Country Finance Manager

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Who we are

Avolta is the world’s leading travel experience player. With a traveler-centric philosophy and a geographically diverse network, the travel retail and F&B company addresses the needs of up to 2.3 billion passengers each year, with 5,500 outlets in more than 75 countries across six continents. Guided by their Destination 2027 strategy and boosted by their recent combination with travel F&B giant Autogrill, the company is well positioned to realize their ambition to create a Travel Experience Revolution through their many locations at airports, motorways, cruise lines, seaports, and railway stations amongst others. Want to learn more about us? Visit avoltaworld.com

Role and Responsibilities

Reporting directly to the General Manager for Malta and dotted to the Finance Head of the Business Unit, the candidate will manage a indicative size team and he/she will:

• in general, ensure compliance with Group´s financial policies and procedures as well as with local regulation in relation with financial, accounting and fiscal matters
• be accountable for the timely and adequate preparation of the Financial reporting of the entities within his/her scope for both Group´s and local statutory´s purposes, ensuring that the appropriate financial controls are taking place effectively
• be accountable for and will coordinate the external audit process of the entities within his/her scope for both Group´s and local statutory´s purposes
• be accountable for the preparation and submission of the financial budgets / forecasts of the entities within his/her scope, interacting with different stakeholders and in alignment with the General Manager
• be accountable for the follow up, analysis and reporting of the financial business performance of the entities within his/her scope, interacting with different stakeholders and proposing corrective actions for any business related issues / challenges identified affecting the financial performance
• be accountable for cash / liquidity management at entity level following Global / Regional guidelines, including the recurrent preparation of cash forecasts
• be accountable for ensuring that the trade and non-trade liabilities of the entities within his/her scope are settled on a timely basis
• liaise with the Global Shared Services to ensure that the level of the services rendered to the entities within his/her scope allow for the candidate to complete the activities that he/she is accountable for
• be accountable for the timely filing and settlement of the applicable tax returns
• coordinate the relationship with external accounting auditors, tax advisors or tax auditors, following the guidelines set at Global / Regional levels
• coordinate insurance related to the local policies, following the guidelines set at Global level

We are looking for a candidate with this profile:

• Bachelor degree in Finance or Accounting
• Proven experience of a minimum of 7-10 years in senior positions with similar responsibilities to the ones described before, preferably in companies within the Retail sector or Audit firms for Retail companies
• IFRS / Local GAAP
• Fluent in English is a must
• Experienced in the use of Financial Reporting tools, preferably in SAP Central Finance / SAP Group Reporting or SAP BPC
• Advanced user of SAP R/3
• Advanced level in Excel / Powerpoint
• Previous experience in financial modelling, including cash flow related, would be a plus
• Strong analytical skills, assertiveness, resilience and positive attitude
• Used to work in a context of very tight deadlines
• Good communicator / team-worker / willing to delegate

Join Avolta:

Avolta aims to make it priority to hire people of all backgrounds, genders, race, age, income, education, ethnically background, religion, political orientation, disability, sexual orientation or personality – we also make it our priority that our associates feel that they belong 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.