Controllership Manager (mfd) DACH

As the Controllership Manager (m/f/d) - DACH at Honeywell in Offenbach Germany you will oversee the controllership function for a specific DACH Region (Germany & Austria) ensuring accurate financial reporting and compliance with regulations driving the financial close process developing accounting policies collaborating with cross-functional teams and leading and mentoring a team of controllership professionals. The Country Controller owns financial accounting & compliance for multiple legal entities across multiple countries having end-to-end responsibility and oversight over statutory reporting.

The Controller reports into the Hub/Country Finance Leader responsible for the region and takes oversight of relationships to business finance tax (incl. tax advisors) Treasury etc. Other key partners of the Controllers team are internal and external auditors Corporate Finance and Functional Management.

This is a hybrid role 3 days at the office 2 days work from home model.

Key responsibilities

• Oversight & responsibility for accurately & timely filed statutory reporting for countries/entities in scope by multiple team members
• Manage multiple direct reports including remotely and any outsourced service providers supporting the above
• Overall responsibility for accuracy of Statutory Financials per local GAAP based on US-GAAP and act for escalation items in Statutory Audit as counterpart to external Audit firm
• Ensure compliance with local statutory regulations/country requirements on books & record provisions
• Responsible work rendered by direct reports to ensure deadlines and high-quality standards are maintained
• Pro-active partnering with internal stakeholders including commercial finance tax treasury and legal on projects & overall finance compliance and continuous improvement
• Oversight of Corporate Audits in the Country & collaboration with audit team to drive continuous improvement within controllership
• Lead Mergers & Acquisitions and Divestitures related work for countries in scope from a statutory perspective and ensure local implications are known and put into perspective

Key skills and qualifications

• Experienced people manager
• Masters degree in finance or equivalent in experience (preferably Accounting or Business Administration and/or consecutive qualification CPA/ACCA/WP/StB or equivalent)
• Min. 7/8 years experience in a similar finance function
• Profound communication skills in English and German is required (native/C1)
• In-dept knowledge of HGB and IFRS and/or US-GAAP required
• Extensive experience in converting US-GAAP or IFRS reporting into different accounting standard(s)
• Hands-on experience with a standard ERPs required (SAP desired)
• Proficient in Standard Office Software (especially Excel)
• Affinity to IT/Willingness to learn usage of specific IT-Tools
• Understanding of legal regulatory and compliance requirements
• Experience with leading external audits or being the main point of contact for external audits thorough understanding of the external audit process
• Experience working within a matrix organization
• Experience working with remote teams in a high-paced international environment
• Initiative positive attitude self-starter getting-things-done and hands-on attitude
• Experience in inspiring a team with strong communication and excellent organizational skills

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.

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