Financial Operations Leader

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Business Unit Finance Manager to join our organization. This pivotal role will serve as a finance partner to the regional finance director and business unit general manager, with primary responsibility for overseeing the financial performance of our entities while driving services organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Finance Partner: Take ownership of the general ledger (GL), serving as the first point of contact for GL reports, queries, and audits, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Conduct comprehensive financial analysis to empower leadership in achieving short and long-term financial strategies. Lead the preparation and presentation of monthly/quarterly outlooks, weekly pulses, and budget creation aligned with corporate and business requirements.
• Provide clear visibility and analytical insights on financial performance to management and operational teams, driving accountability across the organization to enhance profitability and cash flows.
• Support and proactively advise on key business decisions and projects, ensuring that financial matters are fully integrated into strategic discussions and operational execution.
• Collaborate in deploying strategic business transformations and simplification programs to optimize finance processes and tools, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure timely production of financial results analysis, identifying trends, variances, and operational drivers, and facilitating early identification of risks and opportunities.
• Review and validate bid economics (including terms and conditions, technical requirements, manufacturing cycle times, margin analysis, and cash flow optimization) to support informed decision-making by leadership.
• Act as the primary contact for orders-to-cash (OTC) & commercial matters, partnering with functional experts in sales, project management, pricing, controllership, tax, legal, and treasury to structure compliant and profitable deals.
• Exhibit strong interpersonal skills, communicating complex information clearly and effectively to stakeholders, and driving cultural change through influence.
• Lead cross-functional process improvement initiatives, implementing policies, automation, simplification, and standardization that elevate financial performance and operational excellence.
• Maintain a robust internal control environment, ensuring compliance with relevant internal policies, SOX controls, and US GAAP standards.

Engagement Manager:

• Foster effective communication between the business center, international business center, and business units, leveraging firsthand knowledge of processes and issues.
• Serve as the first escalation point for unresolved issues between the business and functional owners, ensuring timely resolution.
• Act as an intermediary to ensure close cooperation and effective communication between the business and internal service providers, driving the allocation of activities per agreed taxonomies and SLAs.

Required Qualifications:

• A degree in finance and accounting or equivalent; professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CPA are desirable.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in complex finance or controlling roles, with a proven track record in audit, internal control, financial compliance, and FP&A.
• Experience working in a shared service center environment and leading teams, demonstrating effective collaboration and leadership.
• Industry experience in a matrix environment, particularly within manufacturing, engineering, or consumer goods sectors, ideally in large multinational companies.
• Excellent communication skills with a strong customer and business orientation, demonstrating the ability to influence and drive change.
• Strong analytical skills with a desire to develop business acumen and leadership capabilities.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary starting from 3500 EUR per month, plus a monthly bonus that starts after your first six months. Additionally, we provide meal vouchers, a recreation allowance, and retail discounts. Our flexible benefits program allows you to customize benefits from a selection of products and services. Onsite facilities at our office include a canteen, nursery, and coffee machines located on every floor. If you are relocating to Bratislava, you will be eligible to receive a housing allowance to help you set up your new life in Slovakia.

Our Culture:

We value diversity and inclusion, making a difference in creating a collaborative and inclusive work environment. We believe in being part of a team that is open, results-oriented, hardworking, and above all, fun. By embracing different perspectives and having crucial conversations, we will be one of the most desirable places to work.