Finance Director – International
Job Description
Job title: Finance Director – International
Company: Cox Automotive
Job description: Cox Automotive, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises headquartered in the United States, is a global business transforming the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses vehicles. Cox Automotive is the world’s largest automotive service organisation, providing solutions to our clients at every stage of the vehicle lifecycle. Through our unique insights, based on data spanning the wholesale, retail and consumer sectors, we help dealers, manufacturers, fleet and leasing companies to boost the value of their assets from cradle to grave, improving performance and profitability at every stage.Cox Automotive International is the multi-national division of Cox Automotive focused on creating integrated wholesale, retail and mobility solutions to meet customers needs in an evolving new and used vehicle ecosystem. Cox Automotive International currently operates businesses in UK, Australia, New Zeeland, Brazil, many European countries (including Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, and Portugal), and China.Cox Automotive International operates business units focused on; physical and online wholesale vehicle exchanges for dealers, fleet, leasing companies and manufacturers, logistics to transport vehicles between buyers and sellers, onsite and offsite physical services to assess and recondition vehicles, inventory management platforms and solutions clients, retail solutions providing software and services to support new and used vehicle marketplaces, and financing for dealer floor plans.The Role:
You will lead the Finance function for the International division and will:
- take full responsibility for reviews of monthly financial results with local finance teams • consolidation of monthly financial reporting from local markets
- lead the budgeting process including establishing timelines and setting targets for local markets
- support the accounting for Corporate Service functions within the International team
- monitor and review monthly forecasts to assess risks and opportunities for the division
- present consolidated financial results to International President and International CFO
- prepare financial reporting for international division to global executive leadership team
- provide ad hoc reporting and analysis to support the needs of International President, International CFO, International CPO and global finance team
- support the ERM programme across International
You will lead a team of financial managers/analysts in becoming trusted advisors to market CFOs and market finance directors by partnering to help them deliver financial commitments, serving as conduit between the global finance team and markets to maintain alignment on strategic direction and best practice sharing and sharing insights and analysis to support growth and improve profitability. As a leader you will engage and motivate team members, managing their work assignments, ensuring the quality and timeliness of deliverables, and providing team members with regular feedback. You will be a true ambassador of Cox Automotive values and instil them in our team through your commitment to both our business objectives and our customers.You will work in a matrix environment that will require the ability to partner with key stakeholders to assess and met their requirements. You will need to influence strategic direction, collaborate and coordinate with diverse teams and communicate effectively to ensure teams remain aligned on delivery of financial commitments.You will monitor the development and execution of commercial strategies to ensure that they add value Cox Automotive. You will work closely with the international leadership team and local finance teams to review, challenge and support achievement of business objectives through robust analysis of supporting data to enable the business to grow sustainably. You will lead the standardization of financial practices across international and facilitate best practices sharing across the marketsThe Person:
We love our brand, are passionate about our values and feel we have a great company you will be proud to be part of. We are looking for someone who shares our enthusiasm for delivering an exceptional customer experience and building excellent teams to deliver that experience. You will be a strong leader with a proven track record of delivering results through managing teams in a commercial/financial environment and influencing business leader. You will have a solid knowledge of business finance and a good instinct for business, you will be an exceptional motivator, a strong communicator and have excellent stakeholder management skills.Expected skills and experience for the role:– You will have experience in a commercial leadership role supporting multi-national business including consolidation of reporting– You will be comfortable presenting information to all levels of the business– You will be confident in questioning and challenging leadership teams and other colleagues to ensure robust decision making– Will have strong leadership skills and able to uphold Cox Automotive values– Will have the ability to convert data into real meaningful information to use in analysis that is easy to understand– You will be able to adapt to an agile environment, able to manage multiple deliverables/processes and adjust quickly to changes in the environment– Have a hands-on approach and a curiosity to know what is going on in all areas of the business.– You will be confident in making strategy decisions, supporting the International President and CFOSTRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASEWe work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies and we’re not looking to add to our PSL.We do not accept unsolicited agency CV’s sent to the recruitment team or directly to the hiring manager. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CV’s.#INDARCox Automotive is the world’s largest automotive service organisation. We
provide dependable solutions that improve performance and profitability
throughout the vehicle lifecycle to manufacturers, fleets, and retailers.
Our businesses are organised around our customers’ core needs across vehicle
solutions, mobility, remarketing, funding, and retail.
Expected salary:
Location: Leeds
