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

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. 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 prospects-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 teams. Drive continuous improvement in cost efficiency and financial transparency in manufacturing and distribution sites.

Accounting and Compliance

Ensure the consistent application of corporate accounting policies in line with IFRS and local legal 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.

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. economic origin (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 controlling. Strong understanding of IFRS, local legal-reporting and international tax-compliance. Demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams across multiple geographies. Excellent communication, influence 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

Attractive salary package. .