Our client is one of the leading independent automotive aftermarket parts distributors in Europe. It operates in most of Europe and is a subsidiary of the world's largest automotive aftermarket distributor, with activities all over the world.

We are looking for a strategic figure in the field of finance, with experience in multinational groups and a senior profile in the execution of transformation plans, company integration processes and process optimization.

OBJECTIVES:

- ensure the correct execution of the department's transformation plan

- ensure the integration of the acquired companies

- control over the financial services area (accounting and administration) now in the hands of a single person.

RESPONSABILITIES

- Coordination of organization's accounting-consolidation-reporting system. This comprises all required financial reporting, monthly financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, 5-year financial plans, and budgeting and forecasting.

- Overseeing the consolidation, accounting and transactional services systems of the organization.

- Accounting and Reporting integration leader for new acquired companies.

- Identify best practices in Processes and implementation in all perimeter

- Leader of migration ERP project. Coordination of financial reporting and book to report process with existing ERPs

- Participation in budgets and forecasting process

- Create secure processes to ensure data is accurate and confidential.

- Ascertain all accounting endeavours and audits comply with financial laws and rules.

CHALLENGES:

- Adapt Finance Services and transactional area to the new environment

- Ensure that accounts are provided accurate

- Ensure process provides information to Reporting on time

- Automation of financial/accounting Processes (adaptation)

- Support to CFO in transformation, centralization and externalization process

- Support to CFO in execution of efficiency and productivity plan in Finance Dep.

- Training the Team to ensure correct performance

- Support to CFO in transition of functions

PROFILE:

1. Large experience in finance department, mainly in financial services, transactional (AR, AP) and consolidation
2. Experience in finance transformation (lean processes, review and implementation of new processes, automatization, outsourcing,…)
3. Ideally, experience in integration processes.

Group's central services are in Bilbao, however the candidate can reside anywhere in Spain as long as he/she is geographically mobile during the week.