Chief Accountant & Credit Manager

About Franke

We, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making. With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents. Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow’s demands.

The Franke Home Solutions division is the world’s leading provider of smart systems for domestic kitchens. Drawing on a long history of reliability and expertise, we help our partners enhance their businesses and provide outstanding kitchen and cooking experiences to our consumers by offering complete solutions for food preparation and cooking.

About the job

The Chief Accountant & Credit Manager assumes full responsibility of the accounting department, overseeing staff and administrative duties and ensuring that accounting activities are carried out in accordance with the principles of the Organization. He is in charge to ensure that the documentation for the company is organized and complete to meet legal, accounting and Group requirements. This includes that all guidelines (coordination standards, competence regulation and financial policy) are adhered to. The resource needs have natural leadership abilities, as he will be working with both their own employees as well as other department leaders and Shared Services. The Chief Accountant & Credit Manager ensures the containment and reduction of the Company's financial exposure to customers, implementing all debt collection actions necessary to contain and reduce credit exposure; also he/she prepares tax documentation, as well as both IFRS and Statutory Balance Sheet for the Italian companies and the relative consolidated Financial Statement.

Your tasks

The candidate will be responsible to:

• Oversee accounting staff
• Prepare and manages ledgers, credit, and collections
• Analyse financial statements to ensure accuracy
• Organize and documents financial reports, both monthly and yearly
• Supervise state and consolidated tax declaration
• Take the lead in both internal and external audits
• Implement new procedures based on changes in regulatory laws
• Identifie and Implement the necessary actions to secure credit and collection activities
• Work closely to the Commercial Dept. to ensure that difficult cases are correctly handed and make action for late payment customers
• Check the credit exposure of the Company and verify the Customer payments preparing reporting
• Directly manage doubtful or bad debt by agreeing and negotiating with clients, making repayment plans trying to optimize collection time
• Organize all debt collection actions prioritizing it in relation to deadlines
• Activate the blocking of shipments for any unpaid or non-payments

KPI’s:
•    Permanent G&A efficiency gain
•    Credit Days
•    NWC (% on NS)
•    Tax rate (% on PbT)

Requirements

• Degree in Business Economics, or Accountant Diploma
• 3-5 years in Audit Company or in accounting position in a multinational environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Strong analytical and structured mindset
• Strong leadership competencies, experience in managing cross-functional teams
• Fluent in English (verbally & written)
• Strong knowledge of SAP FI and Office tools

What we offer you

• A learning‑oriented environment
• Exposure to multiple business areas
• Professional growth opportunities within a structured and international organization
• A collaborative team culture, where your ideas and contributions are valued
• Training and development programs to support your continuous improvement
• Competitive compensation package, aligned with experience and role level
• Internal canteen
• Flexible working hours, supporting a healthy work–life balance
• Up to 2 day of smart working per week, in line with company policy and role requirements

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