US Country Finance Manager

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Cargotec offers a variety of different career possibilities for different backgrounds and ambitions, so whatever your passion is, we may just have the job for you! We want to bring in new expertise and fresh ideas, while providing our existing employees with new and interesting career opportunities. Your talent, experience and passion may just be what we seek or need to shape the future of Cargotec and our industry. We offer as well: 

• Employees First way of life: all of us should experience Easiness, Empowerment and Excellence every day at work
• Comprehensive benefit package including; health, vision, dental, voluntary life/disability insurance upon first day of employment
• 401k program with 6% company match
• Personal time off and company-paid holidays
• Opportunities for career growth and competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Paid training
• Company mentoring program
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related continued education
• Referral Program
• You may also be provided with a company cell phone, laptop and/or credit card, all to be used for the purpose of conducting company business

Purpose of the position

Corporate Finance is looking for a US and Canada Country Finance Manager responsible for statutory, and tax compliance and lead financial services hub in Perrysburg, Ohio (Record to Report R2R & Invoice to Pay I2P). Acting as a finance partner for local management with overall country financial management responsibility.

This position will report to the Director, Country Finance in Finland or to the Director Finance shared services - Sofia.

The position will be in one of the Cargotec offices in the US (Perrysburg, OH , Streetsboro OH , Winamac IN), preferably in Perrysburg, Ohio. Remote with availability to commute to Perrysburg/Streetsboro.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• First point of contact in local country tax, statutory, audit, and financial risk management-related matters
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations relating to statutory and tax compliance matters
• Coordinating tax and statutory outsourcing engagement
• Ensuring outsourcing partners are delivering on time and accurate tax reporting and statutory accounting
• Managing relationships with external auditors relating to local financial audit
• Leading the financial services teams (R2R and I2P) and act as a line manager for the team leaders
  • Supporting  the financial services team on timely, accurate and transparent IFRS reporting to group reporting in Finland
  • Cooperating with financial services team in finance services related areas to ensure efficient and high quality service including deployment of harmonized financial accounting and control procedures and processes
• Acting as mediator between different stakeholders (corporate functions, CBS, compliance outsourcing partner, business controllers, business organization and auditors) in finance and tax related matters
• Responsible for financial risk management, liquidity and financing of the companies together with CargotecTreasury and Cargotec Tax
• Insurances -coordinating US risk insurance in support of an effective risk management policy with Global Cargotec Risk management
• Advising local management in finance related questions
• Treasury tasks; cash management, working capital management and treasury process development together with Group Treasury
• Participating in general country management processes, if required

What you’ll need to succeed

Education:

• University degree in accounting/finance/economics, or equal qualification 

Working experience:

• 7+ years of experience in a relevant finance role

Skills and competencies:

• Good knowledge of IFRS for  local statutory and tax compliance requirements
• Organization and coordination skills accompanied with excellent prioritization skills
• Solution-oriented mindset to identify the challenges and focus on the solutions
• Good communication skills and willingness to communicate and coordinate with different stakeholders
• Cooperation skills
• Good knowledge of Cargotec’s global financial systems (SAP, HFM), Vertex, Sage, and Google

Personal attributes or qualities:

• Finds our company values: caring, reliable and pioneering appealing and he/she can relate to these and how they will affect the responsibilities and accountabilities of the position
• High sense of urgency
• Service and customer-focused
• Passionate about driving performance improvements
• Process-oriented
• Willingness to put hands on tasks
• Flexible

Interested to join?

If you are excited about this opportunity, please submit your Resume/CV today for consideration!

Cargotec is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. All employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, and training, are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.
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