Finance Manager

Tasks

• Own end-to-end accountability for the Hungarian legal entity and financial operations.
• Ensure complete, accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annual close, including reconciliation quality, balance-sheet substantiation and review of material estimates and judgements.
• Lead the preparation and review of statutory accounts and annual reporting, while ensuring robust alignment to EF group reporting policies and any applicable IFRS requirements.
• Oversee the local tax compliance calendar and coordinate accurate, timely filings and payments for direct, indirect, and special taxes, along with all other applicable local obligations.
• Maintain effective controls over PTP and OTC quality while working with outsourced shared services.
• Partner with HR and the payroll provider on payroll-related accounting, tax and social contribution, employee-benefit processes, ensuring the finance impacts are complete and properly controlled.
• Act as the primary finance contact for statutory and internal audits, managing the audit timetable, information requests, findings and remediation actions.
• Support the preparation of Board and management materials, statutory disclosures, legal-entity documentation and other corporate-governance requirements in partnership with Legal and central Finance.
• Partner with Hungarian business leaders and central FP&A to improve the quality of forecasts, budgets and cash-flow projections, and to monitor performance against plan.
• Provide finance guidance on contracts, pricing, revenue recognition, customer deposits, refunds, supplier commitments and other transactions relevant to EF's education and travel activities.
• Make finance easy to work with: translate accounting and tax requirements into clear, practical guidance and prevent issues before they reach month-end, audit or the tax authorities.
• Work effectively across a matrix with shared service centres, Global Process Owners, central accounting, FP&A, tax and treasury teams, retaining accountability for local outcomes.
• Improve close, reporting, master-data, invoice, reconciliations and control processes through standardisation, automation and disciplined root-cause analysis.
• Lead, coach and develop the local/international finance team and coordinate service providers, setting clear expectations for quality, timeliness and ownership.

Conditions & benefits

Requirements

• At least 8 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including ownership of a Hungarian legal entity environment in a multinational organisation.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a related field.
• Hungarian accounting qualification, ACCA, ACA, CPA or equivalent.
• Strong practical knowledge of the Hungarian reporting, direct and indirect taxes, and general legal topics impacting businesses in Hungary.
• Fluent Hungarian and English, with the ability to explain complex financial matters clearly to both local and international stakeholders.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion or another major ERP, strong Excel skills and confidence working with reporting, consolidation and workflow tools.
• A structured, analytical and solution-oriented approach, with strong judgement, attention to detail and the ability to prioritise in a changing environment.
• A collaborative leadership style and the confidence to challenge constructively, make decisions and operate independently while escalating appropriately.