Job Description
OVERALL OBJECTIVES
As a Finance and Project Manager, you will take on a leadership role in the Eurofins finance organisation in Spain. The role includes leading Finance Projects (such as integrating acquired companies), Purchasing, Finance IT, and Payroll, ensuring current and new projects are successfully launched and executed exceptionally well.
POSITION
Leadership and management of three departments, including purchasing, payroll and finance IT, contributing to the successful implementation of new projects:
1. Purchasing/procurement Develop and implement sourcing strategies in close collaboration with the Group Purchasing and local team.Ensure Group-wide reporting on purchasing and the exact calculation of savings obtained.Improve cost savings and price – volume – mix analysis and implement data analytics tools and reports to support business leaders’ strategic decisions.Launch new projects mainly focused on indirect costs to achieve savings and synergies across the business lines.
2. Payroll and HR administration Support payroll and HR administration and the implementation of a payroll system, along with the Payroll Manager.Set up payroll processes from scratch, describing tasks, controls, and designing the task distribution and organization between the business lines and the service centre.
3. Finance IT Define and manage all relevant IT projects in the area of Finance and Purchasing.Define, implement and ensure the application of optimised and harmonised processes in line with the Group standard in the area of Finance and Purchasing.Support the integration of new entities and improve the integration process from an IT perspective.Lunch new IT-related projects with a strong focus on optimisation and automation.
4. Driving the implementation of standard processes and systems Active contribution to and validation of the design of standard Group-wide Finance & Purchasing processes.Drive the implementation of these standard processes, KPIs and controls across the different businesses and functions.
5. Driving the integration of newly acquired entities, improving the process and reducing integration time
Qualifications
We are looking for someone with strong leadership skills who is not afraid to stimulate open communication. Driven by the passion to succeed, you should not be afraid to challenge the “status quo”.
In addition, as a finance professional, you should be a very structured, accurate, highly reliable, strong leader, as well as a hands-on team player. We are looking for someone with the ability to dive into the right level of details when needed, as well as to create and follow a vision.
Ideally, you should be educated up to Master’s level in finance, accounting or equivalent, with a minimum of eight years’ work experience in finance leading multiple teams, including finance, IT, purchasing and payroll. You should also be able to communicate effectively in both English and Spanish.
Execution driven, accountability for hitting proposed targets, and people-oriented, creating a positive work environment and delivering honest and upfront engaging messages to the teams.
Join one of the fastest growing listed European companies, where successful leaders are frequently being offered increased areas of responsibility (subject to geographic mobility). Apply now!
Additional Information
We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.
We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.
Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!