Services Finance Leader
Honeywell
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We have an opportunity for a Regional Finance Manager to join our Honeywell Building Solutions (HBS) DACH Services team in Offenbach, Germany , reporting to the Europe Service Finance Director.
HBS is a strategic business unit within Honeywell Building Automation (BA) and is focused on the delivery of Projects and Services.
This position will own the finance activities for the Honeywell Building Solutions region in DACH Services, a $100 turnover business. The role will partner and support the Regional GM for the DACH Services region in driving financial performance, managing, and leading key business processes including the annual operating plan (AOP), financial forecasts, strategic plan (STRAP).
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Acting as regional finance lead for the region, this role will
· Lead, coordinate, and drive HBS financial performance for the Region to ensure financial goals (P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash commitments) are met while aligning with corporate policies and procedures.
· Timely completion of reporting including: Monthly Highlights, Pulse (weekly/daily), variance Analysis assessment and Monthly Financial Reviews, working closely with the project operation and PCO organization;
· Acting as business partner, play an active role in the region’s strategy by contributing and challenging the process.
· Develop robust Management Operating System for the region and for the function
· Guide and mentor the Finance Analyst for the regions. Develop succession plans for both roles with ready now successors
· Drive and track business productivity initiatives across multiple functions;
· Set business financial targets by Country and line of business to achieve the financial plans and forecast;
· Timely collating, completion, submission and reporting of region’s forecast/AOP data in the respective tools and output
· Advise business leadership of opportunities and risks impacting business performance;
· Define, develop and enthusiastically drive process improvements to reduce finance business process cycle times, improve financial forecast quality and reliability, improve information provided to leadership for business decisions.
· Perform financial closing activities (Journal entries, P&L analysis and correction, orders stats, B/S verification) in sync with the latest Controllership and COTA organization.
· Support Controller's department on internal and external audit requests
· Ensure compliance with Corporate Policies and Procedures
· Complete special and ad-hoc projects as requested to support business/Pole’s needs.
· Travelling 20%.
· Involvement in executive visits and board meetings, providing overall regional leadership;
· Improve SAP/Cora PPM utilization and digital literacy and data accuracy within the region
· Billing quality: quick but right the 1st time.
· Manage regional Cash collection and past due reduction by better driving people behaviors, billing correctness, contract payment terms and milestones.
· Working capital management
· Ability to interpret Projects overrun avoidance / Contract profitability review and actions
· Actively participate in EAC deep dive and opportunity finding
· Drive pricing initiatives in the region
- Participates in regional project risk reviews and regional SEA approval
- Act as delegate for other regional finance leads as required
YOU MUST HAVE
· Fluent in German.
· Ideally CIMA/ACA/CPA/MBA qualified, with at least 8 years post qualification experience in a Commercial Finance environment
· Excellent analytical skills – experience with Project Accounting preferred
· Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office and advanced intermediate in Excel specifically
· Systems Literacy – HFM; HSP; SAP; Cora, digital finance, and Tableau
· Good understanding of project management/controls
WE VALUE
· Strong Growth mindset
· Ambitious, flexible and results oriented
· Strong leadership, mentoring and people management skill
· Comfortable working in a high-pressure environment and to tight deadlines
· Strong work ethic, with hands on approach
· Proactive and resourceful self-starter, with ability to multi-task
· Validated organisational and time management skills
· Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to people at all levels of the organisation
· Ability to interact successfully with a geographically diverse management team
· Ability to drive process improvements in a global environment
· Ability to communicate financial data to non-financial people
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Additional Information
- JOB ID: HRD264282
- Category: Finance
- Location: Strahlenbergerstrasse 110-112,Offenbach,HESSEN,63067,Germany
- Exempt