Financial Director at Sulzer

Purpose of the job:

Looking for an experience Finance Director, to oversee all financial aspects of business and drive the company’s financial strategy and planning for Sub-Saharan Africa. Will be responsible for assessing the financial performance of the company as well as possible risks and investments.

In this role you will be accountable for:

• Contributing to the development of the mid-range plan with responsibility for the establishment of annual budgets and objectives
• Reporting and accounting as per regulatory and legal requirements including taxation, dividends, annual report, and accounts.
• Preparation of data for the management team in respect of annual wage negotiations, including provision of benchmarking information and assessment of shop steward proposals
• Overall responsibility for Capex Management, attending steering group meetings for high value purchases
• Actively participating in Management meetings, Annual Target Setting meeting, Company Platform meetings, Performance meetings, monthly meetings with the regional management and other relevant executive meetings
• Managing important relationships with banks, pension administrators, external accountants, auditors, insurance providers etc
• Overseeing internal and external legal and financial audits
• Implementing improvement measures of NWC management with appropriate stakeholders through target setting for AR, WIP, Inventory and AP
• Ensuring effective credit management procedures and policies are maintained
• Managing company owned and leased land and properties
• Commercial Management of high value contracts and standard business terms and conditions
• Assisting the Managing Director and Operations Director in strategic long term and rolling three-year business planning

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• Proficiency in SAP
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven experience within industrial environment at a senior level
• Experience of formulating and implementing business strategy
• Essential technical knowledge of Company law, Pension Regulations and Accounting Standards IFRS Strategic agility and global mindset
• Dealing with ambiguity and decision making
• Innovation management
• Business orientation
• Functional/Technical competency
• Division specific competency
• Industrial competency