Finance Manager

Kongsberg Maritime is a technology pioneer, enabling a more sustainable future for our oceans. Our zero-emission integrated technologies advance the maritime industry and solve our customers' toughest problems. With unmatched competence, domain knowledge, innovation, and market reach, we are the trusted maritime partner. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 35 countries.

Our Global Customer Support division is responsible for Kongsberg Maritimes services, upgrades and support in the aftermarket. Our 3000 employees are present in 35 different countries around the world. During the operational lifetime of more than 30.000 installations, we ensure cost-efficient delivery of services, upgrades and spare parts in order to secure availability and predictability to our customers.

Kongsberg Maritime Hellas SA is representing Kongsberg Maritime’s business units and product lines in the Greek Shipping Market. We offer unique job opportunities in the challenging field of global maritime business with excellent development opportunities.

We are thrilled to present an exceptional career opportunity for the position as Finance Manager, based out of the KM Hellas office, in Athens, covering the Finance coordination & management needs of the Greek Legal entity.

As an international commercial business partner, you collaborate across all products, functions, and geographies. The role requires stakeholder management and engagement at a senior level. Therefore, we are looking for a determined, collaborative, and proactive individual who will play a pivotal role in driving business growth. The position will be reporting to the Country Manager, Kongsberg Maritime Hellas.

Job Description / Key accountabilities:

-          Responsible for monthly reporting, budgeting and forecasting

-          Have the overall responsibility and ownership of the financial figures

-          Project owner related to the implementation of new ERP system and other systems

-          Prepare monthly reports and present figures to BoD

-          Harmonize and streamline the accounting process

-          Approval of payment and internal bank transfers

-          Make sure that accounting and reporting is according to local legislation

-          Personnel responsibility for the employees working in finance?

-          Adhoc analysis

Qualifications and experience:

-          Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, accounting or economics

-          5 – 10 years experience from similar positions

-          Experience within a global organization is an advantage

-          High experience within to Microsoft office tools, such as MS Excel

-          Knowledge to Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 is an advantage

-          Good understanding and efficient with tools such as ERP, HFM, Excel and Power BI (or similar)

-          Ability to speak English

Personal Qualities / Characteristics: 

-          Good analytical skills, solution oriented and targeted

-          Ability to work independently, but also as a part of a team and share knowledge, experience, information and support others in the pursuit of team goals

-          Must be able to meet deadlines

-          Impact, convince and persuade others and promote plans and ideas successfully

-          Adhere to company rules and procedures and execute plans with commitment and determination

-          Be proactive and work on continuous improvements

We can offer: 

-          Working in an internationally environment/stable company

-          You will be and important contributor in an exclusive technical and commercial environment

-          Unique atmosphere in a team sharing expertise

-          Collaboration with various departments and disciplines within our global organization

-          Competitive terms and conditions

-          Interesting experience and opportunity for personal development

Place of work: Kongsberg Office, Palaio Faliro, Ethnarchou Makariou & Moraitini 4

Applicants are requested to enclose information on education, training, experiences together with a full CV. Original document to be presented in an interview. 

At Kongsberg, we believe in tackling challenging problems and delivering extreme performance for extreme conditions. We do that through excellent products and services developed for delivering the greatest benefits to our customers.

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