Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

Pro-actively manage and drive legal entity finance topics and ensure related compliance with external laws as well as internal regulations.

Together with the Director Valuation & Legal Entity Controlling, act as first point of contact for valuation and impairment testing related topics and perform valuations of legal entities / single assets in line with external standards and common valuation methods.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and carry out the impairment test for all globally defined Goodwill, Trademarks, and other intangible assets of the Group
• Define process and structure for global impairment testing of shareholdings and carry it out
• Enable fact-based decision by creating transparency on forecasting and mid- to long-term planning for specific legal entities
• Manage the dividend process within the company in close cooperation with Corporate Tax and Corporate Treasury.
• Manage capital measures and establishment of new legal entities as well as other finance related legal matters (e.g. valuations in connection with mergers) together with the affected finance and legal functions

• Provide relevant input and secure the finance relevant statutory/company secretarial processes/procedures for all legal entities (e.g. Board of Directors meetings, shareholder resolutions, year-end reports acc. to local GAAP) in co-operation with Global Legal (Corporate Legal)
• Proactively monitor key legal entity financials to validate and propose changes to capital structures of legal entities
• Define legal entity structure and drive reduction of complexity
• Participate in special projects and execute ad-hoc analysis on demand
• Continuously improve and challenge the status quo of processes regarding the area of responsibility

Authorities:

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Key Relationships:

• Support globally all subsidiaries in all relevant legal entity matters from a financial point of view (e.g. capital increase, valuations, etc.)
• Ensure strong communication lines with Senior Management of other Finance and Group HQ departments (e.g. Corporate Treasury, Corporate Tax, Corporate Legal, Corporate Controlling) as well as selectively (depending on the project) with local Senior Finance Management
• External Group Audit Manager

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Detailed knowledge of DCF and other business/company valuation models
• Sound Finance, Accounting, IFRS and basic tax knowledge
• Very good analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources
• Strong financial modelling skills (Excel)
• Strong interpersonal, presentation and communication skills
• Well-developed PC skills (MS Office), ideally SAP S4 PS and SAP BW/4HANA
• Ability to maneuver in consistently changing environment
• Innovative, action-oriented, and solution-minded team player

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in Business Administration from a university or comparable institution with focus on Corporate Finance, Financial Analysis, Accounting & Controlling
• Relevant job-experience (5-7 years) in a finance department of an international corporation, consultancy, or audit company
• Experience in project management and financial modelling
• Business fluency in English (written and spoken)