Chief Financial Officer

Apple Search & Selection

17-05-2007 | EXPIRA LA 16-06-2007

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RESPONSABILITATI

- To work with the CEO , the Investment Director, Development Director and Asset Management Director to ensure that investments are well tracked and perform to their initial expectations
- Optimization of project (investment) finance to ensure meet or exceed investor expectations of return on equity and profit on cost.
- Ensure that company cash flow is actively managed and reported to the CEO on a regular and timely basis.
- Assist in negotiations and applications for senior debt, mezzanine finance and joint venture structures.
- Optimize the Group tax structure and work with legal council to ensure that the Group is well prepared for due diligence requirements that are expected to lead to floatation. Establish a mechanism to value the Group and subsequently update the valuation on a quarterly basis
- Ensure that investor reporting is done on a timely, accurate and sufficiently detailed manner
- Ensure that proper accounting controls and procedures are in place and are able to withstand scrutiny
- Oversee the reporting from Joint Venture companies and ensure that these companies are adding shareholder value through proactive management of reporting and structure.
- Supervise and actively manage a team of financial analysts to ensure the efficient flow of investment information across the various business lines and back to the CEO
- Act as key member of the Group management team and ensure that all aspects of the Group finances are directed at profitability and increased shareholder value.


CERINTE

Our client is a group of real estate development companies structured to capitalise on the opportunities in selected Central Eastern European countries created by EU accession and other macro-economic factors currently leading to unprecedented economic growth in the region.
The Group is made up of specialist companies, located in each region on which The Group focuses.
They are currently looking for a Chief Financial Officer for its Bucharest office.

The Chief Financial Officer will work with our current Finance Director, Development Controller and the team of accountants and will engage themselves in all aspects of the finance of the management company, the special purpose companies set up to manage the investments and the investments themselves. A present this included a Real Estate Development pipeline of over Euro 1 billion in 3 countries and private equity funds of over Euro 150 million.

The CFO will work with the Chief Operations Officer to enhance the financial interface between the operating company and the special purpose companies set up to deliver the projects.


DESCRIEREA FIRMEI

Apple has been recruiting internationally minded professionals for the Romanian market since 2000. The Managing Director, Paul Wood, has been working in recruitment in Romania since 1998. He read History and Law at Queens’ College, Cambridge and holds Diplomas in Law and Legal Practice from the College of Law, London. He worked as a civil servant in the House of Lords and as a political risks insurance broker in Lloyds’ of London before becoming a headhunter. In Bucharest he has been Senior Consultant for Antal International and headed KPMG’s Search and Selection Department.


We firmly believe that it is only by providing our clients with the highest standards of service, the best value for money and an intelligent understanding of their priorities and objectives that we can ensure a successful and lasting partnership. We aim not merely to find solutions to short-term staffing needs but to provide the seed corn from which businesses can grow. We are committed to complete integrity, confidentiality and professionalism. We aim to find creative solutions to the challenges with which we are presented.