Finance Officer (Try N Hire)

Quick Facts

• Role: Finance Officer

• Location: Copenhagen (responsibilities extend across the Nordics)

• Hiring model: Try N Hire (first six months on freelance contract, with possibility of permanent employment)

Description

This is an extensive hands-on Finance Officer position responsible for a broad spectrum of financial activities, including commercial analysis, decision support, financial accounting and control, taxation, treasury, payroll, and budgeting. The role provides vital financial, strategic, and commercial support to management and is essential to overseeing all financial operations across multiple legal entities.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for all company finances across multiple legal entities, including maintaining accounting according to policies

• Board member

• Maintain accounting according to group and local policies and procedures

• Ensure integrity and accuracy of financial systems, statements, and reports

• Manage external annual audits and production of annual financial statements

• Coordinate internal audits and monitor completion of action lists

• Business controlling: analyze, communicate, and explain relevant information in financial reports regularly to senior management

• Monitor and analyze margins

• Manage sales and commercial products in general

• Manage overall overhead costs according to agreed budget or revised forecasts

• Manage working capital

• Credit control and key decisions on credit risk and credit management

• Approve/arrange approvals of payment terms for sales according to group guidelines

• Support and drive strategic and operational efficiency within the company

• Support managing director in driving adherence to company objectives and group strategy

• Support other department managers by ensuring finance objectives are carried into all business decisions

• Budgeting and forecasting: ensure budgeting and forecasting is accurate, managed, and completed according to group and local timing deadlines

• Accounting: ensure financial reporting is completed according to group and local timing deadlines

• Ensure statutory company and branch documents are up to date and maintained according to the legal requirements in each country

• Manage all assets and liabilities according to budget and any optimization plans

• Monitor and approve all capex requests

• Treasury, cash flow monitoring and forecast: responsible for banking and cash management systems, ensuring proper internal controls remain in place and maintaining appropriate banking relationships

• Customer financing: manage all customer financing requests/applications

• Taxation: responsible as company secretary/director for all taxation requirements; ensure compliance and accurate local returns are submitted

• Projects: lead and implement key upcoming transformation projects in the Nordics; lead/support ad hoc projects

• Warehouse and logistics: overall responsibility for the warehouse in Greater Copenhagen Area; ensure safety rules align with local requirements; responsible for procurement person and warehouse person; ensure agreements with local transporters are up-to-date; ensure company stock level aligns with HQ’s level

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with strong academics and broad commercial finance skills

• Fluent in Danish and English

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in an international manufacturing or costing-based business

• Track record of developing high-quality financial processes and transforming finance functions

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships across all levels

• Credibility to challenge current practices and influence positively across all departments as well as drive transformation within the Financial area

• Strong technical and analytical abilities combined with commercial pragmatism

• Excellent communicator

• Experience with delivering to tight deadlines

• Experience with SAP and ERP systems is preferred

• Ability to work effectively with a Shared Service Centre is advantageous

Benefits

• Try N Hire: first six months on a freelance contract with the possibility of permanent employment after those six months