BSC International Fixed Assets Manager

Description of business

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The Heidelberg Materials International Business Service Centre (BSC) provides administrative and transactional services to in-scope Heidelberg Materials Companies and Business Lines. The International Business Centre incorporates departments which provides Accounts Payable, Central Purchasing, and Master Data services to other group countries. As part of an expanding international centre, there is lots of room for career progression within these departments.

We are committed to building a more sustainable future and recognize that a diverse workforce is key to our growth and development. We aim to foster a culture that values openness, transparency, and individual achievement. We actively encourage diversity in the construction industry and welcome all applicants, regardless of perfect alignment with job descriptions. Elevate your life with our family-friendly policies prioritizing wellbeing.

Our corporate culture is characterized by trusting teamwork, a strong customer focus, creativity, and a willingness to innovate, as well as sustainable thinking and action. As one of the world's leading manufacturers of construction materials with around 51,000 employees in over 50 countries, we offer excellent career opportunities for your professional future.

Heidelberg Materials Where Diversity Empowers, Individuality Inspires, and Together, we can achieve Net Carbon Zero

Description of the role/team

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The International Accounting Manager will provide stakeholder and operational management and leadership across the Accounting process for a number of countries within the Heidelberg Materials group.

The Accounting & Controlling team will assist in the preparation of the monthly management accounts for designated process areas, maintain and report on a strong and robust control environment, completing balance sheet reconciliations, risk analysis and providing an accounting perspective to all processes to ensure compliance, efficiency, and transparency.

Key accountabilities

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Subject Matter Expertise

• Operating as an International BSC expert in Accounting and Controlling, with detailed knowledge and conceptual understanding of relevant business processes and systems
• Provide technical leadership and advice on complex issue resolution to the in-scope businesses where relevant within a varying environment.
• Creation, implementation, and maintenance of a robust control environment ensuring integrity of all relevant processes and ledgers.
• Ensure adherence to Blueprint processes and procedure, with documentation of any variations from this.
• Ensuring compliance with individual rules and regulations of each in scope country, including running of appropriate validation and audit processes as required.
• Provide support and training where necessary across the business to promote understanding and efficient transacting of the end-to-end process

Operational Excellence

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• Ensure deliverance of customer service excellence to all stakeholders throughout end-to-end processes
• Deal with associated queries on a timely basis
• Develop and maintain efficient and robust processes for accounting management.
• Maintain and improve efficiency and accuracy levels, reporting performance levels through dashboards and KPIs.

Leadership

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• Act as a role model in delivery of the BSC leadership charter values, including collaboration, respect, honesty, and communication.
• Recruit and retain team members with the appropriate skills and competencies, with a clear and transparent process.
• Develop and coach team members to ensure that they achieve their maximum potential.
• Manage an agile team of resource with no key person dependency, able to adapt to peaks and changes in workload quickly and effectively
• Responsible for Accounting activities for in-scope companies - Team size - circa 20 FTE

Technical Competence

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• Detailed experience of accounting processes
• Detailed SAP knowledge preferred, or experienced in learning new systems in depth
• Up to date technical knowledge
• Strong knowledge of system and process controls
• Able to report information efficiently, in an easy to use output

Finance Competence

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• Detailed accounting experience of the general ledger
• Experience of working in an environment of significant change
• Good business understanding

Management Skills

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• Energetic "hands on" approach with good organization skills and the ability to prioritize
• Concentration on results, control and process efficiency
• Fast and consistent implementation of decisions
• Special functional knowledge and experience
• Cross-functional understanding
• Perform high level of work ethic
• Utilize own abilities for the best of the company
• Manage subordinates' performance
• Build and retain talent and develop people
• Enable teamwork
• Align and inspire teams

Internal and external customer and market management

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• Foresee and act to meet customer needs
• Drive customer/supplier relations
• Demonstrate service orientation

Performance and result management

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• Increase efficiency and quality
• Demonstrate cost discipline
• Drive profit generation
• Execute tasks and focus on fast implementation

Communication and cooperation

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• Provide information and ensure open communication
• Demonstrate and apply persuasion and negotiation skills
• Establish trust and relationships
• Promote cooperation and partnership
• Demonstrate intercultural awareness and competence

Excellent Remuneration and Benefits

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• Excellent remuneration packages
• Agile working / Flexible working policies in place
• Various incentive bonus schemes
• 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays)
• Paid day off to Volunteer every year
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Sabbatical leave
• Family friendly policies such as enhanced Maternity/Paternity, and other policies including Parental leave, Neonatal care, Adoption
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice/support 24/7
• Trained mental health first aiders
• Benefits supporting you and your family, such as Cycle to work, voluntary Life assurance, free eye tests
• Leading pension scheme offering with generous contributions from Hanson
• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform. Save money on everything from groceries, electronics, fashion, holidays, gym memberships, and much more
• Access to discounted private medical benefits
• Ongoing training and development and opportunities to help further your career
• A comprehensive structured induction programme
• Experience within a well-respected global market leader