As the Group Financial Controller at Hadrena (“the Group”), you will play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening the Group’s financial backbone. Reporting to the Group CFO, you will own the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of the Group’s global financial reporting, compliance, and risk management processes.

You will directly manage a small central finance team and provide functional leadership to the Finance and Accounting leads across our Business Units (dotted-line relationships). Your mission: to design and embed efficient, consistent, and scalable financial processes across a fast-growing, multi-entity international organization.

This role is ideal for a hands-on finance leader who thrives in building and improving structures — someone eager to create order, harmonization, and reliability in a dynamic environment shaped by rapid growth and acquisitions.

Your Missions

• Group Reporting & Consolidation: Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting and consolidation across all entities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and consistency with IFRS/local GAAP as relevant, as well as tax and legal legislations

• Audit & Compliance: Oversee the external audit processes for the Group (including direct ownership of the consolidated audit) and ensure compliance with all statutory, legal, and tax obligations worldwide.

• Controls & Risk Management: Develop, implement, and continuously improve internal control frameworks, accounting policies, and risk management practices.

• Systems & Process Excellence: Own the architecture and continuous improvement of finance systems and tools, including but not limited accounting softwares / ERPs (Sage, SAP or equivalents), and procure-to-pay solutions (e.g., Spendesk, or equivalents). Drive automation and data reliability across finance workflows.

• Functional Leadership: Guide and coordinate Business Unit finance teams to ensure alignment of accounting practices, closing timetables, and reporting standards across the Group.

• Collaboration & Business Partnership: Partner closely with BU Finance leaders, CEOs, and Group functions (Tax, Legal, HR, etc.) to foster an integrated and transparent financial governance model.

• Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a small; high quality team at Group level, fostering a culture of accountability, precision, and collaboration.

What We’re Looking For

We are seeking a technically strong and entrepreneurial finance professional — someone who can both run and build. You have a deep understanding of financial reporting and controls, but you are also energized by the challenge of creating structure and coherence in a young, fast-growing organization.

Ideal Background:

• ~12–15 years of total experience, ideally combining:

  • A foundation in external audit (Big 4 or equivalent)

  • Subsequent experience in internal audit, financial control, group consolidation or accounting leadership in an international corporate setting

  • Experience in a multi-BU environment (nice to have)

• Proven track record of building and improving financial processes, systems, and governance frameworks

• Strong technical expertise in IFRS, multi-entity consolidation

• Demonstrated ability to manage audits, statutory filings, and compliance obligations.

• Mastery of ERP, accounting and consolidation systems

• Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills

• Professional accounting qualification is a positive but not required

• Fluent in English and French; other languages are a plus