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What We'll Bring:
We Are TransUnion:TransUnion is a major credit reference agency, and we offer specialist services in fraud, identity and risk management, automated decisioning and demographics. We support organisations across a variety of sectors including finance, retail, telecommunications, utilities, gaming, government and insurance.
What You'll Bring:
We’re looking for a Chief Financial Officer - Europe to join us here at TransUnion.
Overview:
This role has responsibility for the Management and oversight of finance and accounting activities for TransUnion Europe at the BU level through subordinate BU level management. Some of the key responsibilities include:
Translate strategic objectives into specific department objectives, assist the CEO with the development of the company’s annual financial plan and conceptualizes long range plans based on the business needs and directions of the company.
Prepare presentations and make strategy recommendations to the Board of Directors.
Finance People Leader leading the organization through the global operating model.
Understand policy making decisions that will drive the general objectives of the assigned business function(s), develop the framework to guide processes and subsequent measures accordingly.
Assist in the identification and due diligence efforts for acquisition activity that compliments the BU operations.
Functions as a subject matter expert and serves as a resource to internal and external customers.
Manage Group Finance accounting and finance operations to include the management of the BU accounting management team and associates with diverse experience levels that are expected to utilize and/or maintain one or a combination of general accounting systems.
Maintain ledger accounts and related activities for the production of financial statements and related reports.
Provide record of assets, liabilities and other financial transactions. Balance books periodically and prepares profit and loss, income and balance sheet statements.
Analyze the basic financial (income statements, balance sheets, and statements of cash flow) to identify trends and interpret for senior management.
Complete management reporting to measure performance against key objectives and strategies.
Key Business Skills:
Communication: Shares and clarifies overall company vision and related department strategies with associates. Regularly communicates through other managers reporting to this position. Communicates with peers from other Business units to understand their needs. Provides continual, constructive feedback on performance results against departmental goals. Promotes teamwork within and across work units.
Planning: Defines scope of product/service and plans for resources needed, time and staff expertise, tools, financing to provide an integrated framework in which goals are achieved. Formulates a tangible link between corporate vision and corporate business goals. Balances department goals and overall company objectives, with business unit goals and customer needs and formulates the effectiveness of original plan; stays abreast of corporate goals and continually assesses currency of plan.
Mentoring: Defines the specific achievement levels needed for department success; sets baseline expectations, monitors results and encourages group toward high level performance. Envisions ideal achievements and performance results for the department, consistent with the organizational objectives; establishes requirements, delivery criteria and measures for performance. Provides a road map for individual and collective department performance and development. Advances the development of associates by creating an environment conducive to internal, external, cross-functional and on-the-job training. Monitors the delivery of compensation and career opportunities for internal and external equity.
Financial Expense: Forecasts, develops and implements departmental budget. Reviews and approves all expenses (internal and external). Negotiate and approve vendor fees. Analyzes budget for variances and takes corrective action as necessary.
Customer Experience: Directs product/service introduction to the customer. Negotiates customers’ expectations of department’s services. Translates customer-oriented values, beliefs and needs into meaningful business goals. Predicts and forecasts trends and demands based on historical customer and departmental performance data. Explores customers’ ideas and concepts to identify potential new opportunities.
Planning: Direct and control the forecast and planning process for TransUnion Europe
Process Management: Defines a high-level framework of processes, linkages, critical success factors and performance measures. Establishes and supports proactive process assessment and formulates preventive measures. Studies best practices: challenges current work models and sets standards for improvement ideas.
Administration: Provides direction on and interprets legal and company compliance issues. Develops philosophy on practices and users’ tools resulting from department’s products/services. Plans for adequate supplies and tools (technical, subscriptions, facility, etc.) needed in the department. Establishes standards for timely delivery of management reports, human resource, accounting and other various administrative activities.
What you will Bring:
Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related studies. Management degree is an advantage.
Qualified ACCA, CIMA or equivalent is encouraged.
Third level of management responsibility in a corporate Accounting/Finance capacity engaged activities related to one or more of the following: general accounting, cost accounting, tax, financial analysis, or financial audits.
Must have strong track-record of supervisory experience managing a team of accounting or finance associates and at least 3 years as a Financial Controller.
Experience working within a global and/or matrix organizations is advantageous.
Must be able to apply knowledge of one or more of the following in completing daily assignments: GAAP, IFRS, Tax regulations and Sarbanes-Oxley.
Prior Board experience is encouraged.
Please note t his position falls under the under the Senior Manager & Certification Regime (SM&CR) and therefore candidates will be subject to enhanced levels of pre-employment vetting and must be able to satisfy fitness and propriety tests on commencement of the role and on an ongoing basis to comply with FCA conduct rules.
Impact You'll Make:
What’s In It For you?
At TransUnion you will be joining a friendly, forward thinking global business.
As well as an excellent salary and bonus scheme or commission scheme (if joining our sales teams) our benefits package comes with:
26 days’ annual leave + bank holidays (increasing with service)
Global paid wellness days off + a bonus day off to celebrate your birthday
A generous contributory pension scheme + access to the TransUnion Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Private health care + a variety of physical, mental and financial fitness wellbeing programmes such as access to mindfulness tools
Access to our diversity forums and communities so you can get involved in causes close to your heart
Working Pattern
Our work style for this position is ‘hybrid’, which involves spending 40% of your working week at one of our office sites so you’ll need to live within a sensible commutable distance from our office. We’re happy to talk flexible working.
TransUnion – a place to grow
We know that you may not possess every aspect of the essential and/or desirable skills listed above but if there’s something you can’t tick off, don’t let that put you off applying as we could explore training for you.
Interview & Hiring Process
Most of our recruitment processes are virtual, so you’ll get to know our hiring managers and teams over the phone and through video. If we need you to attend a physical in person interview your recruiter will inform you of this.
Reasonable Adjustments
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend an interview with us please make us aware of this on your application.
We do not accept any unsolicited CV’s from recruitment agencies. If you are a recruitment agency on our PSL our talent team will contact you directly should we require any assistance.
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