Leading And Executing The Financial Improvement Initiatives At An International High-Tech Company

Daily rate

By arrangement

Expenses

plus expenses

Project duration

as of now - 31.12.2024

Deployment country

Germany

Deployment city

Not published

Required availability

100 %

Industry

Semiconductors & Electronic Components

Function

Accounting & Controlling

Service

Operative vacancy

Our client, a global high-tech pioneer, is looking for a Head of Finance Improvement (f/m/d) ad interim to lead the overall financial improvement activities and ensure that the operational improvements deliver the expected improvements in financial KPIs.

Please acknowledge, that the contractual basis of the mandate will be a labour-leasing agreement (Manager-Überlassung).

Main Tasks:

• Leading (together with the Program Manager Operational Excellence) the transformation program with which important strategic changes are already being implemented
  
• Leading the overall financial improvement activities and ensuring the efficiency of operational improvement activities
  
• Defining (together with Group Controlling) the efficiency targets for EBITDA and cash improvement targets for net working capital (DIO, DSO and DPO) for the annual business planning and forecasting process and agreeing the targets with the business units
  
• Act as sparring partner within the framework of the transformation program and support the work packages with financial support (business cases, accounting/allocation logic) and change initiatives/support for e.g. externalization of engineering effort, modularization, industrialization of our current and future products, implementation of new operating models and operational excellence approaches, increasing the resilience of our supply chain and improving supplier performance with e.g. the implementation of APQP
  
• Identifying improvement potential in the existing governance, processes and organization and developing solutions and measures to increase efficiency with stakeholders
  
• Data collection and analysis/control and documentation of ongoing improvement projects and ensuring targeted reporting to drive project/program decisions
  
• Conducting program meetings with stakeholders to track progress, implement new initiatives, and improve existing programs and measures
  
• Sustainable anchoring of the idea of continuous improvement as part of the organizational culture through coaching and mentoring
  
• Report directly to the CFO
  

Personnel accountability

Not specified

Budget accountability

Not specified

• Several years of experience as Head of Finance (m/f/d) or similar of an international company
  
• Proven experience in advancing the commercial areas of companies
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization
  
• Strong leadership skills
  

Linguistic proficiency