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Magna

Automotive components and contract manufacturing provider

Senior Assistant Controller

Corporate Finance & FP&AConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCollesalvetti, Province of Livorno, Italy€60k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in economics or equivalent is mandatory; economics is preferred.
  • At least 7 years of experience in administration, finance, and controlling; 3 years of automotive-sector experience is preferred.
  • Knowledge of Italian accounting and tax regulations, and international and North American accounting principles.
  • Excellent Italian and English language proficiency is mandatory.
  • Ability to multitask and attend to customer requests.
  • Negotiation ability and experience managing and motivating a team.
  • Leadership, authority, and interpersonal skills.
  • Listening, communication, and presentation skills.
  • Ability to make decisions quickly and focus on results, objectives, and detail.
  • Discretion in handling confidential information.
  • Knowledge and application of problem-solving techniques.
  • Ability to meet deadlines and work under stress.
  • Determination and ability to convey confidence under stress.
  • Organization, advance planning, and goal-setting abilities.
  • Must take care of their own health and safety and that of others at the workplace in accordance with their training, instructions, and employer-provided resources.
  • Must oversee work activities, ensure implementation of received directives, check employees’ execution, and exercise the functional initiative authority of a designated supervisor under Article 19 of Legislative Decree 81/08 and its amendments.

Responsibilities

  • Support divisional senior management in achieving overall profit and financial-balance objectives.
  • Apply management control and handle reporting to corporate headquarters and divisional management.
  • Manage budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting processes.
  • Assess and manage risk by implementing internal control systems.
  • Manage divisional working capital.
  • Assist senior management in defining company key performance indicators and manage financial and economic indicators.
  • Support the division and senior management in administrative, accounting, and financial decisions so the division achieves its annual financial objectives.
  • Support management of the company's cost-center structure and the resulting industrial and general costs.
  • Support oversight and definition of product costs, checking the accuracy of each cost component.
  • Coordinate department staff activities to ensure timely and accurate completion of core processes, including new-business approvals; monthly and annual divisional and corporate reporting; review of fiscal-year-end reports for the division, corporate, CMF, and other relevant groups; capital acquisition approvals, including CER and fixed assets; statement-of-work approvals; review and approval of Motrol expenses, including travel and company cars or rentals; and other management-reporting processes and documents as required.
  • Assist senior management in evaluating the financial and operational impact of changes to business activities.
  • Assist the division in corporate matters relating to legal and tax issues.
  • Manage relationships with corresponding corporate functional groups, including Closures Europe Finance, within the authority delegated.
  • Contribute expertise to verifying the regularity and legality of administrative acts and active and passive contracts, ensuring compliance with applicable requirements.
  • Support preparatory work for the company's statutory financial statements.
  • Maintain current expertise in legal, tax, civil, and corporate matters and keep informed of relevant developments.
  • Communicate relevant regulatory updates to the department and other company departments when they affect their activities.
  • Maintain and improve employees' motivation and professionalism by assigning objectives and tasks, promoting professional competence, evaluating results, and preparing plans for staff development and training aligned with current guidelines.
  • Assist senior management with business development by reviewing contribution margins for product families and individual products and highlighting margins below management's minimum acceptable thresholds.
  • Support senior management in defining and managing the enterprise resource planning system.

Desired Qualifications

  • Three years of experience in the automotive sector.

About the Company

Magna

Automotive components and contract manufacturing provider

Magna is a global mobility technology company and one of the world's largest automotive suppliers. It designs, manufactures, and integrates components and systems such as body exteriors, powertrains, seating, and ADAS, and also provides complete vehicle engineering and contract manufacturing services. Its products are developed in 338 plants across 28 countries, enabling automakers to outsource from individual parts to full vehicle assembly and to adopt both traditional and electric powertrains in a single facility. Magna's goal is to be a trusted, one-stop partner that accelerates electrification and advanced mobility through its integrated manufacturing and engineering capabilities.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Aurora, Canada
Founded
1957

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