Group Finance Controller

The Group Financial Controller will be part of a 3 people located in Lisbon, reporting to the Consolidation Director, and its role consists of overseeing accounting data produced a global outsourced accounting firm, producing financial reporting, overseeing treasury, and controlling compliance with relevant reporting and taxation rules in all geographies where the Group is present.

Main responsibilities:

1. Group financial consolidation, reporting and audit

• Contribute to designing and implementing reporting systems to support the organization in its growth (in size and complexity) and continuously improve them;
• Implement financial controls and document processes to streamline accounting and reporting activities;
• Support the implementation of a monthly closing process, with review of financial reporting and accounts to ensure accurate monthly consolidated financial reporting;
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and accounting group policies: anticipate changes to regulatory and accounting standards, streamline accounting policies across the group companies, suggest corrections to ensure compliance;
• Deliver accurate and timely group consolidated monthly reporting, with proper analysis of variances and corrections suggestions;
• Support group yearly financial audit reviews and relationship with auditors;
• Prepare monthly and ad-hoc reports, summaries, and analysis;
• Reporting to shareholders and/or any other stakeholders;
• Partnering with Transaction teams on M&A activities;
• Partnering with other teams to validate the accuracy of the reporting.

2. Holding Companies and Development Companies activities:

• Ensure standalone HoldCo and DevCo F/S under IFRS are issued and approved with the support of an outsourced accounting firm;
• Perform financial duties to manage worldwide operations of HoldCo and DevCo;
• Control direct and indirect tax returns produced by the outsourced accountants;
• Oversee the group short term treasury cash requirement forecasts;
• Manage and prepare information to support financial interfaces and contractual obligations with key business partners including financiers and investors, monitor lender obligations including compliance with debt covenants and management of debt drawdowns;
• Manage treasury functions budget and cash forecast.

3. Business Plan and Tax Planning:

• Contribute to financial and tax planning (thin capitalization, transfer pricing);
• Steer, monitor, coordinate budget and financial forecasts and report variances;
• Prepare periodic financial reporting, monitor cash-flow and accounting forecasts, and budgets, analyze of variances compared to budgets and business plans.

For this position, our client is looking for a Senior professional with 5+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, or related field. A Post Graduation in Tax would be a plus. A previous experience with ERP’s and a strong knowledge of IFRS are mandatory.

Fluency in English is required, and a previous successful experience or exposure to an international and multicultural working environment would be highly appreciated.

Would you describe yourself as an analytical and problem-solving person, with a rigorous attention to detail and excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as well as the ability to under tight deadlines and you would like to work in a growing international environment? This role is for you!

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