CFO - Northern Italy

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If you're a qualified CFO, fluent in Italian, English and/or German, with extensive experience in turnaround and restructuring and can be available for a 6-9 month contract to start in January 2020, then we want to speak with you ASAP!

Posted On: Thursday, 23rd January 2020
Location: Italy
Pay Rate: Salary negotiable

Job Description:

If you're a qualified CFO, fluent in Italian, English and/or German, with extensive experience in turnaround and restructuring and can be available for a 6-9 month contract to start in January 2020, then we want to speak with you ASAP!

My client is a PE backed, European management services company and they are looking for an interim CFO as part of a turnaround and restructuring project across their commercial finance team. The suitable incumbent would be responsible for the following:

  • Timely reporting of financial business information to Head Office
  • Management of any major disrupting events, such as substantial deviations from project projections
  • Management of future events, with the foresight to see the respective financial impact to the overall business unit
  • Set up and execute mitigation activities
  • Financial forcasting and analysis
  • Focus on profitability and cash management
  • Oversee the divestment of certain business units

Qualities and experience needed:

  • Extensive financial restructuring and turnaround experience
  • Must be sensitive to regional cultural differences
  • Have the ability and understanding to get very close to the operational side of the business
  • Should understand service and project business
  • Languages: Italian (must), German or English (German preferred)