We are looking for a Financial Director for a minimum of 6 months in France (68).

1. Development and Supervision of Financial Performance:

• Implement structured, high-performance financial reporting, including the definition and monitoring of key performance indicators (KPIs) for complex industrial projects.

• Analysing financial results, assessing variances against budgets and forecasts, and making recommendations to support strategic decisions.

• Supervising the closing of annual budgets and ensuring the reliability of financial forecasts.

• Ensuring rigorous management of industrial production costs and participating in the implementation of a compliant transfer pricing model between European production sites.

2. Project Management and Cost Optimisation:

• Managing the financial monitoring of large-scale industrial projects (from €50 to €150 million) in close collaboration with the operational teams.

• Ensuring the profitability of projects, by including a risk analysis and proposing optimisation solutions.

• Actively participate in contract negotiations with customers and suppliers, ensuring that each contract is financially balanced.

3. Participation in Strategic Development:

• Acting as Finance Business Partner for department managers, helping them to manage their activities.

• Oversee the structuring and optimisation of financial flows within the Hydrogen Division in Europe.

• Contribute to growth projects, including mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships in a European context.

4. Team Management and Coordination:

• Managing a team of two people and ensuring good coordination with the Group's other financial entities.

• Ensure compliance with accounting, tax and reporting obligations in the various European entities.

• Working closely with the other CFOs and the global CFO of the Hydrogen Division to harmonise processes and drive transformation projects.