Finance Manager

• Finance Manager as a member of the EMEA Controller Team, working in a shared services environment.

Job Responsibilities:

Ø Manage a team of 2-3 qualified accountants

Ø M&A integration management

Ø Financial accounting

Ø Monthly, Quarterly and Year end close

Ø Balance sheet reconciliations

Ø Ownership of balance sheet & profit and loss

Ø Quarter end reporting

Ø Fixed asset accounting for the entities

Ø US GAAP lease accounting for the entities

Ø Statutory audit and reporting

Ø US GAAP year-end audit clearance

Ø Corporate income tax returns

Ø Tax audits and enquiries from tax authorities

Ø Tax compliance

Ø VAT compliance and reporting

Ø Cash flow and balance sheet forecasting

Ø Cash management

Ø Bank reconciliations

Ø Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for the entities

Ø Ensure financial processes are in accordance with and adhere to corporate policies

· Key role as part of Finance team with key interfaces with other internal customers and European controllers, A/P, A/R, Payroll, Cadence US treasury, US Corporate accounting, US Tax and local tax advisers.

· Ad hoc projects

Job Qualifications:

• Fully qualified accountant – ACA/ACCA
• 4-5 years PQE preferable
• Leadership experience preferable
• Fluent English
• Considerable experience of financial statement preparation
• Good working knowledge of GAAP

Behavioral Competencies:

Competency

Definition

Teamwork

• Both Supports others and asks for and receives help from others
• Understands and contributes to team objectives
• Constructively resolves conflicts with team members
• Gives opinions and listens to other member’s ideas during team meetings

Customer Focus

• Understand and acts on customer needs (including internal customers)
• Approaches work from the perspective of “what customer problems will I solve” by doing this?
• Works with “suppliers” to make sure that customer needs can be met

Accountability

• Is self-accountable for situations, attitudes, and behaviors
• Recognizes true intent of situations and owns their role in outcome whether positive or negative
• Self-examines and learns from outcomes
• Demonstrates willingness to renew attitudes and behaviors to achieve desired outcomes

Communication

· Communicates ideas, opinions, status, and suggestions to individuals & groups

• Written and verbal communications convey ideas and information in a concise, understandable, and grammatically correct manner, using appropriate style and tone

Leadership

· Takes responsibility for strategic action and initiatives

• Finds innovative solutions to Cadence problems (in business, people, and technology areas)
• Assesses alternative courses of action and seeks information needed to make timely decisions
• Makes effective and efficient decisions and aligns actions with values
• Participates in cross-group initiatives

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Additional Skills/Preferences:

• SAP experience
• US GAAP/MNC experience
• European language skills – not required but a bonus
• Ability to deliver to immovable deadlines with a high degree of accuracy
• Strong sense of responsibility for completion of deliverables to meet own objectives
• Ability to work within a matrix business structure with internal customers in multicultural environment with multiple locations and time zones
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Additional Information:

Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Travel: >5%

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