Director Western Europe Finance

Join us at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin): Where purpose comes to life.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team.

Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we work for. How about you?

At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments

We are currently looking for a Director Western Europe Finance to join our team in Germany, Wavin GmBH, an Orbia Business. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

Main purpose

To lead the Finance teams within BU West territory to ensure that the business is operating in compliance with group policies and within relevant standard accounting practices. To support the MD with analysis of how the business can sustainably improve its financial performance (both short and longer term). To review the Finance function and indicate how it could be developed (people, process, structure) to align to the future shape of the business. Lead/manage country-territory consolidation, reporting and statutory filings.

Key responsibilities

• Provision of Financial Management and Commercial Analysis to BU West businesses.
• Ensure that Financial best practice and internal Wavin Group Financial procedures are followed within the region.
• Provide Finance and Accountancy expertise in operational and commercial matters.
• Investigate and analyze areas of the region where it can improve profitability and efficiency; develop the principles of a business case to implement changes in the areas identified.
• Ensure good governance on financial transactions with adherence to approval and authority levels in all cases.
• Provide accurate and on time forecasting and reporting to the region/group on sales, costs and other expenditure (including capex).
• Lead the budget build up and monitoring process for the region in line with group timetables.
• Challenge and/or support key internal customers and influencers with regards to all budgeted and ad-hoc spend.
• Ensure that all financial controls for the company are met and adhered to at all time
• Close control of all expense, overheads and CAPEX

Accountabilities (Leadership)

• Takes the lead and sets a high standard for Health and Safety as a senior manager and leader of the Finance team.
• Engage, coach, manage and lead his/her direct reports.
• Ensure that Finance team is competent, engaged, and working towards their personal and business objectives
• Proactively implements all Company processes and procedures with regards to people management.

Our requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in accounting with a high level of analytical skills with CIMA qualification; preferred Master’s degree
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience (5+ years of experience in senior financial leadership position) required. Previous experience managing finance, accounting and control functions required.
• Fluent in English and German language
• Experience navigating resolution of complex technical accounting issues
• Strong proficiency in SAP/ ERP and/ or other financial consolidation and reporting software (SAP, SAC, HFM, Oracle)
• Proven record of building, growing the capabilities of and mentoring a strong , international team in a complex organization
• Demonstrated experience driving organizational change through process and system improvement
• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership, communication, networking and interpersonal skills
• Good strategic thinking and planning skills
• Experience of working for manufacturing or engineering business
• Experience of working in multinational diverse organizations

What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers

Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin) Here we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Above all we encourage all our employees to develop their talents and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Orbia B&I is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organization

Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Orbia B&I collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Orbia B&I has 11,000+ employees and 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network. Our key commercial brands are: Wavin, Amanco Wavin, Pavco Wavin, Plastigama Wavin, and Bow Wavin.

Orbia Building & Infrastructure is part of Orbia – a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in several sectors including: Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura). These five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has a global team of over 24,000 employees, commercial activities in more than 100 countries and operations in over 50, with headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $8.2 billion in revenue in 2023.

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