For 45 years, the Laurastar Group has combined innovation, ambition, and excellence to create long lasting products that beautify and purify your clothes and home. The family owned Swiss group's expertise now extends from ironing and fabric care to hygienic steam systems aimed at creating a healthier home for you and your loved ones. Thanks to its unique Dry Microfine Steam DMS technology, Laurastar is the world leader in high end steam systems, with over 3 million products sold in over 40 countries worldwide. In Switzerland, where the Group's headquarters are located, almost a quarter of households own at least one of the brand's most popular products. Laurastar employs around 280 employees, including its subsidiaries in Germany, France, Benelux and Hungary. Our motivated, well trained, hard working, result oriented employees are the foundation of our success.
If you would like to contribute to this success, we look forward to meeting you We are looking for our future result driven
Global Finance Director F/M
to play a pivotal role in Laurastar's growth and international expansion. Based in Chtel St Denis, Switzerland, and reporting directly to the co CEO, she/he will lead a skilled finance team and be responsible for shaping and executing the company's financial strategy across all markets.
Role Lead Laurastar's global financial operations to build a forward looking and agile organization. Manage and develop finance, accounting, and controlling teams across multiple locations. Collaborate closely with key departments (Sales, Marketing, Operations, CS and IT) to support strategic projects, financial planning, and drive performance. Represent Laurastar in key relationships with external stakeholders (banks, board, auditors, partners). Role is based at the Laurastar HQ in Chtel St Denis, Switzerland. Reporting directly to the co CEO, with participation in the Laurastar Executive Management Team
Key activities Define and execute the Laurastar Group financial strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and financial capacity. Oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance monitoring across all business units. Manage monthly and annual closings, financial consolidation, reporting, fiscality and internal controls for 6 group entities. Lead cash flow management, treasury strategy, and banking relationships. Actively support IT tool development and adoption in collaboration with both Finance and IT team (such as Oracle eBusiness Suite, FCCS, Salesforce or Qlik). Ensure compliance with international accounting standards Supervise and enhance financial processes, tools, and KPIs to support the company's future growth.
Qualifications Proven experience (min 5 years) in a senior financial role, ideally in an international SME or subsidiary of a group in Switzerland. Higher education such as Swiss Certified Expertis