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Role description:
Lead an engaged and motivated European BA Finance team to partner with and support BA leadership in understanding their business through effective challenge and by providing insightful and accurate management information and business advice that will help improve business performance as well as accuracy of reporting. Provide effective financial management & control for the business unit.
The Europe BA Controller reports directly to the GBA Finance Director Places (FD) and has a dotted reporting line to the Europe BA Director. The FD is a member of the Global Finance Leadership Team (FLT) of Arcadis.
This role is a European scope/location, position can be filled in any location where Arcadis has a legal entity.
For this role, we are accepting applications until 12th of April 2025.
Role accountabilities:
* Act as a business partner to support the BA Director and GBA FD for decision making:
* Be a forward looking, proactive Finance partner providing insightful advice and challenge to the business in all areas of performance.
* Lead the development and completion of the financial plans and forecasts.
* Track and report the financial performance of the BA in Europe ensuring integrity is maintained in all governance and compliance areas.
* Provide insightful analysis on business performance and trends with a forward-looking lens and driving action as required across the business.
* Coordinate and assess the quality of capex / investment proposals from the business in Europe.
* Drive Working Capital performance to exceed targets.
* Be an active participant and contributor in the sale and bid processes assisting the leadership to drive profitable growth.
* Be a champion for change and cultural awareness.
Business Area and Finance Leadership Support:
* Report financial KPIs, project and P&L performance management reporting and analysis (profitability, net working capital and cashflow) accurately and transparently, enabling effective decision making for Project Managers and Functional Management.
* Coordinate the Europe BA budget, develop outlook & forecast capabilities and develop mitigation plan to support target achievements.
* Lead and develop the Europe BA Finance team to deliver value adding services.
* Support the BA and Finance team in matters of M&A, including integration of acquired new companies.
* Ensure a high level of collaboration and coordination is maintained with the other Europe BA Controllers and the Accounting leads to ensure consistency in service delivery and compliance including meeting all the financial statutory obligations of the countries.
Decision Rights:
* Owns:
o Europe BA financial reporting, control processes and analysis.
* Influences:
o BA finance strategy, project tenders, acquisitions, and investments.
Qualifications & Experience:
* Bachelor or Master degree in a relevant discipline, preferred with 5+ years of experience in senior finance leadership role with broad and shown experience in finance management and reporting in global setting.
* Fluent in English.
* Proven experience as a strong business partner with excellent understanding of client needs.
* Proactive / can do attitude.
* Knowledge of project business and driving finance transformation and/or operational excellence processes (including leading, motivating and developing remote finance teams).
* Has proven experience as strong business partner with excellent understanding of client needs.
* Experienced in delivering significant change transformation programs and have extensive experience operating across Europe.
For this role Arcadis values professional experience across the following priority areas:
* Breadth of experience: Working internationally, across different industries and business lines and/or functions, managing projects impacting people/issues/solutions across organizational boundaries.
* Driving innovation: Involved in generating and driving innovation, engaging with clients on new business models and revenue streams, working with alliances and ecosystems to deliver the best outcomes.
* Leading transformation: Ability to bring people on a journey to the unknown, creating a sense of stability and security in uncertain times, avoiding change fatigue.
Aligned to the Arcadis Leadership model we seek Arcadians with a strong fit to our leadership success profile, to build and drive our culture of inclusion, accountability, human-centricity, and sustainability.
Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark; on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.
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