Manager – Global Finance & GBS Center of Excellence

About VELUX

In the VELUX Group we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry we enable those who live work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society our employees and planet through our foundations.

Alongside the rest of our values courage and mutual respect define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

Your responsibilities

As the Manager Center of Excellence in the Global Finance & GBS you will lead a team of Business Controllers ensuring effective people management task coordination as well as optimization and standardization of processes. You will play a pivotal role in driving efficiencies and fostering strong relationships between Business Controllers and business owners across various functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead mentor and develop a team of Business Controllers assigned to different Business Units and Functions fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment
• Oversee the allocation and prioritization of tasks within the team ensuring timely and accurate completion of the deliverables
• Identify skill gaps recruit talents and plan team succession
• Drive continuous improvement and efficiency through process harmonization and operational excellence
• Drive the optimization and standardization of financial processes and reporting across the organization implementing best practices to enhance efficiency
• Actively engage with stakeholders ensuring collaboration transparency. Foster and promote cross-functional collaboration
• Ensure strong collaboration between Business Controllers and Business owners to ensure alignment and value-added insights deliverables
• Guide the team in monitoring and analyzing financial performance providing strategic insights and recommendations to senior management
• Ensure the preparation and presentation of comprehensive financial reports to stakeholders and functional management teams supporting follow-up ad hoc analyses
• Support the budgeting forecasting and financial planning processes for the respective functions collaborating with various departments to drive financial efficiency and cost control
• Support and develop the KPI and target-setting processes contributing to financial reporting presented to the Executive Management Team and the VELUX Board
• Provide guidance and support to Finance Business Partners other finance colleagues and stakeholders in the business functions with ad hoc queries and insights

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting or a related field; a masters degree or professional certification (e.g. CPA CMA) is preferred
• Extensive experience in business controlling or a similar role with proven leadership and people management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to drive standardization and optimization
• Effective communication presentation and stakeholder management skills
• Proficiency in financial software and tools
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team high attention to detail and accuracy and a drive to promote optimization and standardization across the business

What we offer

• Constructive cooperation based on trust and respect for the employee
• Bonus system
• Employee Pension Scheme financed entirely by the employer
• Attractive well-being package (platform MyBenefit life insurance lunch card gift cards)
• Private medical care with telemedicine and rehabilitation
• Employee Foundation support
• Hybrid model of work
• Flexible working hours
• Additional 2 days of holiday for volunteering
• Modernofficefull of light fresh airandthe highest quality office equipment. Parking spaces available to employees
• Massages in the office
• Referral program
• Employee discount on VELUX products

Equal Opportunity Employer

VELUX Residential is fully committed to the concept and practice of equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. To further our goal of equal employment opportunity for all employees and prospective employees it is the policy of VELUX Residential to recruit hire train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race color religion sex age disability protected veteran status national origin sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. All employment decisions shall be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity and only job-related qualifications will be required.