EMEA Controller
Finance
With over 30 years’ experience, GVS Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of filters for application in the Medical, Laboratory, Automotive, Appliance, Safety and Building Filtration sectors. The origins of GVS initially focused on medical filters for blood and IV solutions. Today GVS provides a wide range of innovative products, including standard and custom devices for laboratory filtration, anesthesia, intensive therapy, and respiratory medicine.
The corporate headquarters of the GVS Group is located in Italy and has business units across Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Romania, South Korea, Thailand, Russia, Turkey, UK, USA, and Vietnam.
GVS is looking for an EMEA Controller for the EMEA accounting and controlling team, based in Zola Predosa (BO) HQ.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced accountant able to oversee this team in the role of controller.
He / She will have proven industry experience as an accountant, preferably in a senior role. As a strong communicator and skilled financial analyst, the EMEA Controller will make it your mission to streamline our budgeting, payroll, and financial reporting processes. He / She will produce thorough periodic financial-status reports, maintain an adequate system of accounting records, and a comprehensive set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of the company's reported financial results, and ensure that reported results comply with generally accounting principles or international financial reporting standards and Corporate internal standards.
Responsibilities
The eligible candidate, reporting to the Group Controlling Director, will carry out activities such as:
- Monitoring and supervision of planning and control processes;
- Ensure accurate and timely Monthly closure for P&L, Balance Sheet and related Financial Statements;
- Management of budgeting activities with relative analysis of deviations, defining the forecast for all the costs and revenues;
- Interface with the accounting and auditing functions;
- Supervision of the Inventory accounting and stock evaluation method;
- Monitoring the production costs
- Variance Analysis;
- P&L by product line;
- Capable to understand most of the ERP process and support, if needed, new implementation;
- Support to the Operations and Plant Managers in monitoring production efficiency;
- Supervision of the people under your responsibilities;
Key Skills & Experience
- BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Economics or similar discipline
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in reporting, consolidation, and financial analysis (experience both in a Big4 and in a manufacturing environment would be a plus)
- Accounting/GAAP knowledge
- Knowledge of standard costing and practical involvement in manufacturing variance calculation required
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in integrated accounting systems
- Proficient in Microsoft Office with advanced Excel skills, such as pivot tables and query
- Experience with SQL Programming preferred
- Excellent communication skills
- Fluent in English, additional languages an advantage
- Ability to complete projects timely and accurately
- Must be detail oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills
Other Information & Specific Skills
The roles require effective communication with executives, internal customers and close collaboration with other departments.
Other skills required: innovation, proactivity, willingness to travel, capability to manage complex environment, problem solving attitude, people management skills, open minded, strong change management and critical thinking skills.
Flexible and adaptable – capable of changing direction where required and showing flexibility to meet new demands.
Travel: You will be travelling approximately 30% of the time (Europe).