Head of the Everfield Finance Center

Job description

ABOUT EVERFIELD Everfield is a platform with a mission of acquiring, building and operating vertical market and specialist software companies, focused on European businesses. We invest in and provide support and best practices to software companies for them to live up to their full potential by offering a very established approach to promote growth. Everfield is looking to be the leader in European vertical and specialist software solutions across myriad niche industries that provide mission-critical applications, services, and support to their clients. Everfield seeks to deliver innovation and growth to its acquired companies by providing best practices and operational support to help identify opportunities and install proven methodologies to accelerate customer and market share. Everfield is located throughout Europe, with offices in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Poland and Spain. ABOUT THE ROLE As a the Head of Everfield Finance Center you are responsible for managing the Everfield Finance Center. As we started in 2023 there is a big opportunity to grow the team and manage the expectations of the various stakeholders in a challenging environment where we buy 10 to 15 new Companies a year,. These Companies need to be integrated into our financial eco system. WHAT YOU WILL DO - Lead and supervise a team of finance professionals, providing guidance, coaching, and performance feedback to maximize individual and team productivity and development. - Oversee the day-to-day operations of the finance shared services center, ensuring the delivery of high-quality financial services and support to internal stakeholders. - Develop and implement standardized finance processes, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance with company policies and relevant regulations. - Continuously improve and streamline finance operations, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements and automation initiatives, leveraging technology and digital tools to optimize finance operations. - Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track the performance of the shared services center, identify trends, and implement corrective actions as needed. - Manage relationships with internal stakeholders, providing timely and accurate financial information, responding to inquiries, and addressing concerns. - Ensure the timely and accurate completion of financial processes, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, financial reporting, and other related activities. - Stay up to date with industry best practices, emerging trends, and technological advancements in finance shared services, and proactively incorporate relevant changes into the operations. - Collaborate with external auditors during financial audits and assist in the resolution of audit findings and recommendations. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR - At least 5 years experience in a Shared Service Center with the drive and ambition to make a difference. - Experience within a VC environment is preferable - Strong communication and interpersonal skills in an international, multi-language setting. - Fluency in English and Polish - Ability to communicate at all levels of an organisation. - Proven people management skills including development and employee satisfaction - Solid knowledge on general accounting and preferably IFRS - General knowledge on accounting systems and related processes, great to have knowledge of NetSuite Above all, we are looking for a great colleague: enthusiastic, approachable, honest, committed, result-focused and a team player who wants to achieve the best results together.