Join TRADER Corporation (“TRADER”), a division of PE-backed AutoScout24, a leading European-based global online marketplace, as our Head of FP&A.
What you'll do
In this pivotal role, you'll lead all aspects of financial planning, performance reporting, and strategic analysis for our ~$600M Canadian operation, which represents approximately 50% of AutoScout24's total group revenue.
As Head of FP&A, you will lead a team of 10 professionals with responsibility across all three Canadian business units (Internet Marketplace, Software and FinTech). You'll be a critical partner to each business unit, enabling insights that drive operational and financial improvement while assisting with the integration of TRADER's reporting, budgeting, and analysis into AutoScout24's global framework.
This leadership position will work closely with the CEO, private equity ownership, and business unit leads to provide timely, accurate reporting and business insights, serving as a trusted business partner to the TRADER CFO.
- Financial Planning & Analysis: Lead annual budget modeling and periodic reforecasting with monthly MD&A, highlighting key performance drivers, trends, and areas of concern.
- Financial & Business KPIs: Develop and manage key financial metrics to provide real-time insights into business performance.
- Financial Reporting: Lead the production of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting to internal and external stakeholders. Highlight trends, key actions and strategic implications.
- Strategic Financial Leadership: Act as a critical voice in investment and business discussions, introducing quantitative rigor to qualitative assessments. Build relationships to ensure Finance is well informed and has a strong voice in the organization.
- Cash Flow Management: Oversee a 13-week cash flow forecast linked to the income statement and balance sheet, and provide weekly liqudity reports.
- FP&A Organizational Transformation: Support an ongoing organizational transformation to strengthen the overall finance function by upgrading talent, streamlining roles and responsibilities, and representing FP&A needs in ongoing billing/accounting systems implementations (as necessary).
- Team Leadership: Lead the FP&A team, including staff recruitment, development and performance management. Identify, develop and retain talent to support business growth.
- Ad Hoc Duties: Undertake ad hoc requests as agreed with the CFO.
Your qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive FP&A or related experience in a tech environment; preferrably with global/cross-border experience
- Demonstrated history of increasing levels of responsibility and leadership, experience in a public or PE-owned company is a plus
- Strong ability to provide both financial and strategic guidance
- Excellent data analysis skills with ability to extract meaningful insights; familiarity with BI Tools (PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, etc.) is a plus
- Proven supervisory experience over direct and indirect reports
- Demonstrated ability to partner with C-suite executives and senior leadership teams. Experience working in a public or PE-owned company
- Experience collaborating with business unit leads on strategic initiatives
For a career where you can drive our business and shape your future, apply now.
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What We Do
We spark connections to move the world. As the largest pan-European online car market with around 1.5 million listings and more than 43,000 car dealer partners AutoScout24 offers inspiring solutions and empowering services. We amaze our customers by delivering real values. At AutoScout24, users can find, finance, buy, subscribe, lease and sell used as well as new cars. AutoScout24 smyle, our latest innovation, enables you to buy used cars entirely online and have them delivered right to your doorstep. Fully financed, insured, and registered – ready to drive! Think big, stay curious, take ownership: over 600 AutoScouts in 6 key markets are driving growth, all while moving, working and winning together. We foster a respectful and supportive environment that embodies diversity. AutoScout24 is committed to making the internet a safer place. We are one of the founding members of the initiative "Sicherer Autokauf im Internet” (Initiative for Safe Car Purchasing Online). With around 50 million downloads, the AutoScout24 app was awarded the best, most customer-friendly app by Focus-Money (FOCUS-MONEY study "Kundenfreundliche Apps", issue (15/21)
