Finance Manager

Reporting to

Regional Accounting Manager

Purpose

Prepare and execute all local/country specific accounting activities and other local finance activities including insurance, tax, payroll, compliance and subsidy management.

Geographical scope

Country

Operational level

Tactical/operational

Key accountabilities

1. Work with the Record to Report Specialist to ensure smooth delivery of the Record-to-Report services and local/ country specific activities (a.o. Payroll). Responsible for the statutory entries of the local company. Processing of financial and accounting data and execution of local Order-to-Cash activities and creditor payments and submission of tax returns.

2. Processing of fixed assets creations and movements, reconciliation of F.A. statements and balances for local statutory accounts.

3. Responsible for reporting and interaction with the local authorities in the field of tax, social security, subsidy management, tax and legal advisors, local banks and other local financial liabilities including transfer pricing. Main contact for these external parties representing Enza Zaden.

4. Responsible for preparation of local financial statements in accordance with local statutory accounting standards. Responsible towards local stakeholder management for the combined Finance Operations Services, ensuring complete delivery of all activities and meeting all legislative needs.

5. Preparation of legal documentation for yearly legal compliance (minutes for shareholders’ meeting, financial bridge, etc). Preparation and review of local statutory account together with auditor.

6. Check impact of change in local regulations, risks and opportunities within the Record-to-Report function and implementation of necessary changes.

7. Contribute to a state of “in control” via:

- Setup and maintenance of the local administrative systems and procedures.
- Implementation, updating and maintenance of local internal control frameworks, including performing self-assessments, and propose improvements thereof.
- Signalling bottlenecks and/or improvement points in existing administrative processes, and follow up.
- Coordination of internal and external audits.
- Responsible for reviewing local contracts with external parties and coordination with local legal advisors

Main internal contacts
- Record to Report Specialist and Local Business Controller - Coordinate group/local alignment and alignment related to Financial Management reporting.
- Global Finance Control - Cooperate and guide on topics related to group policies compliance and statutory requirements.
- Legal - Cooperate and align on topics related to global legal guidelines, governance and statutory requirements.
- NCT - Partner, exchange information and advise, convince to accept new policies/practices.
- Process Manager Orderto-Cash - Coordinate local collection strategy and activities.
- HR - Cooperate and align on topics related to payrolling, local labour law, regulations and company rules.

Main external contacts
- Tax Authorties - Coordinate, inform and consult with regard to local topics and statutory requirements. Related to adherence to local tax compliance.
- Government institutions - Coordinate and consult to adherence to local regulations.
- Insurance Companies - Coordinate and consult about insurance contracts.
- Consultancy, advisors, and lawyers - Coordinate and consult about tax, subsidies, local regulations and any court case linked to finance.

direct reports

N/a

indirect reports

N/a

Financial responsibilities

Revenue: N/a

Budget: N/a

Minimum working and thinking level

Higher professional level (HBO, Bachelor, College)

Minimum years of relevant work experience

6 to 8 years

Required certifications, knowledge and skills
- Accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, CPA, CMA, CHAEc or equivalent).
- Strong understanding of accounting practices and various ledger systems.
- Understanding of Record to Report practices and relevant functional areas (i.e. Order-to-Cash and Purchase-to-Pay).
- Awareness of GAAP guidelines and preferably applicable accounts payable/general ledger systems and procedures.
- Relevant (local) accounting experience.
- Excellent written and verbal skills, strong relationship building skills with the ability to collaborate with multiple departments and department heads.
- Proficient in MS Excel and MS Word.
- Proficient in the English language, both written and verbal.

Working conditions
- Frequently working under pressure.
- Potential strain of eyes and back muscles from regular use of a computer screen.
- Capable to engage with colleagues internationally, used to remote working

Level distinctive key accountabilities
- Level 1 / job level 8_
- Mainly operational execution local tasks, strongly supported by regional accounting manager with knowledge of the country.
- Smaller country with less complex topics
- 3-5 years working experience.
- Level 2 / job level 10_
- Independent execution without country spec