KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the Country Director Spain and the Chief Financial Officer in Finance. The Head of Finance Spain will be responsible for structuring, managing, and consolidating the financial operations of the Spanish entities to ensure the robust development of Data4's activities in Spain.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Accounting for Spain
- Supervise and manage one single senior accountant to hire.
- Ensure the quality of accounting entries in the system, covering suppliers, clients, payroll, income, Opex, Capex, and other transactions.
- Ensure accurate invoicing and cash collection.
- Complete monthly, quarterly and annual closings under local GAAP and IFRS (quarterly consolidation package)
- Manage relationships with Spanish auditors up to the issuance of audit reports (Group audit and local statutory audits).
- Lead tax declaration processes with the assistance of external accountants when necessary apply Sox procedures
- Organize and ensure timely supplier payments.
Financial Control of Spanish Entities
- Monitor monthly budget execution (Revenues, Opex, CAPEX) in close interaction with the relevant departments at the headquarters and the campuses.
- Prepare and oversee the budgeting and reforecasting process in collaboration with the concerned departments.
- Produce monthly performance analyses, dashboards, and activity reports for the finance department and executive committee.
- Contribute to optimizing the use of the finance system and participate in automating dashboard production.
- Prepare monthly cash flow forecasts and propose optimization.
- Approve spending commitments in line with Group policies.
- Conduct ad-hoc analyses and studies, particularly supporting the sales department (e.g., customer profitability).
Management of the Finance Team in Spain
- Organize and plan the team's activities.
- Set and monitor individual and collective objectives.
- Ensure team members' skills development.
DESIRED PROFILE
Education and Experience
- Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in corporate finance.
- Managerial experience leading small teams.
- Experience in a Finance & Accounting firm.
Technical Skills
- Excellent knowledge of accounting, taxation, and best practices in financial control.
- Familiarity with accounting and treasury processes and software.
- Fluent in English (French language is a plus).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Experience in project and team management.
General Skills
- Business acumen.
- Open-minded.
- Entrepreneurial spirit.
- Adaptability and responsiveness.
- Rigor and methodical approach, detailed oriented
- Ability to synthetise
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
- Organizational skills, with the ability to manage priorities and deadlines.
Alcobendas (Madrid)
CATEGORÍA
Finance
TIPO DE CONTRATO
Permanent contract