Chief Financial Officer

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Exolon Group is a leading niche manufacturer, created from a carve-out of Covestro and today belonging to the Serafin Group, a diversified industrial group with an entrepreneurial tradition. Do you want to be part of our ambitious tight-knit team?

Actively shape the finance and IT organization to support future success

• You assume full responsibility for finance and IT of the Exolon Group and its 3 legal entities: manufacturing sites in Belgium and Italy and an administrative organization in Germany. Your focus fields are reporting, accounting, controlling, financing, treasury, and IT.
• You are hands-on involved in financial planning including budgeting, investment calculation, as well as the creation and preparation of the monthly and annual financial statements. You work closely together with, and motivate, three direct reports and their teams located in Tielt, Belgium and in Nera Montoro, Italy.
• You have a keen eye for process optimization and digitalization along the entire value chain. You will work on the creation and implementation of concepts for cost and working capital. You improve the reporting routines by using Power BI, leading the integration of SAP COPA and starting up the Process Mining exercise with the support of Celonis.
• You act as liaison between the organization and banks, key IT suppliers, report to the Group CEO and are in direct contact with the shareholder Serafin Group based in Munich. You will be based in Belgium, offices at the production site in Tielt, and travel to Italy monthly.

Ready to take ownership and initiatives

• Master’s degree applied economics, commercial engineer, or equivalent, preferably completed with a certification as accountant. You have at least 10 years of working experience in reporting, finance, controlling, accounting, budgeting inside a company and/or as a consultant.
• Preferably you have already a first experience with end responsibility for finance or you are ready for this step in your career. Experience in leading and coaching professionals in F&A is required. You have a strong interest in IT, and you are a believer in, and sponsor of, the use of IT and technology.
• You are acquainted with an industrial and international working environment. You communicate fluent in English and preferably also in Dutch. Knowledge of Italian and German are an asset. You are willing to travel up to 25%.
• You are a born negotiator and get energy from leading a team in an international context. A strong analytic mind, a structured way of working and authentic leadership are keywords that describe you.

Opportunity in international business environment

• Exolon Group is rich in experience and young at heart. Here you have the chance to actively participate in shaping the future. Exolon Group is actively investing in production capacity and digitalisation and has ambitious plans allowing you to take initiatives and to develop.
• This role combines hands-on management with project management and is the ideal challenge for you as a pragmatic and results-oriented financial professional with strong IT affinity and outspoken people management skills.
• You will work closely together with highly motivated and qualified teams and a shareholder willing to grow the business. You have impact as an active member of the leadership team and as direct confidante of the CEO to whom you report with figures and insights based on analysis and understanding of the business.
• A competitive compensation package is foreseen.

We look forward to hearing from you

We are working in collaboration with Mercuri Urval, specialists in Executive Search, Professional Recruitment and Talent Advisory. Please send your CV and cover letter through www.mercuriurval.com ref.no. DE-20912. For additional information please contact Hilde Vanderschelden, +32 478 32 46 58

About the company

Exolon Groupis one of the leading manufacturers of Polycarbonate and Polyester sheets in Europe. Under its brands Exolon, Vivak, and Axpet, the Exolon Group manufactures and distributes its products into a very wide selection of different industries. The Exolon group is renowned for their customer proximity on all levels and the quality of the products. The group has production sites in Belgium (Tielt) and Italy (Nera Montoro) and an administrative office in Germany (Munich). In total, the group employs about 280 people of which the majority is based in Belgium. Today the group stands for a consolidated turnover of about €140 million. Respect for tradition, acting based on know-how, a strong sense for development and innovation are key values of the organisation.

Exolon Groupis part of Serafin Group, an investment company whose philosophy is based on more than 150 years of entrepreneurial tradition of its shareholding family. Serafin invests into industrial companies with the aim to foster their long-term development in accordance with all stakeholders.