Chief Financial Officer (m/w/o) 80-100%

Definition of the position:

• As a senior strategic leadership role for the group in the country you have ownership for the entire financial planning and operations within the country and you are expected to be a strong business partner to the country CEO, guide and influence decision-making leveraging the financial context and analytics.
• You have oversight on financial accounting & reporting, corporate regulatory requirement, tax, internal audit, legal & corporate secretarial responsibilities with complete ownership and accountability for the financial operations and responsibilities in the country.
• You have administrative oversight on the facilities and IT functions.
• You manage a team of 4 employees.
• You work in both Swiss subsidiaries, based in Buchs (AG) and in Cham (ZG).
• You report to the Swiss CEO, closely working with the global group finance management and you are a member of the executive committee in Switzerland.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage the company’s financial planning & analysis and overall financial strategy, driving key group and local financial processes – like budgeting, financial reporting, accounting, controlling, etc.
• Drive effective risk-management for the company and support in driving financial metrics for the country.
• Ownership of all matters related to tax and legal.
• Responsible for compliance and internal audit for the country.
• Manage internal and external audits.
• Focus on people and culture for your team.
• Build strong relationship with group’s finance management and across business and functional management to help drive the Swiss strategy in alignment with the overall group strategy.
• As member of the executive committee in Switzerland, you drive the overall business strategy planning and execution for the country.

Qualifications, experience and other role specific competencies:

• 10 years’ work experience in finance, with a minimum of 5 years handling financial as whole.
• Deep domain depth, strong knowledge of finance & accounting framework and regulation in IFRS and Swiss GAAP.
• Experience in multinational companies with strong multi-cultural exposure.
• Business partner mindset with a performance orientation.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management skills.
• Language skills: English mandatory, German and French as an added advantage.

What we offer you:

• High independence level
• Exciting and strategic position
• A multi-cultural and diverse team
• An international environment
• Open-minded and inclusive culture
• 2-days home office per week
• Many trainings opportunities
• Possibility of evolution within the Legrand group

We look forward to hearing from you!

Your first step is to send your CV and complete file in electronic form to our HR & CSR manager: Write an email.

Legrand (Schweiz) AG

Human Resources department

Industriestrasse 25

CH-5033 Buchs

Emilie Brandt

HR & CSR manager

Tel. 079 601 18 99

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“Legrand Switzerland prohibits any discrimination (age, gender, sexual orientation, place of birth, presence of people with disabilities, religion, etc.) and respects the human rights of all individuals, and conducts ethical management in compliance with the international Declaration of Human right, ILO International Labour law, and all domestic laws”