Country Finance Director
il y a 2 jours
Paris
Within a digital services company dedicated to HR, the Country Finance Director leads the finance function within a specific country (France), ensuring strong financial performance, compliance, and alignment with global strategies. This leadership role acts as a strategic advisor to the Country CEO and a key business partner to operational teams, while ensuring adherence to Group finance standards, processes, and transformation programs. The role ensures optimal financial governance, efficient operations, and the development of a high-performing local finance team. Responsibilities: Strategic Business Partnering and Country Performance • Advise the Country CEO and leadership team on business performance, investments, pricing, resource allocation, profitability, and financial implications of strategic decisions., • Support country strategy definition and execution through robust financial insights, scenario analysis, and risk and opportunity assessment., • Align local priorities with Group financial goals, performance indicators, governance expectations, and value creation objectives., • Provide financial challenge and support to business leaders to ensure decisions are fact-based, commercially sound, and financially sustainable., • Act as the senior finance voice in the country, connecting local business realities with Group finance expectations and strategic priorities., • Is an active member of the Group Finance SteerCo leveraging both Country and Group perspectives Financial Planning, Reporting and Control • Lead the budgeting, forecasting, closing, and financial review processes for the country., • Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting in compliance with local requirements, IFRS, Group standards, and internal deadlines., • Monitor key financial metrics, including revenue, margin, operating expenses, cash, working capital, investment, and profitability indicators., • Identify variances, trends, risks, and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions to improve financial performance., • Ensure that financial information is reliable, transparent, and useful for decision-making by country leadership and Group stakeholders Compliance, Risk and Internal Control • Ensure local finance practices comply with regulatory requirements, tax obligations, internal control frameworks, Group policies, and audit expectations., • Collaborate with Internal Audit, Internal Control, Risk, Tax, Legal, Compliance, and Accounting teams to manage financial and compliance risks., • Ensure readiness for external and internal audits, including documentation, evidence, action plans, and timely follow-up of findings., • Monitor financial controls, segregation of duties, approval workflows, and governance processes within the country finance perimeter., • Promote financial integrity, compliance discipline, and responsible risk management across the local organization., • Inspire and get inspired by peers in order to conduct benchmark and to roll-out best practices across the Group, balancing compliance and performance as appropriate Operational Excellence and Finance Transformation • Drive simplification, automation, standardization, and efficiency improvements across country finance processes., • Implement global finance tools, dashboards, reporting standards, procurement processes, workflows, and operating practices at country level., • Contribute to cross-functional improvement initiatives that strengthen operational performance, customer experience, cost efficiency, and business scalability., • Sponsor local adoption of Group finance transformation initiatives, ensuring business readiness and sustainable implementation., • Identify opportunities to improve data quality, reporting visibility, process reliability, and finance service delivery., • Contribute actively to the Group Finance transformation program, taking the lead on some initiatives and contributing to others, making sure that expert members in his/her Country team are involved as well. Team Leadership and Finance Capability Development • Lead, coach, and develop the country finance team, ensuring clear priorities, strong financial discipline, and effective business partnering., • Set expectations for accuracy, accountability, integrity, collaboration, compliance, and continuous improvement., • Identify talent, manage succession planning, and ensure continuous upskilling across finance roles., • Build a finance culture that balances control, business support, performance orientation, and ethical conduct., • Ensure that the country finance team has the capabilities and resilience required to support business growth, transformation, and regulatory obligations., • Contribute actively to the development and management of the Group finance community, developing and maintaining tight connections with peers, participating in talents and potentials reviews, sharing his/her views on training, coaching and development programs for the finance community Education: • Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field. Work Experience: • 10+ years of experience in finance leadership, preferably in multinational or matrixed environments., • Demonstrated experience in business partnering, financial reporting, and team management. Skills & Certifications: • Strong knowledge of local financial regulations and reporting standards., • Proficient in finance systems (e.g., Workday, SAP), Excel, and data visualization tools., • Fluent in local language and English. Languages: • Fluency in English and French Working Conditions: • Hybrid working environment Competencies: • Business Partnering & Advisory., • Financial Planning & Control., • Compliance & Risk Management., • Operational Finance Execution., • Local Financial Leadership.
