Group Finance Manager

A key person is retiring after 40 years with NORDEX FOOD A/S. This leaves both an important knowledge transfer and a concrete task: The central finance deliveries must continue to function from day one, while processes, data and financial control must be developed further.

About the role

As Group Finance Manager you report directly to the CFO Jesper Nielsen and will become one of his close sparring partners. You will have a broad portfolio of tasks including consolidation, budgeting, accounting and financial governance.

In addition you will have personnel responsibility for one Group Controller and the overarching responsibility for the Accounting team, which consists of an Accounting Manager and seven employees. You will work closely with the CFO and the rest of the management in an organization with short decision paths, where there is an opportunity to translate analyses and proposals into action.

You will join a finance function where several models and processes are today Excel-based and person-dependent. An important part of the task will therefore be to retain what works, while the financial governance is developed further and core processes become less dependent on individuals.

Your responsibilities

You will be responsible for central finance processes across NORDEX FOOD and be broadly involved in the tasks that are closely connected to the CFO.

These include, among others

• Budget preparation, consolidation, forecasts and financial statements for the group and its subsidiaries
• Monthly reporting, financial analyses, deviation management and material for management and the board
• Business cases as well as tasks within financing, liquidity, gearing and contact with banks
• Governance and compliance, including tax, transfer pricing, corporate law, insurances and relevant registrations
• Further development of reporting, closing, budget models and financial governance
• Work with data and analyses across D365, Power BI and Excel with an understanding of the underlying data structures

You will become part of the Group Finance leadership team and the company's Senior Management Team and are expected to contribute across the organization, not only within your own finance area.

It is essential that you can perform the finance craft yourself. The role is hands-on, and although you have managerial responsibility, you must be able to dive into the numbers, work with the models and drive central deliverables in the finance function.

Your profile

Your current title is less important than what you have actually worked with. For example you could be Finance Manager, Group Finance Manager, Senior Group Controller, Head of Finance or hold a role at a comparable level.

The most important is that you

• have a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, including a background from audit and subsequent experience from a group-structured company, preferably a manufacturing company
• have a solid breadth within consolidation, budgeting, accounting and financial analysis
• have strong systems and data understanding and work confidently in Excel
• can drive your own deliverables, keep pace and take responsibility for deadlines without close daily management
• possess the integrity and confidentiality that comes with a role close to the CFO and management and with access to sensitive information and materials for management and the board

A role with room to move something

You will not enter a pre-documented finance setup where all processes are already optimized and system-supported. Many years of knowledge reside with individual people, and several central models are built in Excel. Something must therefore be understood and documented so important knowledge does not remain person-dependent.

There is planned ongoing knowledge transfer, where you together with the current key person will have the opportunity to understand how the models, processes and the central connections fit together.

At the same time, budgets, reporting and other deadlines must of course continue to function.

NORDEX FOOD looks forward to an exciting future with growth and continued development of the company. Here you get a real opportunity to influence how the finance function should work going forward. You will be close to the CFO and the rest of the management and will be involved early when analyses, prioritizations and decision basis are built.

The workplace is the head office in Dronninglund. NORDEX FOOD offers the possibility of one work-from-home day per week, but the role is closely connected with the CFO and the rest of the organization, so you should want to be an visible part of the house.

About NORDEX FOOD

NORDEX FOOD A/S is a solid Danish, family-owned food and dairy group with billions in turnover and its head office in Dronninglund. The company was founded in 1984 and today has its own production in Denmark, Austria and Romania as well as sales to more than 70 countries.

The finance organization at the head office works across group consolidation, controlling and accounting and supports both the Danish and international parts of the business.

Application

Submit your CV via the application link if you can see yourself in the role.

If you have questions about the position, the organization or the expectations for the profile, you are welcome to contact Michelle Hæstrup at 40 29 17 22.