Finance Director - Headquarter

Reporting to the Deputy Group CFO, the Headquarter of Egis is seeking its Finance Director who will have a dual role:

• Finance Director of Egis SA (HQ entity)
• Global Coordinator for Several Cross-Functional Initiatives

Key Responsibilities

1. Carve-Out of Egis SA

• Structuring the entity to ensure its autonomy
• Implementing and optimizing accounting and financial processes
• Ensuring regulatory compliance and optimizing financial management

2. Team Development

• Managing and upskilling the current team of five financial controllers
• Defining roles and responsibilities to enhance efficiency and autonomy
• Deploying best practices in management control and corporate finance

3. Operational Partnership with Functional Heads

3.1. Supporting Functional Leaders

• Monitoring and managing support function costs at HQ
• Providing financial management support to global functions heads

3.2. Extended Collaboration with Human Resources

• Structuring and overseeing the global G&A forecasting process
• Supervising the collection review and validation of recruitment requests at HQ and in regions

3.3. Coordinating G&A Cost Optimization Initiatives in Finance

• Establishing a reporting framework for cost optimization initiatives
• Supporting the roadmap of the shared services deployment strategy at country, regional, and global levels, including transitions to Best Cost Countries
• Managing office cost control

3.4. Supervising Group IT Finance

• Collaborating with two dedicated financial controllers reporting dotted to the HQ Finance Director
• Overseeing central and local IT investments

4. Optimization of the Billing Model Between HQ and Subsidiaries / Between Subsidiaries

• Reviewing and restructuring the billing model
• Ensuring regulatory and tax compliance
• Optimizing financial flows to enhance efficiency and statutory compliance

5. Treasury Support

• Monitoring cash pooling operations
• Optimizing cash flow movements

6. Creation and Leadership of a Credit Management Practice

• Defining and implementing credit management processes
• Developing tools and indicators to improve receivables tracking
• Leading a finance community focused on credit management challenges

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration
• 10 years of progressive experience in finance leadership roles, preferably in a multinational corporate environment
• Strong expertise in controlling corporate finance and risk management
• Good knowledge of IFRS
• Proficiency in Tagetik and Oracle is a plus
• Excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Fluency in English and French