Business Finance Director

CSP Partners s.r.o.

Place of work
Slovak Republic
Contract type
full-time

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

 Line/Leadership responsibility for Finance, Controlling, IT, HR and Project Management
 Optimizes liquidity management, asset sales & financial restructuring/optimization
 Financing, Treasury and Working Capital Management with the clear goal to improve the company’s profitability and financial performance
 Targets savings against budget to stabilize the short-/mid-term result
 Gets under the skin of the business and scrutinises the cash and profit drivers including systems and processes; assesses, prioritizes and interprets the numbers in a commercial manner and deduces the right actions
 Keeps senior management constantly informed
 Leads and develops dedicated staff
 Liaises with banks, auditors etc.

Company on whose behalf the position is being filled

Retail trade

Our client is in Austria and Slovakia leading innovative company in the area of sanitary and heating systems. For the Slovak part of the company we are looking for a suitable candidate for the TOP management position – CFO.

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2) or Slovak - Proficiency (C2) or Czech - Proficiency (C2) or German - Intermediate (B1)

Personality requirements and skills

 Several years of experience as CFO, Finance Director, Commercial Director etc.
 Wide general management skills and experience with turnaround situations; shows a proven and successful track record of turnaround projects and has already led businesses through a period of significant change
 Know-how in wholesale operations and logistics; understands the value chain and sets the right actions via seeing the big picture
 Prior experience of working in a privately owned business and an understanding of the private equity mind-set (i.e. focus on cash, EBITDA and cost-consciousness) would be ideal
 Assimilates him/herself swiftly into the organization based on natural leadership, an open personality and excellent communication skills
 Ability to manage diverse relationships (internally and externally) via practical business background, hands-on/down to earth mentality and authenticity
 Assertive leader with strong people orientation/focus combined and a high level of tact
 Strong sense of urgency, good priority setting, action orientation and drive for results
 Ideally shows potential to make the step up as CEO
 M&A experience would be beneficial
 Fluency in Slovak/Czech and English; German is nice to have

Advertiser

Brief description of the company

CSP Partners is a leading Executive Search Firm ranked among top international Executive Search companies operating in both, the Czech and Slovak market, with a well-established tradition since 1993. We are dedicated to supporting local and international companies of qualified and successful professionals with an emphasis on our client`s corporate culture, business strategy and local needs.

The company is a holder of a licence to offer recruitment services.
ID: 2019666  Dátum zverejnenia: 19.2.2015