CFO of an Automotive Brand

A Russian automotive manufacturer. Full production cycle, large-scale localization program, foreign economic activity (FEA), and supplies to the entire dealer network.

Key Task: Strategic and operational management of finances for an automotive plant.

End-to-end control of vehicle production cost, working capital management, ensuring tax security of intercompany transactions (transfer pricing), as well as digital transformation and automation of the holding's financial operations.

• Strategic Planning and Investment Analysis: Development of the holding's long-term financial strategy. Financial modeling for launches of new model ranges, platforms, and component localization
• Automotive Production Economics and Landed Cost: Control of the full cost of each vehicle produced (from import of kits/components, customs duties, and logistics to local assembly, stamping, welding, and painting). Plan-vs-actual analysis of model range profitability
• Automation and Digitalization of Finance: Acting as the business owner and methodologist for the digitalization of financial processes. Defining technical specifications and controlling the automation of cost accounting, budgeting (P&L, Cash Flow), and intercompany settlements within a unified IT architecture
• Interaction with Government and State Support: Financial modeling and reporting within the framework of Special Investment Contracts (SICs), Ministry of Industry and Trade subsidies, recycling fees, and compliance with localization requirements (Decree 719)
• Supply Chain Finance Synchronization: Working capital management adhering to strict assembly schedules. Balancing inventory: from import containers at temporary storage warehouses to finished vehicles at dealer warehouses
• Foreign Economic Activity (FEA) and Holding Treasury Management: Ensuring uninterrupted international settlements with foreign suppliers of equipment and auto components. Liquidity management, intragroup loans, and minimization of currency risks

• At least 5 years of experience as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or Deputy CFO in the automotive industry (OEMs, assembly), or auto component manufacturing
• Practical experience in successful implementation and operation of 1C:ERP (or experience migrating from SAP/Oracle to domestic software). Understanding the logic of interconnections between production and financial modules
• Successful experience in automating treasury, budgeting, management reporting, and transfer pricing processes
• Experience with government subsidies, preferences, and industrial contracts (SICs)
• Higher economic education + international certification (ACCA, CIMA, CFA) is an advantage

• Official employment, top manager contract with high fixed income
• Large-scale strategic tasks, direct reporting to the General Director
• Professional team of like-minded individuals
• Location: Moscow