Financial Director

The organisation

LGMG Europe BV is the European sales, marketing and aftersales subsidiary of Lingong Group Jinan Heavy Machinery Co. Ltd., a Chinese company specialising in manufacturing construction equipment including Arial Working Platforms. LGMG Europe has been the fastest-growing AWP brand in Europe since entering the European market in 2015.

LGMG offers a full range of scissor lifts along with articulated and telescopic boom lifts. These mobile elevating working platforms have been exported to more than 30 countries including Norway, Denmark, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Ireland, Poland, Bulgaria, Russia, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United States. They provide complete production solutions with LGMG Europe having a strong focus on safety and customer service.
In 2018 LGMG opened its first European office, based in Rotterdam Area, to be centrally located in Europe, next to ports and highways. The new office provides an ideal base to provide fast delivery of machines, spare parts, and also quality service support.

The position

You will build the finance structure necessary for the international expansion, ensuring it meets the needs of internal and external stakeholders. You will be given the entrepreneurial freedom and accountability to lead the finance organisation through a rapid expansion, in line with the strategy and the resources agreed with the board. You will report to the General Manager of LGMG Europe and have a numerical dotted line in a matrix organisation to HQ in China. You will also be involved in operations, external financing and investor relations.

Tasks & responsibilities

Broad Finance role

• Setting up an international finance structure
• Setting up and implementing Governance & Compliance
• Business Planning
• Controlling processes
• Reporting
• Tax
• Legal
• SAP implementation initiated from Group HQ China
• Liaise with HQ China (dotted line)
• Investor Relations

Candidate profile

The successful candidate is an entrepreneurial leader, with sufficient experience and gravitas to take on this broad role. You must be able to create a path to growth in a complex and developing market. To be successful you need the have the following:

Personal characteristics

• A strategic mind and commercial entrepreneurial mindset
• Ability to develop productive relationships with all stakeholders.
• Energetic and natural leader able to build a high performance finance team.
• Empathic communication style to work in an international environment with different cultures.

Qualifications

• 10 years relevant working experience, leading a team of finance professionals.
• Master degree in Finance or Accounting, Business Economics or Business Administration
• Executive MBA in Finance or an AA / RA / ACA / CMA / CPA - Degree would be an advantage.
• Started career with the Big 4, Consultancy / Law firm or listed international company
• Familiar with US-GAAP, CN-GAAP, DAS, IFRS.
• International experience, b2b with large players in industrial sectors.
• Proficient in English is a must, preferably Chinese as well; Dutch or other European language is beneficial.

The offer

• Competitive salary (Dutch jurisdiction)
• Annual bonus
• Group pension scheme 
• Company car or travel allowance
• Perfect space for growth based on a global perspective
• A very diverse team, working with different nationalities

 Interested?

You can apply to this position by using the link below.