WHO WE ARE

FTI Consulting is the world’s leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world’s leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy, and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.
At FTI Consulting, you’ll be inspired and empowered to make an impact on headline matters that change history. Working side by side with the world’s leading experts in your field, you’ll be surrounded by an open collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and most importantly, you.
Are you ready to make an impact?

ABOUT THE ROLE

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our EMEA Finance Team for a Finance Director to support FTI business within the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). The role will be based in the FTI Frankfurt office.
This is a key leadership role in the EMEA Finance organisation. This role requires an established Financial Director, with approx. 10 experience, , handling technical accounting issues, spearheading compliance across a multi-jurisdictional environment and leading teams to design, implement and maintain a strong and efficient internal control environment to deliver timely and accurate financial statements, as well as to protect the assets of the company. This role requires a finance professional well versed in US GAAP, local German/Swiss GAAP, and the requirements under the Sarbanes Oxley Act (‘SOX’) for a U.S. listed company, as well as a detailed understanding of the internal and external requirements of a regional finance organisation.
This role reports to the EMEA Finance Vice President, with a matrixed reporting structure to the DACH Leadership and will be charged with creating a Finance, Tax and Accounting organization focused on compliance and business support.
The role will collaborate with leaders across the DACH, EMEA, and Segment Finance organisation, other EMEA Controllers, Payroll, Shared Services, Billing and Cash Management, Tax and Financial Planning & Analysis.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

General Accounting & Compliance

• Ensure proper accounting under US GAAP and local GAAP and be able to write memos for technical accounting for complex accounting matters for various legal entities
• Manage day to day accounting activities, including the month-end close, and the recording, documentation, and analysis
• Liaise with and support EMEA Shared Services Accounting team on other close requirements, e.g., lease accounting, fixed assets, etc.
• Manage and ensure the accuracy of the country cluster’s accounting records, including financial statements, VAT, social security, and other tax returns (coordinating with regional & global teams as needed)
• Own and lead all external statutory account filings and audits across country cluster, including directing the audit strategy and actively managing teams to deliver timely audits
• Own accounting disclosures relating to the country cluster
• Review material transactions, provide guidance for issue resolution, ensure proper documentation exists for resolution and review with Corporate Accounting as necessary
• Lead for SOX controls across country cluster, including overseeing design, implementation, and effectiveness; ensure all SOX requirements met through continuous review process and owning periodic testing with internal audit function
• Ensure business customers receive timely and accurate information regarding financial results and impact from unusual or irregular transactions
• Ensure implementation and effectiveness of all global Financial Procedures and Policies and develop local procedures to promote consistency

Local Operations

• Ensure efficient and effective allocation of work within the finance team
• Actively drive implementation of country cluster finance operating model in collaboration with the EMEA finance leadership team
• Coordinate with EMEA Shared Service Centre to ensure responsive and accurate service across transactional support requirements, e.g., accounts payable, billing, cash & banking, travel & expense, etc. - escalating to SSC Lead/ Finance leadership as needed
• In partnership with HR, have oversight of payroll process and in-house management
• Support and promote compliance with FTI’s policies and procedures in contracting and other business processes, develops training materials and holds training sessions for practitioners as needed
• Collaborate with other Core Operations departments such as Legal, IT, Real Estate, HR on cluster related finance matters

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Country Leadership Partnership

• Point of contact for country leaders regarding finance questions and providing suggestions/ supporting key business decisions, changes, communications, etc.
• Prepare financial reports to support country leadership, as needed
• In close collaboration with local leadership, and considering guidance from segment finance leaders, supports preparation and/or provides local insight into quarterly forecast and annual budgets, including business projections, talent planning, assessing opportunities/risks, etc.

Regional and Segment Partnership

• Support ad hoc regional and segment needs; answer queries on financial information, key metrics, customer contracts, local regulations, etc.
• Support continuous improvement and championing best practices across EMEA finance function e.g;. Lead projects as needed, including in collaboration with IT; Contribute to development, introduction and enhancement of decision support reporting and tools for segment and region.