Director of UK Finance

Director of UK Finance

Excellent Salary + Bonus + Car Allowance + Benefits

County Durham

The Company:

Husqvarna Group is a global leading producer of outdoor power products and innovative solutions for forest, park and garden care.  Products include chainsaws, trimmers, robotic lawn mowers and ride-on lawn mowers.

The Group is also the European leader in garden watering products and a global leader in cutting equipment and diamond tools for the construction and stone industries. The Group’s products and solutions are sold under brands including Husqvarna, Gardena, McCulloch, Poulan Pro, Weed Eater, Flymo, Zenoah and Diamant Boart via dealers and retailers to consumers and professionals in more than 100 countries. Net sales in 2017 amounted to SEK 39bn and the Group has around 13,000 employees in 40 countries.

The Company’s Core purpose is to turn technology into opportunity with a passion for innovation we create performance, pride and improved results for our customers.
The business was established 329 years ago, is head quartered in Sweden and saw a 7% increase in net sales in 2017.

The Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the UK finance team of Husqvarna. 

• Reporting into the CFO, the Director of UK Finance will lead the existing 3 direct areas of responsibility – Sales Controlling, Factory Controlling & UK Country Officer / Shared Services. 
• Lead the UK finance teams, in the delivery of support to the 4 divisions with a combined turnover of £225m (Husqvarna, Consumer, Construction, Gardena, with the addition of the factory)
• Take full responsibility for leading all financial accounting, treasury and taxation functions for the site
• Lead the preparation of year-end accounts and work with external auditors to complete the statutory accounts
• Manage all UK external advisory relationships i.e. tax, audit, etc
• Lead on projects of strategic importance e.g. UK Co-ordinator for IRFS 16, GDPR project and JD Edwards implementation
• Continuous improvement of systems & processes including management of internal controls
• Monthly reporting into Group (Sweden)

The Person:

• Qualified Accountant – ACA or ACCA
• Knowledge of JD Edwards would be beneficial, but not essential
• Strong technical accounting background
• Someone who possesses genuine people leadership skills and can illustrate previous experience of successfully leading and motivating a team to achieve clear and challenging objectives
• Excellent communication skills with the ability and desire to work in partnership with peers and cross divisions
• Results driven with a positive attitude
• Flexibility to meet the business needs