Country Finance Director Germany & Austria
DE
Journey On!
Are you ready to be part of our Travel Experience Revolution? This experience starts with you, the traveller.
Who we are:
Avolta is the world’s Leading Travel Experience Player – the product of the Dufry-Autogrill business combination. With complementary strengths in global travel retail, convenience and food & beverage, the newly combined industry titans address 2.3 billion passengers in more than 75 countries, with around 80k employees, in 5,500 outlets across 1,200 airports, motorways, cruise lines, seaports, railway stations and other locations across six continents. With the traveller at our core, we are creating value for all our stakeholders including concession and brand partners, employees, communities, and finally, our shareholders. Avolta is headquartered in Basel and listed on the Swiss stock exchange, with office hubs in Milan, Madrid, London, Amsterdam, Singapore, New Jersey, Bethesda and Dubai to name a few. Want to learn more about us? Visit avoltaworld.com
Avolta Germany and Austria is one of the leading catering companies with our iconic brands Autogrill & Le Crobag with over 1,500 employees. In Germany we offer traveller service in 5 Airports, 2 Motorways, 1 Outlet Mall, and 1 Railway. Our brand portfolio also includes LE CROBAG with 63 own managed shops and 43 franchised shops. In Austria we own 5 Motorways, 1 Outlet and 5 Le Crobag stores.
Our common goal is to innovate the traveler-centered experience and bring a smile to every customer’s face. Become part of our journey—with endless opportunities ahead to transform your career—by joining a team that’s redefining the travel retail and F&B experience.
About the role:
The Country Finance Director will report directly into the General Manager of Germany & Austria and dotted line to the CFO of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
The Country Finance Director will coordinate the consistent implementation of the BU strategies and financial policy within the country perimeter, ensuring the financial resources necessary to the current activities and for the implementation of the local development plan. Guarantee the flow of information related to the management trend.
The Country Finance Director will coordinate and manage the Administration & Accounting units of the Country. Represents the Company towards third parties and public bodies, within the assigned representation power provided by the competent social bodies. contributes to defining the correct processes to implement a better ICT System landscape, according to the Group European policies, to measure the performance and guarantee the company assets value.
This role will define the objectives and develop short term planning systems and processes (budget and forecast) and the systems for monitoring the business at local level according to the strategic plan, ensuring the proper support to the management for their adoption, as well as for the understanding and interpretation of data and analysis, next to a timely and effective identification of the most suitable actions to the Country and BU objectives achievement.
Key responsibilities:
• Contribute to the definition of the Country strategic guidelines in alignment with the European ones, ensure the processing and updating of the strategic scenarios (target macro and micro economic scenarios, competitors’ market and target competitive KPI's) and the formulation of multiyear business and financial plans, monitoring their implementation, supporting the BU Europe for the best management of financial risks at local level.
• Manage planning and control systems and processes (with reference to budget and forecast), ensuring adequate support to the management for their adoption and for data reading and analysis, together with a prompt and effective identification of the corrective action in order to achieve the defined goals.
• Work to fulfil the calendar for the planning processes (budget and forecast) and monitor (periodical sharing of the results with the stakeholders) and ensure their adoption by all the actors involved.
• Guarantee proper coordination of Country financial management to ensure the maintenance of a balanced and conservative financial structure at Country and consequently at Business Unit level, to provide the right number of resources to the ordinary management and to the development plans, as well as to support the BU Europe also guaranteeing the flows of information related to the management trend.
• Support the Regional and Business Unit CFO in the management of planning processes, economic evaluation, and monitoring of the EU investment portfolio according to the Group Capex Policy, to contribute to the achievement of Europe business and profitability goals.
• Manage the administrative process, from the recording of the accounting events to the fulfilment of administrative obligations, in compliance with the regulatory framework, the policies and the Company objectives in force.
• Guarantee the administrative and accounting management of the Country through the coordinated local structures.
• Provide adequate support to the company function by preparing the information related to budget, forecast and management trends and cooperating with the EU Departments for the execution of the related activities within the yearly and mid-year closing processes.
• Budget & costs. Define and propose the department’s expenditure budgets and guarantee its observance.
• ERM system execution, laws, and regulations. Ensure the execution of ERM system is defined by the Group General Counsel, Corporate Affairs and ERM Dept, as well as the adherence to laws and regulations, in pursuance of department’s activities. Exercise his/her own duties and the powers to act for and on behalf of the Company, according to the Code of Ethics, the Organizational Model ex Legislative Decree 231/2001 and any other Autogrill Corporate Governance policy and procedure.
• Human Resources. Ensure the co-workers’ motivation, training, and professional development, assigning their objectives based on the directions provided by the HR & Organization department. Support the HR & Organization department in defining the most suitable organizational mechanisms.
What you bring to the company:
- Minimum of 8- 10 years progressive experience in accounting and finance. Knowledge of food and beverage operations or retail is a plus.
- Advanced degree in finance preferred (MBA, CPA).
- Knowledge of Financial systems (preferably SAP).
- Significant experience with financial analysis, modeling, and business development.
- Proven ability to successfully manage and lead branch location personnel from a central office.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong organizational skills and apply an agile mind-set.
- Stakeholder management skills, people management skills and cultural awareness.
- Strong knowledge of local accounting principles and of IFRS.
- Able to drive change through the organization, action oriented and strategic view.
- High level of integrity.
Join Avolta:
Avolta aims to make it priority to hire people of all backgrounds, genders, race, age, income, education, ethnic background, religion, political orientation, disability, sexual orientation or personality – we also make it our priority that one will feel belonged to our organization. Therefore, we promote an inclusive environment in which everyone feels accepted, respected and valued as an individual and in which opportunities and resources are equally accessible.
This is a great opportunity for a Country Finance Director who is ready for the next step in their career, If you are looking for a dynamic role within a worldwide organization where people are put at the heart of what we do, then we look forward to hearing from you!
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