Mission:

Provide strategic financial leadership for the SCOTT Group, ensuring sustainable growth, profitability, liquidity, compliance, and effective risk management while delivering financial insights, monitoring business performance, and enabling informed strategic decision-making across the Group.

Main Responsibilities:

Financial Leadership & Business Partnering

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO, Management Committee, and Board of Directors
• Translate business strategy into financial objectives and actionable plans
• Support strategic decision-making through financial modelling, scenario analysis, and business cases
• Drive profitability, cost optimization, and value creation across the Group
• Evaluate acquisitions, mergers, investments, and strategic partnerships

Financial Reporting, Compliance & Governance

• Lead the Group's financial reporting and consolidation processes, ensuring accurate and timely reporting to Management, the Board, shareholders, and external stakeholders
• Ensure financial integrity through robust accounting, compliance, internal controls, and risk management
• Lead external audits, manage auditor relationships, and ensure effective governance and implementation of audit recommendations

Budgeting, Forecasting & Controlling

• Lead the Group's annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes
• Oversee controlling, performance monitoring, variance analysis, and financial transparency across the Group

Foreign Exchange & Risk Management

• Manage foreign exchange exposure, hedging activities, and financial risk management across the Group

Treasury & Banking

• Manage Group liquidity, cash flow, financing, and working capital
• Maintain banking relationships, negotiate credit facilities, and oversee treasury operations

Inventory & Working Capital Management

• Oversee inventory valuation and working capital performance.
• Partner with Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Product Management to optimize inventory levels and cash conversion.

Tax & Transfer Pricing   

• Lead global tax strategy and compliance
• Manage relationships with tax authorities
• Ensure compliance with transfer pricing requirements
• Assess and mitigate international tax risks

Finance Leadership & Transformation

• Lead and develop the Group Finance organization and its people
• Drive finance systems, automation, and continuous improvement

Requirements:

• Seasoned Senior Finance Leader in international business environments
• Strong expertise in corporate finance, financial reporting, governance, risk management
• Proven experience with SAP S/4HANA and finance ERP transformation initiatives in an international environment
• Strong strategic, analytical, and commercial acumen with the ability to drive business decisions
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Master's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field. Swiss CPA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent professional qualification is an asset
• Fluent in English; German and/or French are advantageous
• Proven experience in multinational and multi-currency business environments
• Willingness to travel