Finance Director

- Conduct and manage audits of financial accounting, internal processes and internal operational controls to ascertain compliance with internal policies/procedures and best practices. Also provide executive management with reports on audit findings, root causes and provide recommendations on areas for improvement in business processes and internal controls to prevent/minimize future control risks. Lead frontline audit managers and participate in strategic projects and initiatives within the function
- Manage internal audits including coordinating with management, guiding the frontline auditors, keeping the Regional Audit Director apprised on progress, reporting audit findings to management and monitoring corrective action plans.
- Drive a strong controls and compliance environment by ensuring system of internal controls are adequate to manage risk and compliance with policies
- Ensure risk-based audit procedures are devised to adequately assess all significant business and operational risks
- Supports programs related to harmonization, efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and build a mindset of continuous improvement within the Internal Audit and Controls team
- Build a high-performing Internal Audit and Controls team through coaching and developing auditors.
Report to MEU Internal Control Director based in Zurich

- Manage Financial Department, incl accounting. Full responsibilities for financial /partly HR / accounting functions in Russia
- Strategic planning on the horizon up to three to five years; budgeting / forecasting. Management and execution of business plan commitments including sales, headcount, Opex, Capex, DSO, DSI, Net Income, Cashflow and Secured Supply. Forecast includes Sales by divisions, by group; expenses by cost centers / by accounts; headcount; inventory, DSI, DSO, CAPEX, AR
- Crisis management
- Organizes internal control activities to ensure reliable financial reporting; Local internal policies and procedures
- Manufacturing (filters)
- M&A experience; Due Diligence
- Managing internal (SOX) and external audits - successfully passed - no issues. Leading and participation in internal SOX audits within EMEA region: Italy, Finland, Poland, Czech, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, UK.
- Managing MEC – Month End Closure (US GAAP) in corporate program JDE (control accruals, reserves, inventory, production, Intercompany balances, goods in transit, cost allocation to divisions / cost centers, expenses, cost centers, AP, AR, submitting the results). Analysis of the differences act vs budget vs forecast. Internal corporate reporting. Approve reconciliations in Blackline; signing and checking Journal Entries.
- Approving reconciliation US GAAP vs Local GAAP, incl Deferred / Income taxes
- Transfer pricing; ASC 606 Contract Review
- All contracts (customers / suppliers / agents / import / IC / recharges) review and approval; import activities
- Compliance with Corporate HQ policies; Local policies; SOX procedures and Code of Conduct
- Manage treasury control, cash flow and funding requirements; currency control; cashflow forecast
- EBITA and margin control; optimization and controls expenses; creating actions for increasing profitability
- Ad-hoc analysis and investigations. Present results to HQ management
- Participating in standardization processes within CEE region;
- Organizes credit control procedures and takes part in defining customer credit amounts/limits. Management of debts/DSO. Supervise the Working capital function and maintain credit control.
- Working with ESSC in Poland;
- Advises, consult, and support other managers/local partners and General Manager in finance related issues and internal instructions and regulations
- Support business services functional managers with setting and controlling their respective budgets
- Information support for Company management and parent company
- Participation in negotiations with customers
- Simplification and optimization of business processes. Implementation electronic document flow (incl HR)
- Manage HR (local and corporate; knowing of methodology of Comp&Ben surveys: Mercer, etc) and Legal activities; working closely with Customer Service; Logistic; Marcom and Sales teams
- Compliance
- Finance department management. Allocate responsibilities amongst the team and create an environment for professional development including responsibility for their quarterly/annual appraisals. Talent and development management. PPP goals. Experience of 360 degrees communication. Leadership and participation in HPT. Ensure collaboration between ONE Finance team and be the single point of contact for the CEE / EMEA / Corporate Management Board and CEE / EMEA / Corporate Finance teams.
- Participation in EMEA & CEE Finance Directors / Controllers meetings, to ensure creation and alignment of the finance agenda and sharing of best practices.

Report to CEE Regional Financial Director based in Czech.

Responsible for finance controlling of 2 company's subsidiaries in Russia;
Provide support to the country and regional directors in all financial issues;
Participation in sales meetings, challenging the business management and sales team to define corrective actions in case of negative deviations in margin and ensure that resources (e.g. advertisement and promotion, FTE) is focused on higher margin / growth customers and product groups. Support with margin simulation exercises;
Steering of Financial KPIs;
EBIT management and control ;
Participation in the monthly conference call with regional and local division's directors (monthly business review);
Control over Accounting Department to comply with US GAAP and Russian accounting standards;
Monitor international standard accounting and finance reporting (US GAAP);
Support of other Month End Closing procedures;
Control over commercial prices, conditions (client budgets and bonuses) and production/distribution cost prices calculation;
Capex control and approval;
Participate in business-processes optimization (distribution, logistic, production, etc.);
Contribute to the investment project estimation;
Review results before reporting/submission in the Hyperion;
Profitability and efficiency analysis by sales channels and regions;
Internal planning (AOP) and control for all cost-centers and cost accounts;
Variance analysis on Sales, integral margin and EBIT, identification of root causes for deviations and follow-up;
Manage commercial and industrial budget development (annual & long term);
Forecasting; Budgeting; Rolling forecast
Deferred/Income Tax reconciliation US GAAP vs Local GAAP
Perform continuous research on possible economies;
Participation (Leader of Russian team) in Global financial projects;
Coordinate the local system project development;
Participation in the SAP implementation

Report directly to Regional Business Controller (NL)