Finance Manager Austria

Job description Finance Manager Austria

Finance Manager Austria (m/f/d). Location will be Vienna, Austria

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Main responsibility of the Company’s Financial and Administrative processes
• Preparation of month end and year end closings related to corporate guidelines and policies and according to corporate timetables
• Manages the yearly preparation of Statutory Financial Statements (Austrian GAAP) and the audit process
• Ensures compliance with local tax requirements (Corporate income tax, VAT Reporting for AT, FI, DE) and manages local Tax Audits
• Ensures compliance with Metso Group reporting (IFRS) requirements, in cooperation with Business Services and secures Data quality
• Ensures compliance of local accounting principles, practices and guidelines
• External mandatory statistical reporting
• Controlling responsibilities for Austria and Germany legal entities
• Participates in other relevant Finance projects on a case-by-case basis, depending also on other resources, to support achievement of overall Group business targets (Legal restructuring as Mergers/Demergers)
• Ensures compliance with laws and regulations and the Group’s code of conduct, policies, guidelines, and internal controls
• Manages lease contracts as lease premise, Fleet and other lease contracts and maintain respective policies
• Office Management for the Vienna Metso office
• Supervises local finance and admin team (2 employees) and drives improvements to ensure efficiency and quality of services

Qualifications And Experience
 

• University degree in Finance, Economics or equivalent
• Minimum or 8 years of experience in finance management / controlling roles in a global business environment
• Knowledge of local tax and statutory reporting and other compliance requirements 
• Excellent experience with SAP-ERP system
• Good IT Skills, easily learning new IT/Reporting tools
• Strong understanding and commitment to internal controls and deadlines
• Proven experience collaborating with auditors and tax advisors, managing external and internal financial reporting
• Experience in treasury, financial risk management and credit risk management is an advantage
• Comfortable in interacting with stakeholders across the organization and with German Finance team
• Previous experience in leading a team of finance professionals and having excellent management leadership and coaching skills
• Fluency in English and German, both verbally and written