Director, Finance and Operations

Function Specific Tasks

• Lead the direct FI/CO, Order Management, Procurement, Warehouse, and Logistic Teams (recruiting, separation, salary responsibility, employee appraisals) for SKAN US
• Cordination of HR-related topics for the IT-team at SKAN US. The technical lead is with the Director ICT at SKAN AG.
• Overall responsibility for:
• General and subledgers for SKAN US and SKAN Real Estate LLC
• Internal & external reporting
• Budgeting- and forecasting process
• Cash-Planning
• Monthly-, quarterly-, annual closing according to Swiss GAAP FER and local GAAP
• Preparation of the reporting packages to SKAN AG
• Periodical tax filings (corporate tax, sales and use tax)
• Definition and development of the FI/CO, Order Management, Procurement, Warehouse, and Logistics processes
• Strong focus on digitalization and high transparency of the financial processes
• Developing KPI’s
• Definition and development of the Internal Control System (ICS)
• Further development and implementation of new systems/processes in the FI/CO, Order Management, Procurement, Warehouse, and Logistics areas
• Close cooperation and regular communication with the international finance teams (mainly SKAN AG)
• Cordination of the audits at SKAN US (internal and external)
• Participation in optimization processes (department-specific and cross-departmental)
• Ensure Q-System in FI/CO, Order Management, Procurement, Warehouse, and Logistics
• Focus on digitalization of FI/CO, Order Management, Procurement, Warehouse, and Logistics processes
• Strong communication skills internally and externally (banks, authorities, auditors)
• Prioritizing skills
• Strong service orientation
• Participation in strategic initiatives and creation of business cases

Qualifications Needed

• Experience leading a team and able to develop your team according to their strengths & company needs
• Enforce own responsibility & independency
• Enhance strong service and support orientation
• Experienced in working within a publicly traded company
• Hands-on mentality
• Respect cultural values
• US CPA preferred
• Bachelor/Master of Business Administration
• Good knowledge of the MS Office package, especially MS Excel
• SAP knowledge
• Basic knowledge of accounting standards (Swiss GAAP FER, IFRS)

What can we offer you?

• An open corporate culture and teamwork
• Short decision-making paths and flat hierarchies
• Intensive orientation and training programs through our SKAN Academy
• Excellent base salary with potential annual bonus opportunity
• Major medical, dental and vision for employee and family
• Short-term and long-term disability for employees
• 401K with 100% company match up to 6% immediately vested
• 15 paid vacation days and nine observed company holidays per year, generous rollover policy