What You Will Do:
Within the Johnson Controls Global Products business unit the Global Operations supply chain organization is responsible for more than 90 manufacturing plants and distribution centres which have over $900 million of annual freight and warehouse spending.
Within Global Operations this role supports the Europe and Mid-East Logistic and Distribution (L&D) organization by providing informative and timely financial analysis on monthly performance forward looking budgets and forecasts and operational initiatives. We are seeking a Finance Manager to be a key part of the regional management team by ensuring a strong linkage and understand between the operational metrics and their financial impacts.
How You Will Do It:
- Leads the development of regional L&D plan and forecasts ensuring integrity of numbers submitted supporting assumptions and alignment to enterprise objectives ensuring communication with partners.
- Prepares in-depth financial and operational analysis of regional L&D financial results completing financial bridges on actual to plan forecast and prior year while ensuring accuracy and quality of data.
- Supports a strong controls and governance environment assisting with audits identifying gaps and conducting balance sheet reviews.
- Provides financial oversight to the cycle count processes partner with site leaders to organize and coordinate the annual physical inventory counts where necessary
- Provides financial leadership on cross functional projects. Project will include: L&D locations and optimizing distribution points inventory levels and transportation
- Deployment of freight audit & pay processes
- Development of capital expenditure investments requests reporting of spending and validation of savings achievement
What We Look For:
Required:
- Minimum 5 years extensive experience in the finance department
- Experience in financial reporting analysis and month-end close processes
- Educated to degree level ideally in accounting/finance or
- Pro-active with Continuous improvement mentality. Ability to communicate and inspire change.
- Strong analytical interpersonal communication problem solving skills
- Be able to communicate effectively with both finance and non-finance colleagues and to build strong working relationships with both the operations and finance teams
- Individual PC skills experience with financial systems such as OneStream Hyperion HFM or similar planning tools
Preferred:
- Experience in finance department of a large multi-national company
- Accounting certification
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Required Experience:
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