Italy Finance Manager

The Finance Manager oversees the day-to-day activities of the finance team, ensures the company’s finance function is organized and efficient and produces accurate financial and management accounts and support the VS Finance Director to achieve the Company tasks. The Finance Manager has dotted reporting line to the Group Financial Controller.

The Finance Manager oversees monthly, quarterly, and annual results through a consistent reporting pack, business partnering Operations in order to achieve Company results.

They’ll play a fully operational role, very hands on, focusing on the following responsibilities:

Accountability for managing the finance department and compliance matters

• Compliance with corporation tax, payroll taxes, preparation of VAT returns
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of statutory for the Markets
• Support the Finance Team on timely Budget pack preparation and submission and ensure local finance budgeting and forecasting processes in line with the company financial scheduling
• Cost analysis as base for decisions and investments
• Analysis of project results

Responsibility in compiling business results, cash flow reports and support business forecasts

• Support the team in reviewing monthly revenue, unbilled debtor calculation, deferred income
• Support the forecast submission & deviation analysis
• Lead the month end activities
• Prepare cash flow forecast and follow up
• Management of a complete set of reconciled balance sheet accounts
• Timely submission of key deliverables to management
• Lead the price controlling and support the Finance Director for the review and approval of all commercial proposal before submission to Customers based on the Delegation of Authority
• Lead the approval of all purchases based on the Delegation of Authority

Management daily finance tasks and ensure completion of duties regarding general and analytics accounting, supplier ledger, sales ledger, cashbooks, payroll and taxes

• Ensure precise and timely bank reconciliation
• Ensure precise and timely balance sheet reconciliation
• Support the Finance team to perform precise and timely general ledger reconciliation
• Bank account management and on-line banking
• Supervise monthly payroll review and reconciliation
• Supervise invoice handling and payments
• Reconciliation of inter-company accounts and tracking of pan-European billing

Accountability in managing the finance tasks and compliance matters

• Manage and ensure the achievement of the annual audits

Supervision/Working with the Finance/Admin team to ensure to:

• Create accurate sales ledger, including liaison with Operations to obtain information and attention to the pan-European sales invoices
• Ensure accurate supplier ledger and input of the monthly pan-European supplier invoices
• Manage accruals and prepayments

Supervise the office facility tasks

Supervise and manage the car fleet

Supervise/Work with the Finance/Admin team to ensure:

• Efficient supplier contracts signature, maintenance, renewal and negotiation.

The role will include responsibilities at procurement level including:

• Ensure that procurement process and  routines are in place as per Company policies. Give constant contribution on policies improvement
• Approve Purchases before the purchase process takes place
• Negotiating with suppliers, ensuring a sustainable procurement relationship
• Take initiative to lead efficiently changes (various projects)
• Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships
• Management of annual quality and compliance audit
• Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries
• Examine and test existing contracts in order to identify risk elements or opportunities of improvement
• Create or maintain Company General Terms and Conditions and ensure that all Suppliers stick to that

Additional temporary tasks according to Company needs.

Working pattern:

• Full-time role
• Rome - hybrid

Qualifications

Must:  Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent job experience.

Desirable:  Fully qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA for international accounting rules e.g. US GAAP or equivalent local certifications.

Desirable: Master’s degree in accounting and/or business administration.

Experience

Must:  Approximately 5 years relevant financial experience (likely at medium sized company).

Must: Approximately 2 years of team management.

Must: Local tax and accounting experience.

Must: Experience from financial analysis tools.

Desirable: Experience finance work in project form.

Desirable: Knowledge in accounting tools (i.e. payroll tools), (JD Edwards), forecasting (Smartview) and reporting (Insight & Oracle PBCS) software.

Desirable: Experience from change management. 

Desirable: Experience from international accounting environment

Knowledge and Skills required:

Must:  Computer literate with good excel skills and solid understanding of accounting software principles.

• Good leadership capacity with the ability to coach, motivate and lead others.
• Capable to take initiative to and drive the change of structural finance and operation management processes for the current situation and for the future.
• Like to work in a fast-changing environment.
• Analytic, solution- and business oriented.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills.
• Result oriented and strong self-motivation.
• Ability to work under pressure/handle stress in a good way. 

Languages

Must: Fluent in Italian (written and spoken).

Must: Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Desirable: Other languages.

Others

• Fulltime and prepared to work overtime when needed.
• Must be prepared to travel.
• Driving license.
• Broadband at home.
   

Eligible for corporate incentive plan if decided by management.

Additional Information

With over 5,000 employees based in more than 80 countries across the globe, our teams provide industry leading expertise that spans:

• Consumer Engagement
• Parts, Accessories & Service Performance
• Actionable Insights
• Repair Optimization & Compliance
• Learning Solutions
• Distribution & Sales Performance

Our proven track record means that we now partner with almost every car manufacturer on the market.

The MSX Purpose

To empower Movers and Makers to thrive in our ever-changing world

The MSX Mission

To harness our expertise in mobility, the creativity of our global teams, and the power of technology, to craft tailored, sustainable and innovative solutions.

The MSX Vision

To be the clients’ first choice, recognized for our operational excellence and commitment to driving change and innovation in the mobility industry.

MSX is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, neurodiversity or other personal characteristics and backgrounds, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, or marital and parental status. As users of the Disability Confident scheme, we interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. 

About the Company

MSX International Group is the leading global provider of outsourced business solutions for the automotive industry making business in more than 80 countries. MSXI’s deep industry expertise combined with advanced data analytics and custom software solutions improve the performance of automotive dealership networks by increasing revenue, reducing cost, and enhancing customer satisfaction.