Financial Controller

Company Description
**The Averna experience**

Averna delivers industry-leading test solutions and services for communications and electronics device makers worldwide, accelerating product development, quality and innovation:
**_ Averna is one of Canada's Best Managed Companies_**

**Job Description**:
**The challenge in a few words**:
A worldwide Test & Quality leader, Averna delivers innovative solutions for clients - including many Global 1000s - in numerous industries. What started as a three-person operation in 1999 is now a multinational organization spanning 8 countries with over 400 employees and countless successes and awards. Reporting to the Corporate controller, the European controller provides overall management of all European subsidiary’s activities related to financial information and compliance in an international context.

**Activities/Responsibilities**
- Supervises, assists and supports the 2 chief accountants (2) directly and 4 employees indirectly located in Belgium and Poland for the Group’s European entities
- Manages the financial accounting & reporting closing process for all European legal entities to headquarters
- Manages Europeans treasury (cash pooling), multi-currency cashflows (external and intercompany), bank guarantees, and European hedging strategy
- Manages local financing and finds and manages opportunities for tax credit, grants or other subsidies
- Manages European financial statements and tax audits and assists on the Corporate financial statements audit
- Ensures compliance with local GAAP, corporate and sales tax (VAT) regulations, labor laws and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and identify potential risk areas and propose concrete action plan
- Reviews and approves the Belgium, Netherlands and Poland payroll
- Assists on identifying and mitigating risk on worldwide mobility of Averna employees
- Monitors, improves, and optimizes financial controls and reporting to align with corporate policies and strategy
- Manages renewal and assesses needs for local insurance with the support of Corporate legal department
- Supports corporate on worldwide tax compliance including transfer pricing, structure of sale proposals, preparation of corporate insurance annual renewal and treasury initiatives
- Initiates changes within the finance function through efficient systems and processes and a continuous improvement culture
- Manages relationships with external stakeholders, including European banks, auditors & European authorities
- Supports Corporate controller and regional managers with ad hoc initiatives.

**Qualifications**:

- Master’s degree in Business, Economics or Finance of equivalent
- ** Experienced**: A minimum of 5 years of experience in controlling, at least 2 years of experience in an international and multi-site environment; audit experience; a minimum of 3 years of experience in a big4 audit firm/ an asset.
- ** Proficient**: Ability to work under pressure and handle multi-tasking. A Team spirit and good leadership. An excellent sense of initiative and strong analytical capabilities; Very hands on; Comfortable with managing personnel and developing human potential as much locally and internationally; Experience in fast pace environment; Excellent knowledge of Excel and ease with systems; Knowledge of Dynamics 365/an asset; European tax experience/an asset; Knowledge of project accounting (Experience/ an asset).
- ** Multilingual**: Dutch and English (written & spoken), Polish and or French is an asset
- ** Mobility**: travels (c.a.15% in the 1st year and less on the following year c.a. 10-15%).

If you have the above experience and qualifications and in addition are independent and autonomous, organized and adaptable, quality

Additional Information
**What Averna offers**:

- A multinational high-tech work environment
- Team spirit, fun and passion for technology
- Development and training opportunities
- Attractive salary package including benefits
- We are a fair company

Averna is committed to employment equity and to encouraging diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment, regardless of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

**Visit our career web page to meet our team and learn more about our recruitment process.**

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