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.

• 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

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