Finance Director

Faiveley Transport Nordic AB, part of Wabtec Corporation, a system supplier to the international railway industry. The company was founded over 100 years ago and is one of the leading actors on the Nordic railway market where we deliver different types of service and improvement projects on many of the Nordic trains types with focus on brake systems, door systems, air condition systems, automatic couplers and electronics. We are also world-leading provider of thread brake units and slack adjusters, which are exported to many types of train project over the world. The company has today ca. 220 employees working within sales, project management, construction, development, production, service and maintenance, supply chain, purchasing, finance, HR and quality. The company has since several years a fine growth and the turnover is today around 600 MSEK. The head office, with production, is situated in Landskrona. Project and sales office is located in Stockholm and service business in Norway. Wabtec Corporation, with over 27,000 employees in over 50 countries around the world, is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors.

As Finance Director you are responsible for managing the Finance department, consisting of six employees, and for business partnering with the Faiveley Transport Nordic Management Team to fuel growth and improve profitability. You drive and initiate projects relating to finance, reporting and the ERP system and you also support any business-related initiatives.

You report to the Vice President, Finance of the Transit Services Group, with headquarters in France, but works closely with the local Managing Director and the Faiveley Transport Nordic Management Team, whom you are part of.

Areas of responsibilities

You are responsible for:

-developing and producing relevant KPIs of the business

-cooperating with

- banks, head-offices, auditors and local authorities
- sister companies in connection with financial and administrative questions


-participating in company planning and strategy set-ups

-managing a group of six employees

You are accountable for:

- closing of the books and accounting on a monthly basis in compliance with US GAAP
- reporting to group
- budget and forecasting
- follow up of projects


-net cash-flow planning and follow up

-SOX controls

Further you are a contact person in systems and accounting questions

Your profile

We are looking for you who have a passion for finance and for supporting the business. You easily navigate in the environments described above. We think you have a solid experience within accounting and hold a Master of Science in Business Administration & Economics. You have a manager experience. It’s an advantage if you are familiar with long term projects. Ideally you have experience from working in a matrix organization at an international company.

As a person you are a team player with a strategic mindset and you enjoy a high tempo. You thrive leading and motivating your co-workers. You master the Office package and have excellent knowledge of Swedish and English. It is beneficial if you have experience from working with M3.

10 to 15 years of experience is required, including five years in a similar role.

Other

Location: Landskrona. Selection of candidates and interviews will be done continuously, so please send us your application in English as soon as possible.

For possible questions you are welcome to contact HR Country Manager Catarina Boustedt: 0723-64 22 12 or catarina.boustedt@wabtec.com

We do not accept applications via e-mail.