CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Experience and Professional Knowledge:
• University Degree (any additional training in financial management would be a plus).
• Minimum 5 years of experience in finance, with at least 3 years of experience in finance management;
• Experience in a start-up company;
• Experience in a multinational environment with managerial responsibilities is preferred.

Competencies:
• Proven track record of strategic thinking in a team-oriented environment;
• Self-starter, highly energetic and innovative person with excellent interpersonal, organizational, motivational and management skills;
• Entrepreneurial overview.

Specific Requirements:
- Cultural versatility;
- Willingness to be based in Belgrad, Serbia.
- Fluency in English (working knowledge of Serbian would be an important asset).

Job Focus:
• Maximizes the return on financial assets by establishing financial policies, procedures, controls and reporting systems. Ensures legal and regulatory compliance for all accounting and financial reporting functions. Oversees cost and general accounting, accounts receivable/collection and payroll and risk management.

Job Responsibilities:
• Develops plans, budgets, forecasts and financial results to guide management decisions by forecasting requirements, preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, initiating corrective actions, preparing economic studies and forecast, developing and providing background information, developing and enforcing planning schedules, preparing planning narratives.
• Secures financing by tracking, measuring, evaluating, and forecasting financial results, identifying needs and trends, analyzing capital needs, managing deposits, negotiating credit with banks, brokers and insurance companies.
• Conducts financial analysis to identify profit improvement opportunities by studying business opportunities; determining expansion or purchase of plant facilities or product lines; evaluating options; recommending courses of action.
• Protects assets by establishing credit policies; developing and managing credit procedures, providing physical asset insurance coverage, establishing, auditing, and enforcing internal controls, arranging for and participating in external audits, managing legal counsel.
• Complies with regulatory fiscal requirements by approving and filing statements and reports, filing returns, paying taxes.
• Guides internal financial actions by developing and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Obtains revenue and pays obligations by establishing accounts receivable and payable systems.
• Represents the organization by communicating and interacting with governmental agencies.
• Authorizes agreements by representing the organization with financial institutions.
• Maintains office and information services by studying organization requirements; approving policies, procedures, programs and expenditures.
• Protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.