Finance & Administration Lead — Close, Controls & Compliance

About the Company

We are supporting an international manufacturing company in the search for an Administration & Finance Manager to join its Italian organisation.

About the Role

The candidate will lead the local finance and administration agenda, ensuring accurate financial reporting, disciplined credit management and a robust compliance framework. This is a visible and hands‑on role for a finance professional who combines technical strength with sound judgement, operational discipline and collaborative leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the period‑end close process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance with accounting standards and internal policies.
• Maintain strong balance sheet integrity, including reconciliations, accruals, provisions and reserves.
• Manage the local credit control framework, including customer onboarding, credit limits, reviews and escalation procedures.
• Drive collections performance and monitor AR ageing, DSO, bad debt exposure and dispute resolution, implementing corrective action where required.
• Own and maintain the local finance internal control framework, including process documentation, control design, testing coordination and remediation follow‑up.
• Coordinate internal and external audits, working with auditors, tax advisors, banks and other key stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with group policies, statutory requirements and internal governance standards.
• Support local responsibilities linked to anti‑bribery, data protection, risk management and governance processes.
• Contribute to governance‑related ESG reporting and documentation, ensuring clear ownership, strong evidence trails and formal sign‑off processes.
• Partner with the business on relevant IT financial oversight, systems governance and IT security requirements.

Qualifications

• Degree preferably in Business, Finance or a related discipline.
• Around 3–5 years of experience in administration management within industrial companies.

Required Skills

• Strong expertise in accounting, controllership and balance sheet management.
• Sound experience in credit management, collections and dispute resolution.
• Good understanding of internal controls, audit, compliance and governance processes.

Location

South Milan area.

Equal Opportunity

The search is open to male and female (L. 903/77). Interested applicants may send their resumes with the consent to the use of personal data (D.Lgs. 196/2003; GDPR 769/2016).

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