Regional Finance Director D-A-CH (f/m/d)

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.
Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

Are you looking for an inspiring opportunity to head our Regional Finance and Performance Management Team in our well organised global finance organisation? Are you focused, methodical and motivated by insight? Does stakeholder management as well as fostering good collaborations across organisations come naturally to you?

Taking on this regional role you will join an international management team where you will become a key partner for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. B ased at the VELUX Hamburg office, you will be a part of the Global Finance and Performance Organisation, reporting directly to t he Senior Director, Finance and Performance Management, Sales & Marketing in Hørsholm, Denmark.

You will work closely with the Regional Senior Vice President as well as the Regional Management Team, taking a joint responsibility for converting group level strategic initiatives into regional strategies and plans and further participate in developing regional specific initiatives and plans to ensure optimal regional performance. More specifically the primary tasks are:

• Develop the Regional Finance Team of 4 Finance Business Partners based in Hamburg and 1 Senior Business Finance Analyst based in Aarburg, Switzerland

• Ensuring a data-oriented approach to performance management, using a fact-based business view as the basis for recommendations and discussions within the Regional Management Team

• Support processes and tasks within the performance model and annual plan for the region

• Prepare Target setting and Rolling Forecast

• Helping the company to achieve its current strategy and goals and recommend process improvements

• Develop all financial planning and reporting processes, including strategic plans, budgets, latest estimates and monthly/quarterly forecasts, as well as establish ROI analysis in business case analyses.

• Support the preparation of financial planning and analysis related to annual operating plans and bi-annual 5-year business planning cycles.

• • You can expect to travel approximately 15-20 days annually.

We are looking for someone who will bring a new vision to the region and to Finance Partnering by combining a financial background with deep business knowledge and experience. Someone who brings experience from large, complex and internationally operating companies with a full value chain. Furthermore we expect that you:

• You are experienced with finance business partnering and have a solid leadership experience in relevant finance & performance management functions

• Have excellent storytelling and presentation skills, incl. the ability to synthese insights into easily understood conclusions and recommendations for non-finance colleagues

• Possess knowledge about economic and business conditions, with experience with focusing on costs, profit, new business opportunities and activities

• Are a proficient user of SAP and other relevant platforms and dashboards, e.g. SAC or Power BI

• Through a forthcoming manner you are able to establish and maintain cooperative relations with people at all levels internally as well as externally

• You speak and write both English and German fluently.

We believe in empowering people and we support this through knowledge sharing, delegating responsibility and continuous employee development. We offer you an exciting, influential position with the chance to create a big impact on a global scale and great opportunities for your personal and professional development. In Addition you can expect:

• A collaborative relationships with colleagues and stakeholders from various parts of the business and gain exposure across our organisation

• Working with competent and motivated colleagues, where courage and mutual respect are part of our core values

• Attractive payment, flexible working hours, 30 days of vacation and the possibility of working from home

• Kindergarden allowance, company health management, company pension plan and other several benefits

• Modern office with height-adjustable desks and free parking directly at the company building

• Canteen, free fruit baskets and beverages (water, tea, coffee specialties with different types of milk)

• Discount on VELUX products

We are looking forward to receiving your application and CV in english as soon as possible. We are reviewing candidates and calling for interviews on an ongoing basis. All enquiries will be treated confidentially.

Learn more about the VELUX Group online at www.velux.com, where you can read more about working at our company and what to expect of our recruitment process.

VELUX Residential is fully committed to the concept and practice of equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. To further our goal of equal employment opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, it is the policy of VELUX Residential to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. All employment decisions shall be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity and only job-related qualifications will be required.