Finance Manager

- **Description**:

- The Finance Manager reports to the CFO and is part of the Finance & Accounting Department.
- He/She is responsible for setting up and monitoring the company’s financial management tools, ensuring budget compliance, and improving the efficiency of financial processes. He/She supports management in strategic decision-making through the analysis of financial and operational data.
- **Position within the organization**:

- The Finance Manager reports to the CFO and is part of the Finance & Accounting Department.
- He/She collaborates with the Accountant and the Project Controller to ensure the efficiency of financial and budgetary processes within the company.
- He/She maintains regular relationships with auditors.
**Main Responsibilities**:

- The Finance Manager oversees all aspects of the company’s financial management:

- Company accounting and the preparation of accounting books and reports
- Management control: project profitability analysis and overhead expense control
- Cash management, financing, and control of banking operations
- Budget management, monitoring, and reporting of actuals vs. budget
- Proactive support to Sales, Operations, HR, Procurement, and Management through high-quality financial analysis- A proactive action plan has been developed to support the company’s upcoming strong growth, with the following priorities:

- **1. Digitalization & Odoo Integration**-
- Process automation
- Budgeting, reporting, and e-invoicing integrated into Odoo (+ audit)
**2. Cash Management & Forecasting**-
- Rolling Cash Forecast, best/worst scenarios, BE+US
- Anticipate cash needs and structure financial flows
**3. Closing & Reporting**-
- Monthly close (checklists and schedule)
- Monthly review of B/S, WIP/POC under governance
- Intercompany and pre-consolidation tools
- Automated financial reporting and P&L by project/product/country in Odoo
- Shorten closing timelines and strengthen reporting reliability
**4. Procure-to-Pay Optimization**-
- Automation in Odoo (Peppol, etc.)
- Expense dashboards, DPO, receipts and due dates, variance tracking
- Implementation of a structured supplier evaluation policy and strategy
**5. Budget Management and Accountability**-
- Structure budget processes and responsibilities
**6. Order-to-Cash & Margin Optimization**-
- Standardization of the invoicing cycle
**7. Compliance & Internal Control To reduce fiscal and accounting risks by reinforcing compliance**:
-- Closing, fiscal, RACI, and quarterly audit pack calendar
- Specific accounting policies (subsidies, WIP/POC, capitalized production)
- Cleanup of backlog periods
- Four-eyes principle and structured accounting master data framework
**Required Skills**:

- Strong accounting knowledge (particularly project-based and R&D accounting) and financial expertise (including banking products and insurance)
- Flexibility, rigor, analytical and logical thinking
- Autonomy and solution-oriented mindset
- Proactivity, initiative, and ability to defend viewpoints (e.g., at Executive Committee)
- Team spirit
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent synthesis skills to identify key insights for management
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Languages: French / English- **Profile**:

- Master’s degree (in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent)
- Approx. 10 years of experience in accounting and management control, preferably in an audit firm or construction sector
- Excellent command of MS Office; knowledge of Odoo is an asset
- Good operational command (spoken and written) of English
- Strong analytical skills
- Rigorous and able to work calmly under tight deadlines
- Solution
- and results-oriented
- Critical thinking and thoroughness
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Immediate availability