General Description
Atradius provides tailor-made worldwide credit management solutions, to companies of all sizes. We supply high quality and timely information and credit risk coverage and are therefore physically present globally.
The CIO-CTO & PPU (IT Services) Controlling team contains four controllers in Amsterdam, two administrators in Cardiff and one Business Intelligence Controller (Amsterdam). The Control team provides services to all three Units.
We require an excellent team player who is able to build and maintain first-rate working relationships with all major stakeholders within the multi-location environment in CTO functions. This post, located in Madrid, requires a high level and breadth of understanding and experience in financial control within large multinational IT organisation, and the ability to work with stakeholders on Group level e.g. Group Finance-, and Group Control functions (Madrid).
The successful applicant for this CTO Controlling position will be interested in change - and process management, TPCA.
Job description
The main areas of responsibility for the controller are:
- Responsible for financial matters related to the CTO planning & control cycle including budget, forecast and long term plan
- Identify and understand CTO operations and activities and translate these into financial control objectives.
- Work closely with the CTO Management Team (MT) to support budgeting and controlling activities
- Work closely with the CTO MT to monitor and steer the budget utilization and status, helping and ensure that every year the unit is on budget
- Proactively handle issues. Prioritize and make decisions as necessary to authorize and facilitate daily operations.
- Manage knowledge and techniques in order to issue reports to provide CTO managers and other key stakeholders with clear, accurate and timely information and reports facilitating the daily operations within the organization.
- Manage month-end closing processes responsible for accurately recording of expenditures, assets, liabilities, Cash, accruals, prepayments and capitalization of internally developed software
- Responsible for the correct transfer pricing and cost allocation process of CTO costs
- Apply best practice control and accounting rules and principles and advise on other’s use of these. Provide appropriate responses to and act upon queries. IFRS knowledge is a pré
- Give advice and guidance on technical controlling and accounting issues and working practices. Be a major contributor to Control targets, initiatives, education and coaching. Use and promote best practice in CTO Controlling. Share information for the success & development of colleagues and the business.
- Act as focal point of contact for CTO stakeholders in financial matters, liaise with Local Finance, Group Control and Group Finance as necessary
- Ensure clear, accurate and timely reporting towards CTO Unit Management, Central Group Functions, and external stakeholders according to the different needs
Requirements
- University thinking and working level – University degree is required
- Education and proven track-record in financial controlling, preferably in multinational unit, including an appropriate accounting qualification.
- Specialist knowledge of Controlling and accounting techniques for reporting, governance and transfer pricing purposes and specialist knowledge of the Purchase 2 Pay purchasing application system (flow of invoices, contract and asset management) is preferred.
- Excellent communication skills are required
- Team player, able to keep adding value to the rest of the CIO-CTO & CTO team
- Ability to work within and communicate with multinational teams is essential (hands on mentality) as well as, ‘can-do’ mentality under the pressure to tight deadlines.
- Take and assume responsibility.
- Be able to make quick, effective, and within the rules decisions. Have the capacity to operate at high levels of responsibility within an organization. Maintain a helicopter view on issues and their interactivity.
- Advanced user of MS Excel, databases, Power Queries, Power BI and dashboard tools and a good understanding of Business Objects. VBA is a pre.
- Fluency in English and Spanish is required, verbally and written.
Contact Person and Contact Details
If you are interested in this position, send your cv to: macapillag@creditoycaucion.es .
