Description

Join our team to drive key finance projects, support decision-making, and enhance efficiency. This role focuses on transformation initiatives, system rollouts, process optimization, and providing critical support to Finance Directors during peak demands.

Reporting Relationship:

• Global Projects and Decision Support Director
• Frequent interactions with the LHH Global FP&A Team, Global Compliance Finance Team and Country Finance Directors and their teams

Location of Position:

• Remote
• Due to working with multiple time zones, ideally be based in Europe where LHH has a presence (Spain, Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, DACH)
• Some overseas travel may be required as the business demands.

Major Responsibilities

• This role will work entirely on projects, ad-hoc analysis for decision making and when needed, provide support for the Finance Directors.
• Support regional and global projects, this may include (but is not inclusive of):
  • Assisting in Finance Transformation activities, such as:
    • Roll out of new ERP and PSA systems;
    • Implementation of the new target operating model, and;
    • Review of processes, reporting, models, and systems to automate and standardise to best practice.
  • Assist in the project management of internal audits.
  • Assist on M&A activities as required e.g., FP&A due diligence.
• Be a centralised resource to support the FD’s when, for example if we have an unmanageable peak demand or temporary absences.
• Be a training and development champion, assisting in the roll-out of latest Group requirements and other vertical-led initiatives.
• Be a champion of operational efficiencies.

Required Experience/Characteristics

• Key Competencies:
  • Attention to detail with an inquisitive and proactive nature, “can do” attitude and comfortable working autonomously and part of a project team.
  • Deadline and action oriented: ability to manage multiple priorities to ensure project timelines are met.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate and escalate issues in a timely manner to ensure projects meet their deadlines.
  • Driver of change: forming a perspective and communicating it effectively.
  • Strong commercial acumen
  • Experience in effectively organizing large data sets and being able to translate and communicate this into meaningful insights.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues at all levels.

• Technical expertise:
  • Proficiency in creating reporting using business intelligence tools, eg. PowerBI, MicroStrategy, SQL, Python etc, would be an advantage.
  • Modelling experience (compensation plans, business cases, etc.)
  • Advanced excel skills and a solid understanding of accounting software principles:
    • Advanced Microsoft Excel for Windows
    • Advanced PowerPoint
    • Intermediate Microsoft Word for Windows
    • JD Edwards / E1 a plus

• Education
  • Qualified accountant or bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field

• Experience:
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in accounting/finance field
  • FP&A and commercial finance experience: Budgeting, Forecasting, variance analysis
  • Understanding of Career Transition Industry and/or HR Advisory business model a plus

The world of work is ever-changing and unpredictable. Organizations are constantly fighting a battle to find and maintain their competitive advantage: their talent. To succeed, they can’t just rely on what works today, working tomorrow. They need to be ready for next.

LHH exists to help individuals, teams, and organizations find and prepare for what next. With integrated, end-to-end solutions that include Advisory, Professional Recruitment, Career Transition, and Learning & Talent Development, we are uniquely positioned to work together to make a positive impact on the future of every person we work with at every key career moment.

LHH is at the forefront of change to build a bigger, bolder workforce. Every day is a new day to prepare for, and we’re here to make sure the future works for everyone.

A division of the Adecco Group – the world’s leading HR solutions provider – LHH’s 8,000 colleagues and coaches work with 15,000 organizations in over 30 countries around the world. We successfully help close to 500,00 candidates to enhance their careers every year. Our local expertise, global infrastructure, and industry-leading technology allow us to manage the complexity of critical workforce initiatives and the challenges of transformation. It’s why most of the Fortune Global 500 companies choose to work with us.

This is LHH.

Ready for Next.

www.lhh.com

LHH is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For additional information on our Diversity and Inclusion policy, please consult the following link:  https://www.lhh.com/us/en/diversity-and-inclusion