Country Finance Manager US and UK

Shape your journey with us

Do you have a solution oriented mindset? Are you able to identify the challenges while your focus is on the solutions? Look no further, we are looking to hire a Country Finance Manager for the US & UK.

The purpose of this role is to ensure overall alignment with MacGregor strategic and financial interests from a statutory and tax perspective. You will act as Finance Partner for local management and business controllers with overall country statutory and tax financial management responsibility. 

As the Country Finance Manager for the US & UK, you will be responsible for timely statutory, tax and legal reporting of companies and other tax and statutory administrative matters including organizing and monitoring necessary work performed by other internal/external parties. In this role you will be the first point of contact in tax, statutory, audit and financial risk management related matters companies - both internally (local management, corporate functions, Financial Shared Service Center (FSSC) and externally (authorities, auditors, actuaries, banks, insurers).

Reporting directly to the Regional Controller Americas and North Sea, Finance located in the UK. The position will be based in MacGregor’s office in Hampton, Virginia but covers the Americas and UK companies.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Responsible for financing, cash management, financial risk and tax planning of companies in cooperation with corporate functions
• Ensuring implementation of and compliance with governance and internal control framework in US/UK companies
• Supporting, coordinating and ensuring timely completion of audit of UK/US US/UK MacGregor companies for group purposes
• Advising and supporting local management in projects and questions (e.g. M&A, facilities, pension funds, etc.) with respect finance, tax, statutory and financial risk management activities
• Actively driving process improvements and cost efficiencies related to above activities (with external parties and insourcing activities)
• Controlling and allocating the costs related to above activities to the different business units
• Responsible for securing own and co-workers’ safety and health with all possible means

What you’ll need to succeed

Excellent knowledge and understanding of US GAAP and IFRS standards plus company compliance requirements are essential in this position. We are looking for a person who has hands-on attitude, good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability and interest to work and execute within an international environment. The suitable person has an analytical mindset and wants to develop processes and ways of working.

Ideally you have: 

• University degree in accounting/finance/economics, preferable Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the US
• 7+ years of experience in a relevant finance role with tacit knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS/UK GAAP plus local statutory & tax compliance requirements
• Specific reporting knowledge of defined benefit pension schemes (incl some basic actuarial awareness)
• Organization and coordination skills accompanied with excellent prioritization skills also to accommodate time-zone differences, not only between US and UK, but also within US (East/West-Coast)
• Good communication skills and willingness to communicate and coordinate with different stakeholders, requiring fluent spoken and written English
• Good knowledge of financial and reporting systems, preferable SAP, HFM, Vertex
• An ongoing interest in gaining a sound understanding of the MacGregor business

You will be part of

By joining MacGregor, you will be able to work closely with leading industry professionals, developing and implementing new concepts that set the standards in the maritime transportation and offshore industries. We offer our employees the opportunity to be part of a truly global organisation leveraged upon our shared values of Integrity, quality and safety.

With us you will be part of a collaborative working culture with challenges and opportunities to further develop yourself professionally.

Values guide our work

• Integrity steers all our thinking, behaviour and the relationships with our customers and other stakeholders
• Quality is valued in our processes, products and services and helps to improve our customers’ performance and our own competences
• Safety is essential in everything we do

What we offer

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Life insurance effective on your first day of employment
• Flexible Spending Account for medical expenses
• Company-paid Short & Long-Term Disability
• Company Paid Life Insurance Policy (2X’s annual base salary, max $300k. Additional life insurance policies available for self, spouse and children)
• Company paid holidays, paid sick time & paid vacation time
• 401k Plan - company matches first 6% of employee contributions into the 401K plan, 401k Plan - new employees are eligible to participate in 401k Plan on the 1st day of the month following 30 days of employment - plan participants are 100% “vested” immediately upon enrolling into plan

Interested to join?

If you are ready to step into an exciting new role where you can make a significant impact and contribute to the success of MacGregor, apply today!