Group Finance Director

Job Summary:

Job Description:

The Group Finance Director owns financial strategy, statutory reporting and financial governance across the Group led by Eva Wittka (Group Leader), comprising SISCOG (Portugal), AEP (Italy), Taranto Systems (UK) and Pcentra (Israel). The role is the senior financial authority for the Group, providing the Group Leader and the BU Managing Directors with the financial insight and control needed to run their businesses, and works on a dotted-line basis with the Portfolio CFO for the Eskenazi Portfolio, including on the financial integration of newly acquired businesses. Success looks like accurate, timely consolidated reporting across all Group businesses, a strong control environment, disciplined acquisition integration, and a well-supported Group Financial Controller delivering consistent standards across the Group.

Accountable for the financial strategy, statutory reporting, financial risk management and governance across the Group. Line manages the Group Financial Controller, acts as the primary financial partner to the Group Leader and BU Managing Directors, and works on a dotted-line basis with the Portfolio CFO for the Eskenazi Portfolio.

Areas of Responsibility
Group Financial Strategy & Planning

- Set the financial strategy for the Group, aligned to Modaxo 's financial policies.

- Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting and long-range financial planning across all four businesses.

- Own the Group's Quarterly Strategic Review (QSR) process — sales pipeline and cost analysis, forecast development and identification of improvement opportunities — and ensure QSR action points are followed through.

- Recommend and lead initiatives to improve ROIC, working capital and growth performance across the Group; advise the Group Leader and BU Managing Directors on market and deal pricing for new business.

Statutory Reporting, Audit & Compliance

- Own the accuracy, timeliness and quality of consolidated statutory reporting across the Group, including Group-level financial performance reporting to Modaxo Finance.

- Oversee the internal and statutory audit process for all business units in the Group, ensuring clean audit outcomes and actionable improvement plans.

- Ensure compliance with local statutory and tax requirements in the respective business unit countries, and the accuracy of revenue recognition (IFRS 15) and project accounting across all four businesses.

- Maintain a consistent chart of accounts and reporting calendar across the Group.

Financial Risk & Governance

- Establish and maintain the financial control framework across all four businesses.

- Identify, monitor and mitigate financial and commercial risk across the Group; review bid and contract terms with functional leads to flag financial risk ahead of submission.

- Approve and monitor capital expenditure and investment cases in line with Group policy.

- Escalate material financial risk to the Group Leader and, on a dotted-line basis, the Portfolio CFO (Eskenazi Portfolio) and Modaxo Finance, as required.

Finance Leadership, Business Partnering & Integration

- Line manage the Group Financial Controller, setting clear objectives and a development plan, and act as the day-to-day escalation point for judgement calls across the four businesses.

- Partner directly with the BU Managing Directors and Finance Heads of each business unit; local finance leads dotted-line report to this role.

- Build finance capability and consistent ways of working across the Group as it scales, including monitoring local tax and compliance and supporting local teams with non-compliance issues.

- Support the Portfolio CFO on acquisition due diligence and lead the financial integration of newly acquired businesses into the Group — evaluating and hiring finance resource, migrating finance systems and processes, and educating acquired management teams on Group KPIs and finance requirements.

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