI adoption while managing a team and collaborating with business unit leaders.

Responsibilities
• Support Group Leader and functional managers to develop clear business plans, priorities and forecasts in line with +/- 3% forecast accuracy targets
• Lead the finance business partners within supported business to deliver excellent pro-active service to stakeholders
• Drive process improvements through adoption of AI and other tools across business units within the group
• Provide strategic financial leadership on issues affecting the business
• Recommend and lead efforts to improve ROIC (return on invested capital), working capital and/or growth performance
• Monitor and input on key metrics of customer performance across Group businesses, including customer profitability and attrition
• Support and monitor pricing strategies across Group businesses
• Monitor and enforce Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
• Ownership of ‘Quarterly Strategic Review’ (QSR) process, considering sales pipeline and costs analysis to prepare a robust forecast
• Ensure execution of action points from the QSR review process
• Accountable for accurate and timely monthly/quarterly consolidated financial reporting to ensure compliance with internal and external reporting and requirements in accordance with IFRS
• Responsible for the accuracy of revenue recognition, comfortable operating under IFRS15, including being accountable for project accounting and controlling
• Support annual audit process
• Responsible for working with the businesses to assess market pricing, new deal pricing, and sales approach for our products
• Apply best practices to processes, people and systems to affect revenue, profitability and cash-flow, to improve operating efficiency and performance
• Lead, implement and be accountable for introducing project profitability governance process across all businesses
• Lead and implement introduction of new systems and processes such as new financial systems, expense management and other reporting systems
• Responsible for Risk Management process review, effective internal controls, policy standardization and process improvements
• Oversee and improve effective administration processes and systems for company records and contracts
• Stay abreast of trends and regulations to ensure effectiveness and compliance for the finance functions
• Direct management of one direct report (Group Controller)
• Partner with Business Unit leaders to scope, interview and select new Business Partner’s for the BUs within the group
• Work with HR partners and BU leaders in talent development, training and star player growth for all finance resources within the group
• Support performance improvement management for all finance business partners in the group
• Work closely with all functional leads to ensure projects bids and contract terms, financial and otherwise, adhere to corporate parameters following reputed company’s delegation of authority rules
• Responsible for supporting Portfolio CFO on acquisition target analysis, focusing on operational and financial impacts to the investment pre and post acquisition
• Evaluate existing finance resources and assist in the hiring of appropriate staff as required
• Educate the acquired management team on finance topics with a focus on them understanding how it will operationally impact their departments
• Accountable to the migration of finance systems and processes to portfolio best practices, including the training of finance resources
• Review and analyze legal documents for acquired businesses (including customer contracts, leases, and vendor agreements) with a goal of highlighting compliance and financial risks
• Travel domestically and internationally for business process review and acquisition integration or due diligence

Skills
• 5 years of experience in a comparable role with accounting and controlling scope with people leadership
• Proficient with reputed company Office Suite, especially Excel
• Ability to perform under pressure and meet deadlines
• Previous experience working in a multi-unit, multi-P&L environment
• High integrity and personal ethics due to sensitive issues and information this role entails
• Desire to improve processes and systems rather than just keep the status quo
• Strong communication skills to work across time zones and cultural differences
• Strong ability to influence resources within the organisatio

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