Interim Chief Financial Officer
Interim Search has been commissioned to appoint an interim Group Finance Manager for Axfood. The assignment is at the head office in Stockholm.
Axfood is one of the Nordic region's largest listed companies in the grocery trade and has a market share of 21 % with its store chains Hemköp and Willis. They have an annual turnover of SEK 43 billion and 8800 employees. Axfood is listed on the Nasdaq OMX Large Cap list.
The role of Interim Chief Financial Officer:
As Group Finance Manager, you will have overall responsibility for leading the work of the group's finance and group accounting function, the group's financial reporting, the development of the SAP finance processes and the group's Shared Service Center (SSC).
The CFO has staff responsibility for four direct reports with shared responsibility for financial and group accounting, the Shared Service Center and a function that runs and develops the financial processes in SAP. The total team at group level consists of nine people, excluding the SSC which employs just over 90 people. The Group CFO works in cooperation with the CFOs of the respective subsidiaries.
The CFO reports directly to the Group CFO and is a member of the Group Finance Management Team.
Who we are looking for:
- You have solid experience in leading accounting work in large listed companies
- You have a solid knowledge of accounting principles, internal controls and reporting
- You have a good track record of leading and developing teams
- You have solid experience in initiating and independently driving improvement projects in the finance function
- Experience with SAP and/or Cognos is an advantage
About the process:
We will present candidates on Thursday, May 11 at 19:30 and interviews at the company will take place on Friday, May 12. The assignment is full-time, starts immediately and is expected to last until November 30, 2017.
The responsible recruitment consultant is Ingemar Wallin which can be reached at 0709-656 956