Senior Manager Business Finance - SITA Switzerland Sarl

Senior Manager Business Finance

The Senior Manager Business Finance leads the Financial Planning and Analysis function for the Geography. He She provides key financial information, performance indicators as well as forward-looking/predictive business analysis to support the geography’s short term operational goals and long-term's strategy and growth. He/She promotes financial excellence in serving the business by proactively engaging with Business Finance, Corporate Control and Corporate Finance colleagues, seeking and providing guidance / advice on relevant matters.

At SITA, we achieve more, together. Are you ready to join us?  

What you will do

• Lead, manage and control the period financial results (process, timelines, content)
• Preparation of the business review presentation and lead results discussion with GEO President and CFO
• Lead monthly reviews with P&L (BU) and/or cost budget owners
• Lead monthly/quarterly forecast (at required level of granularity) and budgeting process including the reviews with relevant business owners and finance stakeholders
• Actively participating in the preparation of the 3 Year Business Plan for the GEO;
• Plays an active role in the revenue and/or expense management activities by:
  • Signing-off the monthly revenue and expenses
  • Supporting the monthly/quarterly standard financial process related to revenue recognition and expenses, in conjunction with Corporate Accounting
• Confirm and validate the data integrity of the financial results by:
  • Ensuring alignment between Statutory reporting and Management reporting results;
  • Confirming IFRS and accounting policies compliance;
  • Supporting the Audit activity;
  • Playing an active role in the Balance Sheet control activity;
  • Control of the depreciation bookings as established by Corp. Accounting
• Support the leadership team in the absence of GEO CFO
• Is actively involved in the financial control activities including costs analysis ensuring alignment with capitalization best practices, with tax compliance activities, with corporate practices and standards.
• Provides support on key corporate and strategic programs
• Defines, project-manages and delivers improvement plans or special projects to increase the overall quality of the business finance function.

Who you are

• 10+ years of combined finance, FP&A experience, preferably within a large international company with a matrix business structure.
• Interacting at senior management level & ability to influence decision making at the GEO level.
• Experience in delegation and in particular exercising good judgement between personal involvement and delegation.
• Ability to challenge status quo and make recommendations for improvements.

• Strong finance and accounting knowledge and experience.
• 7+ Experience in Financial Planning & Analysis.
• 5+ years working experience as a business partner.
• Proficient knowledge of Financial Systems (oracle/Hyperion).
• Strong Competence in Excel and PowerPoint are mandatory.
• Strong presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Knowledge of International Accounting standards (IFRS and US GAAP).
• Ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines.
• Proactive, strong communication skills and a willingness to learn.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in finance or business Management.
• MBA qualification is strongly desired.
• Proficiency in spoken Spanish/Portuguese strongly desirable.
• Six Sigma Green/Black belt certification desired

What we offer

SITA’s workplace is all about diversity: many different countries and cultures are represented in our workforce, and colleagues who’ve been working here for decades collaborate with those just out of college and early in their careers. SITA is a place of change and constant improvement, where we're always pushing ourselves to find better ways of doing things: smarter, quicker, easier, for us and our customers and for their customers too.

And we offer all the good stuff you’d expect like holidays, bonus, flexible benefits, medical policy, pension plan and access to world class learning.

Welcome to SITA

SITA is the world’s leading specialist in air transport communications and information technology. We don’t just connect the global aviation industry. We apply decades of experience and expertise to address almost every core business, operational, baggage, and passenger process in air transport.

We design, build, and support technology solutions all with one vision to create easy air travel every step of the way. As an organization, we cover 95% of all international air travel destinations and work with over 2,800 air transport and government customers in every corner of the globe. Are you ready to explore the opportunities?

SITA is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran.  SITA does not discriminate based on age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, age, Vietnam Era Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

 SITA is committed to assuring equal employment opportunity and equal access to individuals with disabilities. SITA will provide reasonable accommodation to a qualified individual with a disability to enable such individual to perform the essential functions of the position for which he/she is applying or in which he/she is employed.

 SITA's equal employment opportunity policy applies to all employment practices and actions, including, without limitation, recruitment, application process, examination and testing, hiring, training, disciplinary actions, rate of pay or other compensation, advancement, classification, transfer, reassignment and promotions.

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