European Finance Director

Steve Madden Europe offers a challenging executive position within an international brand company with pronounced growth ambitions. You will get the opportunity to take the financial organization to a higher level and, from the European management team, contribute directly to the future development of the company.

• A market-conform fixed salary, a performance-dependent bonus of 25% upon achieving objectives, and a lease car.

Steve Madden Europe is looking for an entrepreneurial European Finance Director who, as a member of the European management team, will contribute to the next phase of international growth. A strategically strong and commercially driven finance leader who further develops the team, strengthens financial steering, and translates ambitions into well-founded investment choices and profitable growth.

As European Finance Director, you hold ultimate responsibility for the financial management of the European activities and are part of the European management team. You are the strategic and financial sparring partner of the Managing Director and actively contribute to the direction and further professionalization of the company.

The challenge combines strategic business partnership with leadership and organizational development. You build upon the existing financial foundation, develop the team, and strengthen insight into performance, return, and working capital. At the same time, you ensure that Finance fulfills an increasingly proactive role in commercial and strategic decision-making.

• Strategic business partnership: translating commercial plans into sharp financial analyses, scenarios, and investment decisions regarding brands, markets, retail expansion, and potential acquisitions.
• Financial steering: increasing insight and control over margins, inventory, return, liquidity, and working capital within the various sales channels and European activities.
• Leadership and team development: strengthening the finance team, developing employees, and stimulating ownership, independence, and result-orientation.
• Professionalization: further developing processes, reporting, ERP, and business intelligence to increase the quality and predictive value of financial information.
• International direction: strengthening financial cooperation with European entities and ensuring reliable reporting, forecasts, and internal control towards the American headquarters.

A versatile executive role for a financial leader who not only brings control, but also looks ahead, identifies opportunities, and visibly contributes to the company's results.

• Location Nieuwkuijk, with a visible presence in the office and limited possibilities for hybrid working.

Steve Madden Europe is looking for an entrepreneurial and connecting finance professional with a solid financial foundation, commercial insight, and natural authority. You combine strategic thinking with execution power and feel at home in an international organization where speed, pragmatism, and entrepreneurship are central.

You are a persuasive interlocutor at executive level, dare to provide constructive pushback, and know how to bring people along in change. As a leader, you provide direction, develop employees, and create space for ownership.

Both experienced Finance Directors and ambitious senior finance professionals who are ready for a first ultimate-responsibility European executive position are invited to respond. Decisive factors are your independence, leadership qualities, and ambition to truly make an impact.

• An influential position within the European management team, with a planned statutory appointment in the long term.
• Room to shape the financial strategy, organization, and further professionalization yourself.
• An international and entrepreneurial working environment with short decision-making lines.

Quaestus Leadership Innovators is assisting Steve Madden Europe in the selection of a new European Finance Director

Are you interested in this position and do you recognize yourself in the described challenge? Then we cordially invite you to respond.