These professionals are responsible for supervising and overseeing a company's budgeting and financial processes, monitoring and supervising the drafting of accounting and financial statements and reporting directly to the managing director. This is a standard role in large companies and multinationals in all areas of activity. In this type of company, the chief financial officer usually forms part of the executive committee and, as such, they perform tasks of strategic importance in areas affecting the running of the company, for example, the optimisation of the management systems, the design of development strategies, and the human resources policy.

• Analyse the company's financial statement by studying the balance sheet (company's financial position) and the profit and loss account (financial performance of the annual accounting period).
• Manage and supervise the company's economic and financial resources in order to work with the best conditions of cost, liquidity (quality of the assets to convert them into cash), return and security through:
  • Management of the financial variables, i.e., review of cash management, requested loans, planned investments, as well as collections and payments.
  • Negotiation with banking and financial institutions to reduce bank fees and interest.
• Minimise the company's fiscal costs (tax returns and taxes).
• Supervise the company's relationship with third parties: external auditor(s), administrations, clients and suppliers.
• Prepare the annual accounts through the analysis of the company's balance sheet as well as its financial and economic reports (document with financial information) in order to identify the viability of the investments.
• Carry out the selection, training and management of the team.
  

Regulated training and graduates

• Grau: Administració d'empreses i gestió de la innovació
• Grau: Administració i direcció d'empreses
• Grau: Economia
• Grau: Economia i gestió
• Grau: Ciències empresarials-management
• Grau: Comptabilitat i finances

Complementary training

Other specific skills

People management: Level 3

Commitment to the organisation: Level 4

Orientation within reach: Level 4

Planning and organisation: Level 3

Leadership: Level 3

Strategic orientation: Level 3

Management

The organisation, administration and control of a company or entity are the main interests of people related to the management field. Activities included in this field of interest vary from effective resource management, feasibility analyses and solving business problems to the development of skills and fostering of motivation in relation to human resources. Knowledge regarding specific techniques of strategic administration and business management are required to carry out these activities.

Stock market trader

Treasury manager

Risk Analyst

Cost estimation expert

Actuary

• Work hours

  Full-time, with full schedule availability.

• Salary

  Salaries are calculated on the basis of the number of hours worked, training level and proven track record. Chief financial officers' decisions directly affect the performance of the company and its revenue, for which reason part of their salary is contingent upon these. Therefore, the salary is divided into a fixed part and a variable part, and ranges from 62.146 to 92.689 euros per annum gross. Median: 75.896 euros annum gross.
  
  Source: Report "Observatory of Jobs and Salaries of the Labour Market. Barcelona Activa", elaborated by ICSA Grupo. April 2015.

• Professional category

  Manager