Finance Manager Iberia

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The Finance Manager Iberia is responsible for the financial operations of Spain and Portugal end-to-end: owning the monthly close and ensuring the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of financial reporting, leading budgeting, forecasting and financial planning (FP&A), improving financial processes and acting as a trusted business partner to the business teams.

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  Own the monthly accounting close process for Spain and Portugal end-to-end, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of the reporting process.

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  Prepare monthly, quarterly and ad hoc financial reporting packages for Group consolidation.

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  Build and maintain KPI and performance dashboards (profitability, margins, unit economics) for local leadership and business stakeholders.

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  Provide profitability analysis by client, campaign and service line, and support business cases and scenario planning for strategic initiatives.

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  Lead the annual budgeting process and run forecasting cycles in line with the Group planning calendar.

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  Support the preparation of local GAAP financial statements, and manage relationships with external auditors.

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  Ensure compliance with local fiscal, accounting and regulatory requirements, including VAT and other local tax obligations.

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  Implement and maintain financial controls and improve processes, looking for automation efficiencies.

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  Directly manage and develop the financial team: set objectives, follow up and support their growth.

• University degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or Accounting.

• Prior experience at a Big4 firm (audit or financial advisory) is required.

• Strong, demonstrable experience in FP&A and Controlling is required; this is a core focus of the role.

• Experience managing people is required.

• +7 years of overall finance experience.

• Solid understanding of finance and accounting processes.

• Working knowledge of ERP systems (NetSuite or similar) and FP&A/BI tools is advantageous.

• Hands-on, pragmatic, problem-solving approach: comfortable owning both strategic topics and day-to-day operational execution.

• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills.

• Organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Self-motivated and driven, with genuine ownership: does not escalate operational problems upward, solves them.

• Genuine mentoring mindset, particularly to support the technical development of team members.

• Strong stakeholder management skills in an international, matrix environment.

• Fluent in Spanish and English; Portuguese is a plus given the scope in Portugal.