As one of the world’s oldest start-ups, Husqvarna Group has gone from solving people’s everyday problems, to shaping great experiences. Being curious, bold, and with a passion for innovation, we bring the best ideas to life.

In 2021, we established Global Business Solutions (GBS) by leveraging a traditional shared service model to cover Finance and P&O (HR) transactional services. GBS has a shared services center in Warsaw, and finance hubs in Sweden, Germany and the UK.

We are seeking an experienced and driven Finance Director and Country Officer for Germany to lead our financial operations and represent our organization.

All About The Role:

The Finance Director / Country Officer is responsible for leading all financial management, compliance, and governance activities within the assigned country or regional hub. The role combines strategic financial leadership, operational excellence, and legal entity oversight to support sustainable business growth and safeguard financial integrity.

This position reports to VP Global Business Solutions. You will be part of the GBS leadership team.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee all financial Accounting activities
• Ensure compliance with local and international financial regulations and standards
• Develop and implement financial strategies that align with organizational goals
• Provide insightful financial guidance to the executive team and stakeholders
• Lead financial audits and collaborate with external auditors and regulatory bodies
• Represent the organization in all country-specific matters, acting as the primary local contact
• Oversee risk management processes and ensure robust internal controls.
• Responsibility of end year closing in Germany for all legal entities
• Support business development and evaluate investment opportunities
• Continuous development and improvement of collaboration, processes, and interfaces within the GBS organization

Requirements:

• Successfully completed business studies with a focus on finance or comparable training with relevant additional qualifications
• Extensive professional experience in a comparable management position with team responsibility, ideally within an international matrix structure
• In-depth knowledge of preparing annual and consolidated financial statements in accordance with HGB and IFRS as well as corresponding reporting measures
• Ideally, experience in implementing globalized processes
• Ideally, experience in change management issues
• Expertise in using common MS Office applications, especially Excel
• High degree of initiative, solution and process orientation, as well as an independent and structured way of working
• Proven experience in leading and managing teams and employees
• Good understanding of how an international corporation works
• Strong IT affinity, especially in SAP, hands-on mentality desirable
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills

The future:

Experience a dynamic and challenging environment. Bring your enthusiasm for innovation to a company that is simply different. And which - in addition to an open, team-oriented atmosphere - also has a lot to offer you in terms of your career!

Last date to apply:

We are continuously accepting applications

Summary

• Location: Ulm