Director, Controller Lennox Residential Sales and Stores

Lennox (NYSE: LII) Driven by 130 years of legacy HVAC and refrigeration success Lennox provides our residential and commercial customers with industry-leading climate-control solutions. At Lennox we win as a team aiming for excellence and delivering innovative sustainable products and services. Our culture guides us and creates a workplace where all employees feel heard and welcomed. Lennox is a global community that values each team members contributions and offers a supportive environment for career development. Come stay and grow with us.

Reporting to the Vice President of Finance of Lennox Residential HVAC (LRH) the Director Controller is responsible for financial planning budgeting forecasting and strategic financial decision-making supporting our Sales & Stores functions. They will lead a team supporting our long-term strategic initiatives while ensuring monthly forecasts and regular financial analysis to identify trends and provide insights to improve finance performance.

More specifically the Director Controller will be responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining financial models to support long-term strategic planning and annual budgeting processes.
• Conducting regular financial analysis to identify trends and provide insights to improve finance performance.
• Leading the annual LRP process working closely with Lennox Residential leadership team to develop detailed budgets aligned with business objectives.
• Preparing monthly forecasts and variance analysis to assess financial performance against plan and forecast.
• Performing standard and ad-hoc financial analyses that support external and internal financial reporting planning and forecasting.
• Manage and mentor a team of financial professionals fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.
• Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and standards implementing effective internal controls and procedures.
• Collaborating with shared services accounting centers of excellence to drive financial efficiency initiatives and optimize resource allocation.

Target Profile

The successful candidate must be energized by teamwork. They must be forward thinking and creative attentive to details credible and dedicated to producing high quality outcomes. This role requires a professional that has the ability and initiative to diagnose issues quickly influence solutions and execute project details at a rapid pace.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8 years of Finance experience in progressive Finance roles including financial planning forecasting and analysis.

• Strategic and integrative thinker
• Results-oriented motivated leader who consistently operates at very high energy levels.
• Proactively owns initiatives with the ability to navigate around obstacles and persevere through setbacks.
• Outstanding communications skills including written verbal and presentation. Demonstrated ability to champion a continuous learning approach to enhance organizational capability and foster innovation.
• Adept at leading through influence and other people.
• Strong ability to work outside traditional functional silos and build relationships across the organization at all levels particularly with senior business leaders and line executives.
• Proven relationship-building continuous improvement lean principles and project management skills.
• Ability to leverage technology transformations.
• Specific software skills should include advanced Excel Co-Pilot Anthropic (Claude Opus 4.6) SAP Hyperion Essbase Power BI.

Key behaviors and leadership characteristics include:

• Foundation of Trust Uses credibility and relationships to serve as trusted executive advisor and influence key decisions. Honest Ethical and Safe in everything s/he does.
• Learning- Passion to learn and know key business and industry drivers.
• Influencing- effectively persuades others to see his/her point of view; presents information and logic in a manner that addresses the audiences interests concerns and needs.
• Developing Talent fosters a culture and environment of belonging creates opportunities for professional growth; helps people define career goals and establish development plans to achieve them; gives people constructive developmental feedback and advice.
• Acting Strategically- aligns day-to-day activities around broader organizational goals and objectives; prioritizes resources based on the strategic objectives of the organization; recognizes and rewards people based on how their actions support the broader needs of the company.
• Working with Ambiguity-- achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information.
• Matrix Management-- ability to manage multiple perspectives and priorities; ability to align objectives across multiple organizations/COEs energizes and motivates others outside his/her direct line of authority; manages through conflicting interests and tradeoffs; works collaboratively.

EDUCATION

Requires a bachelors degree in finance Accounting Business or a related field. An advanced degree is strongly preferred. Professional certification (e.g. CPA) is a plus. Requires at least 8 years of related experience.

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Compensation: This is a salaried exempt role. Factors that may affect starting salary include geography/market and the skills education experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. Employees in this role are also eligible for an annual bonus in accordance with the terms of the Companys applicable plan. Employees in this role are not eligible for overtime.

Benefits:Subject to applicable eligibility requirements the following benefits are offered for this role: tuition reimbursement; medical dental and vision insurance; prescription drug coverage; 401(k) retirement plan; short-term disability insurance; 8 weeks paid birthing leave; 2 weeks paid bonding leave; life and long-term disability insurance.

Depending on date of hire and subject to applicable eligibility requirements new employees in this role also receive up to: 12 days paid time off 2 paid well-being days 1 paid volunteer day 12 paid holidays and 3 floating holidays per year.

Our Culture: At Lennox our Core Values of Integrity Respect & Excellence are ingrained in the fabric of the organization. They define our culture which is about how we do business and how we treat others. Lennox is not just a workplace; we are a global community that values each team members contributions. As an equal opportunity employer we are committed to recruit develop and retain talented individuals from a wide range of backgrounds ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to succeed and contribute to our continued growth and success. At Lennox youll take pride in our brands knowing you are part of something special. Come stay and grow with us!

Disclaimers:The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Lennox reserves the right to modify this information at any time with or without notice subject to applicable law.